Article: Brock Boeser Is the Perfect Wild Offseason Target

[Robert Brent]

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[FredJohnson]

Wrong Brock if rumors are to be believed. (Nelson)

[mnhockeyfan03]

Absolutely no to Boeser.  And no to Nelson if he wants over 4mm.  No to Rossi as well. Lots of trades need to happen. 

[M_Nels]

He is a RH shot which would be nice and he's not all that old but I'm saying pass unless he gives one hell of a hometown deal and nothing more than a 5-6yr deal. He's a good player but I don't think the Wild should throw a lot of money at him.

Edited 17 hours ago by M_Nels

[Patrick]

Absolutely terrible idea. He has had ONE good year. ONE. Absolutely the most overrated player by MN hockey fans. And dreadful defensively.

[BeanPole Harvester]

While Boeser is a good fit for the Wild's lineup, a free-agency move for the forward would include a substantial price tag. Fortunately for Minnesota, they should have plenty of money to spend. According to Puckpedia, the Wild should have roughly $21 million to play with this offseason. 

That $21 mil is a little off. Looking at puckpedia, they are only showing 1 goalie. Adding Wallstedt would subtract $2.2 mil. Of the 6 returning defensemen, one of those is Buium. If we add in thecontracts of Jiricek, Ogren, Yurov and an extension of Rossi ($6 mil?) that will leave the Wild with around $7.5-$7.7 mil for free agancy.

The buyouts are still present though much reduced.

[hydguy75]

12 hours ago, mnhockeyfan03 said:

Lots of trades need to happen. 

Based on them just barely qualifying with a WC1 seeding and with GK having the Wild's number often, most likely during Round 1 as well, I cannot agree more.  It is evident the roster isn't SC competitive as it sits. 

[Citizen Strife]

2024-2025 Numbers Game (82 Games Played)

Record: 45-30-7; (97 pts, 4th in Central, 7th in Western Conference, 12th in NHL, 5-3-2 in L10)

1st Wild Card: Will Face Vegas in 1st Round

 

Goals For: 2.74 Per Game (25th in NHL)

Goals Against: 2.88 Per Game (14th in NHL)

PP: 20.9% (20th in NHL)

PK: 72.4% (30th in NHL)

 

Gustavsson: 31-19-6, 2.56 GAA (23rd in Goalies), .914 SV% (T-13th in Goalies)*

Fleury: 14-9-1, 2.93 GAA (55th in Goalies), .899 SV% (46th in Goalies)*

*Goalie Rankings could be skewed due to differences in games played. For instance, when weighed against goalies with 25 or more starts, Gus is ranked 11th in GAA and 5th in SV%.

Boldy: 27G, 46A, 73P (T-36th in NHL), +1

Rossi: 24G, 36A, 60P (T-81st in NHL), +3

Kaprizov: 25G, 31A, 56P, (T-96th in NHL) +19

Zuccarello: 19G, 35A, 54P (T-104th in NHL), 0

Gaudreau: 18G, 19A, 37P (T-209th in NHL), -2

+/-

Highest: Kaprizov (+19), Middleton (+11), Brodin (+10)

Lowest: Bogosian/Khusnutdinov/Ohgren (-6), Johansson/Hartman (-7), Merrill/Shore (-8)

[RedLake]

The Wild don't need soft players.

[SkolWild73]

2 hours ago, hydguy75 said:

Based on them just barely qualifying with a WC1 seeding and with GK having the Wild's number often, most likely during Round 1 as well, I cannot agree more.  It is evident the roster isn't SC competitive as it sits. 

This is all true.  But they were something like 21-6-2 when ek and Kap both played. (Going off of memory from a stat during the game when the came back).  Someone correct me if I am wrong.

Edited 2 hours ago by SkolWild73