Confirmed Trade: [SJS/MIN] Calen Addison for 2026 5th round pick and Adam Raska

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[Gospel of Prospal]

Poor guy. What did Addison do to deserve this?

 

[Breakers]

Ive seen enough

San Jose is in win now mode
But burroughs was their PP1 I believe, anything would be better than that

 

[stl76]

Interesting. Don’t really understand this for either side.

 

[Szechwan]

Wow, I thought Wild fans loved that kid? Just a pick back would be strange but maybe they wanted to do right and send him somewhere with more opportunity?

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Karlsson replacement

 

[Magic Mittens]

Weird, thought Minny was high on him

 

[Jannik Hansen]

Poor guy.

 

[SEALBound]

Would Zetterland make sense as the return?

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Maybe a Wild fan can provide some insight because this seems very out-of-the-blue.

 

[MNRube]

Wow, I thought Wild fans loved that kid?

nope. he can’t defend

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Weekes' forehead gets all the scoops.

 

[f7ben]

I was a big supporter of his particular skill set but he hasn’t made any progress at all on his deficiencies. He’s doesn’t seem motivated to improve his defense at all. I won’t be sorry to se him gone and anything in return will be fine. Hopefully we can send Merrill with him.

 

[red devil]

 

[BKarchitect]

Well adding Addison is certainly not going to do much to help the Sharks GAA.

I think it’s weird everybody thinks the Wild were high on him. He plays like 12 minutes a night and is clearly lacking defensively. He seems to have built a reputation simply based off some patches of scoring output. I find him to be a severely limited NHL defenseman whose trajectory is to hang on in some depth OFD role for a while before he potentially disappears into the ether.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Pretty obvious this was coming for Wild fans, I thought they would wait for Spurgeon to back on Saturday but this works. He was taken off the PP two games ago and they have been running 5 forwards. Addison is not someone you want to play much if winning is your goal.

 

[Mattb124]

nope. he can’t defend

He will fit right in with the Sharks.

Honestly, the Sharks have something like 9 NHL D-men under contract. Can’t see the point of this unless they are shipping another D back.

 

[BatVader]

Plan the parade San Jose… it’s on now

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Poor guy. What did Addison do to deserve this?

Watch him play and you will have your answer lol.

 

[Gurglesons]

Seems wild.

 

[SEALBound]

No way, a 5th!? Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezus!

If that's the case, that's a hell of a deal for San Jose.

 

[BKarchitect]

Pretty obvious this was coming for Wild fans, I thought they would wait for Spurgeon to back on Saturday but this works. He was taken off the PP two games ago and they have been running 5 forwards. Addison is not someone you want to play much if winning is your goal.

He’s “youngish” and made some points early on as a rookie that made the picture of him seem a lot glossier than it really is. That’s all I can think here as to why anybody thinks he is any good.

And here come the “amazing deal for San Jose what are the Wild thinking!” comments…lol.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

*Calen

PP specialist, and isn't all that special at it.

Was hoping there would be some growth in the 5v5 game, and still could be, but seemed pretty obvious he wasn't one of Guerin's guys.

 

[Waterbuf]

Hope he gets PP1 deployment on the awful Sharks but...David Quinn

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

For anyone interested in my brief thoughts, here was a recent proposal I had for him.

Maybe not in the spirit of the thread starter, but I have had thoughts that Calen Addison would be a much better player in the Cap's system than the Wild's for some time now. For a likely low cost acquisition, he is a guy that could potentially fill a big niche for the Caps and may be even more useful for Washington in current circumstances. I am not saying he solves this issue at all, but he could potentially be a small piece that helps.

I am not going to high sell you on the player, he is very flawed in his defensive game and his physical package is not overwhelming. He does have one pretty unique part of his skill set though, his ability to execute quick, effective distributing during set play times, like the PP, is very very good. I think he would a very good fit on the Caps PP and could assist Ovechkin greatly in his push for the record. I do not think that he will help you win very many games, but he will help you get points and entertainment and he does get the puck to the best offensive guys on the ice mostly effectively.

The Wild at this point are in need of someone capable of providing a semblance of stability on the bottom pair. With injuries this year they have gone through organizational depth evaluation down to their #10 D man and frankly all the bottom pair guys have shown that they are not ready or capable in the NHL at this moment. To keep the season from further deteriorating, I believe that they would be willing to move Addison as soon as Spurgeon returns and a more established/positionally sound, but "lower" future potential defender would be the only requested return, a #6/7 type of guy. I believe that Washington has a few defenders in the system that would fit this billing but not as up to date on if any would be available.

Any thoughts from Washington fans on if there would be any interest in this player? The Wild cap situation is limiting, though on Spurgeon's imminent return they will be able to accrue some decent in season space, so this is something that could definitely be re-visited throughout the season if needed.