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I look at Brodin like he's a cap dump for them as well. 4M and he only puts up 14 points. He's worth half that. Yakupov still has value around the league and Fayne is basically just thrown in for salary. I'd change Fayne to Pouliot easily if it got the deal done.
They had to work out a deal with the NHLPA. There were reports a while back that they were treating expansion like waivers. If so, even if the expansion draft was 1 day before a contact with a NMC expired, a team would have to protect him. But maybe they can work something out. We don't know the expansion draft rules yet. Just a lot of rumour.
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But honestly if Kovalchuk wanted to come back Chia should be all over that.
Can Radulov play center?
Let's sign Kovalchuk.
No, they would just buy out Vanek and save 4.5 million instead of taking on Yak and Fayne who make a combined 6 million. Brodin can be traded for futures or better players than Yak and Fayne if they are still up against the cap.
I guess. They might hate Vanek and the dead Cap space more then that, but either way.
Buyout cap hit of Vanek:
2016/17 - 1.5M
2017/18 - 2.5M
Mark Fayne caphit:
2016/17 - 3.625M
2017/18 - 3.625M
So the Wild lose cap space on just that swap alone. And Mark Fayne has proven that no one will take him for free. So it's not like there is value there for the Wild. And then they trade Brodin for Yakupov? Which not even the most ardent Oiler homer can think is a fair swap.
It's terrible for the Wild.
the problem there is that they had such an easy time signing Vanek because of how impressive their team and facilities were, and so he's in no mood to waive his NMC to go anywhere. That's where a good thing can become a bad thing.
It's like us and Sekera. I don't get why posters suggest trading him. He singled us out because he liked our city, team, and future so much, and so of course he signed for a little less and insisted on a NMC. He's not going anywhere for any reason. Although, I really like Sekera so I don't mind so much, but we have zero flexibility just like Minny and Vanek.
Because they get rid of Vanek? They are planning to buy him out, they would probably welcome this trade.
good point, good post. the thing that is getting overlooked by people is that, in today's NHL, you need 4 good dmen that can play 20 mins, and about 4 more that are used for the bottom pairing/depth. You only need 2 top 6 Cs; a 3rd is a luxury (a very, very nice luxury, no doubt). As Spawn said: you can get a decent 3C and get by with him. Having a good 3D is both more difficult to do and more important to have.
Im not saying 'trade RNH for Ellis' as that, admitted is probably an overpayment. but, it's not as off as some are making it out to be. A quality 3D, that can put up points, is a very valuable and important player. And dreaming of the day when RNH is Datzyukian is... dreaming.
Im not even saying trade RNH. Id rather keep him, trade Ebs and move Drai to wing, at least for half a season, anyways.
but, your Dcorp is now the most important aspect of your team, so make it a bigger priority then C depth. sorry. one trumps the other.
Sure. But why would the Wild do that? They'd just buy Vanek out and have a cap hit of 1.5M this upcoming season and 2.5M the next and if they wanted to trade Brodin trade him for something actually of value rather than a waiver player and a borderline bust.
What if we got say Vanek+Brodin and sent Fayne+Yakupov back in return? Thats the type of deal I'm thinking.
Vanek is a buyout candidate. I don't think he'd cost anything to acquire.
I kind of doubt we're going to have the cap space to add him for next season though and he's really shown a sharp decline the last couple of seasons. He reminds me of Heatley. An already slow skater has gotten slower and he just can't get to the scoring areas as well.