Rumor: Wild looking to attach a young player to trade a bad contract?

[MMC]

"En fin de compte, le Wild est prêt à échanger un jeune, si vous prenez aussi un contrat qui est qualifié de mauvais."

translates to

"In the end the Wild is ready to trade a youngster, if you take a contract that is described as bad."

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[TaLoN]

Would think Donato would be one of the most likely.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

So Rask ya nobody is doing that and how awful would the trade look if its Nino plus young player just to rid themselves of that contract?

 

[ChaoticOrange]

2/3rds of the league has 5 mil of cap space or less. Best of luck with that.

 

[boredmale]

Given how bad the Wild's season is so far wouldn't it just be better to tough it out for the rest of the season?

 

[Mike Dukarm]

If Matthew Boldy is available with a bad contract, maybe we could do something

 

[JackFr]

What bad contracts do they have other than Rask that are moveable?

 

[rynryn]

Not sure what kind of sense this makes unless it's a rebuild and we're trading for picks. Still though a young guy? Probably not one that can play center based on our lack there. Greenway? Which bad contract though lol.

 

[MMC]

Maybe something around Fiala + Rask to Edmonton for Gagner?

 

[TaLoN]

If Matthew Boldy is available with a bad contract, maybe we could do something

Not available.

 

[Mike Dukarm]

What bad contracts do they have other than Rask that are moveable?

Parise... 5 more years after this year.. he will be 40
Suter... 5 more years after this year.. he will be 40

For now its okay...

Would consider Suter for Montreal

 

[Bazeek]

I wouldn't even really have Rask in the Bad Contract column right now. It's not a good contract, but in limited games he's been fine and we're not exactly flush with quality centers. I wouldn't miss him, but I wouldn't pay to move him either.

Even conceptually this seems like exactly the wrong time of the year to try to pawn off a bad contract.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Maybe something around Fiala + Rask to Edmonton for Gagner?

Not only can we not afford that when Larsson and Nygard come back, I’m not sure getting anchored to Rask for three seasons is at all a wise move - Fiala or no Fiala.

 

[MMC]

Not only can we not afford that when Larsson and Nygard come back, I’m not sure getting anchored to Rask for three seasons is at all a wise move - Fiala or no Fiala.

Fair, I wasn't really suggesting that deal would happen, just that it's what I would envision a trade like this would look like.

 

[AKL]

If Matthew Boldy is available with a bad contract, maybe we could do something

lol

 

[AKL]

Maybe something around Fiala + Rask to Edmonton for Gagner?

That’s bad, really bad

 

[AKL]

Is this source even reliable? Seems like it’s just speculation.

In any case, I’d imagine that the bad contract is Zuccarello and the young player probably isn’t Fiala or Kunin. More likely Greenway or Donato.

 

[MMC]

Is this source even reliable? Seems like it’s just speculation.

In any case, I’d imagine that the bad contract is Zuccarello and the young player probably isn’t Fiala or Kunin. More likely Greenway or Donato.

It’s Lavoie, he breaks a lot of news.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I don't really believe it.

 

[AKL]

I don't really believe it.

I don’t either.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Suter (retained to 6) + Foligno
For
Kapanen + Ceci + Cond. Pick

 

[AKL]

Suter (retained to 6) + Foligno
For
Kapanen + Ceci + Cond. Pick

Not trading Suter because of the recap penalty.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Not trading Suter because of the recap penalty.

Makes sense. After I typed it and looked at it... probably not an enticing deal for Minn anyway.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Is this source even reliable? Seems like it’s just speculation.

In any case, I’d imagine that the bad contract is Zuccarello and the young player probably isn’t Fiala or Kunin. More likely Greenway or Donato.

They want to give up on Zucc already?

 

[AKL]

They want to give up on Zucc already?

I hope so

But what I mean is, he and Rask are the only two with bad contracts that are also moveable. Parise and Suter are the other two, and they can’t be moved due to recapture.

I suppose Spurgeon could be the bad contract, but I’d rather keep him with how low his value is.