[friedman] Bill Guerin Unhappy with Wild Goaltending; Potential Georgiev/Lundqvist Suitor?

11. Another GM who didn’t sound overly patient was a Rutherford proteg?, Minnesota’s Bill Guerin. The Wild’s boss showed a great deal of calm during the season, especially when it came to Kevin Fiala. That decision paid off handsomely in the long run, but Guerin made it clear he sees holes — particularly in goal. There were times during the season where he indicated a willingness to listen on Jonas Brodin and/or Matt Dumba, but other teams said Guerin wasn’t in a hurry to move either one. Whatever the case, he has an idea about the market if that’s the route he chooses.

 

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Georgiev and Staal (or Smith) for a 3rd. Staal waives to go play a year with his brother.

Cap wise it probably works since they have around 16m and not too many contracts to reap but I doubt they want Smith or Staal. They have a shit ton of money tied up in D.

Cap wise it probably works since they have around 16m and not too many contracts to reap but I doubt they want Smith or Staal. They have a shit ton of money tied up in D.

 

good thing smith is a winger now lol

Lundqvist reunited with Zuccarello for one more run?

I would love to get Dumba, just not sure how it fits

 

so they'd want Georgiev (I assume, if they want to fix goaltending they aren't going to want a 1-year fix, they want something longer term)

 

Georgiev for Dumba wouldn't get it done. I might be willing though to add our late pick (especially if CAR goes far in the playoffs) if they take on a Staal or Smith contract at 100% of the hit

I would love to get Dumba, just not sure how it fits

 

so they'd want Georgiev (I assume, if they want to fix goaltending they aren't going to want a 1-year fix, they want something longer term)

 

Georgiev for Dumba wouldn't get it done. I might be willing though to add our late pick (especially if CAR goes far in the playoffs) if they take on a Staal or Smith contract at 100% of the hit

 

Do we need another RD tho?

 

 

 

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Yo, Eric Staal for our 2C! Go get 'em slats!

Do we need another RD tho?

 

 

 

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sell high on Tony D and they give us their pick that Pittsburgh currently holds the choice on. Then, when Pittsburgh opts to keep the pick, and ends up tanking next year, we get another high pick

 

Boom: rebuild complete

Minnesota faces some difficult decisions with the Seattle Expansion Draft looming. They have four players with NMCs in Zuccarello, Parise, Suter, and Spurgeon. Minnesota's strength is in its defense right now so that would likely mean protecting Dumba, and Brodin in addition to the other two defensemen already mentioned. That would mean they'd be protecting 8S 1G as opposed to 7F 3D 1G. I'm assuming Fiala takes one of the final spots with just one more remaining. There are a number of solid bottom-six players likely to be exposed like Greenway, Kunin, Hartman, Donato, etc. Minnesota, knowing this and possibly looking for a shakeup as well, might be willing to move one of them for Georgiev. Greenway played for Quinn at BU and Donato was Fox's teammate for two seasons at Harvard.

Dubnyk looks done, but with a NTC and $4.33m cap hit, they won't be able to get rid of him without a buyout. That said, MN's goaltending is definitely underwhelming and I'm sure they will be looking to do something.

Minnesota faces some difficult decisions with the Seattle Expansion Draft looming. They have four players with NMCs in Zuccarello, Parise, Suter, and Spurgeon. Minnesota's strength is in its defense right now so that would likely mean protecting Dumba, and Brodin in addition to the other two defensemen already mentioned. That would mean they'd be protecting 8S 1G as opposed to 7F 3D 1G. I'm assuming Fiala takes one of the final spots with just one more remaining. There are a number of solid bottom-six players likely to be exposed like Greenway, Kunin, Hartman, Donato, etc. Minnesota, knowing this and possibly looking for a shakeup as well, might be willing to move one of them for Georgiev. Greenway played for Quinn at BU and Donato was Fox's teammate for two seasons at Harvard.

 

no thanks, we don't need some players just because they played for Quinn(we already bought out Shatt who played for Quinn) and I couldn't care less for some soft forward that played with Fox. I don't really care about who Minnesota will or won't protect either.

no thanks, we don't need some players just because they played for Quinn(we already bought out Shatt who played for Quinn) and I couldn't care less for some soft forward that played with Fox.

 

Greenway being a solid player is the rationale. His having played for Quinn is just another tidbit that would work in his favor.

 

I don't really care about who Minnesota will or won't protect either.

 

Good for you. I like knowing what assets are realistically attainable.

Isn't Gauthier our Greenway? Why do we need Greenway?

Ryan Hartman for the fourth line?

if we are making a trade with Wild it should look something like this:

 

Georgiev, Lias, Gauthier, and Rykov for 2nd rounder, 4th rounder, Greenway, and Eriksson Ek

That's a whole bunch of garbage for a group of useful things. That wouldn't even get Greenway.

Rykov just left for KHL.

Minnesota could have used a guy like ALF, as that franchise desperately needs an offensive impact player like that to build around. They could have used the lottery win just as much as the Rangers, probably even more. They have a lot of money tied up in defense too.

Isn't Gauthier our Greenway? Why do we need Greenway?

 

This tells me that you don't know much about Greenway except that he's big. Greenway and Gauthier don't even play similar games.

Rykov just left for KHL.

 

Rykov, we hardly knew ye.

no thanks, we don't need some players just because they played for Quinn(we already bought out Shatt who played for Quinn) and I couldn't care less for some soft forward that played with Fox. I don't really care about who Minnesota will or won't protect either.

 

They brought in Shatt when Vigneault was here. At least try and make your point factually accurate

Ryan Hartman for the fourth line?

 

Yup, he'd be good, too.

Rykov just left for KHL.

 

I know, we still own his rights

They brought in Shatt when Vigneault was here. At least try and make your point factually accurate

 

The point I was making still stands.