Article: The Wild May Have Locked Themselves Into the Wrong Time To Strike

[Willy the poor boy]

2 hours ago, Scalptrash said:

. He could also recoup any money lost by signing somewhere else with advertising revenue, which is non-existent in flyover country. 

Ahemmm!! Kwik Trip?

If he won't sign here Rossi sure as hell won't.

 

[Dis-allowed display name]

AND YUROV SIGNS!   

 

Ladies and gentlemen......we got 'em.

[MNCountryLife]

Good Article.  Timing is crucial.  If the player you need isn't there... don't overspend or waste assets.  Be patient.  Locking the Wild into more bad contracts is about the worst thing we can do.  

[Kato AK]

23 hours ago, OldDutchChip said:

chicago offer sheet Rossi at 12 mil per and all are good! right?

If that happens, yes. I would gladly take chicago's next 4 1st round picks. They aren't going to be good for awhile and I'll take the chance at McKenna and Dupont.

[Scalptrash]

1 hour ago, Dis-allowed display name said:

AND YUROV SIGNS!   

 

Ladies and gentlemen......we got 'em.

Hopefully they treat him better than Marat. Maybe they could make the 4th line a skill line with Yurov, Rossi, and Ohgren. They would probably outscore the second line!

[Kato AK]

3 hours ago, Lern2spell said:

Once a player signs an offer sheet, they cannot be traded. If the current team matches the offer, they typically cannot trade said player for one calendar year. If Rossi signs an offer sheet, the best Guerin could do is threaten to match to try and get more compensation from the team holding the offer sheet. Any bidding war for Rossi will happen before July 1st.

I could not find anything about the 1 calendar year restriction. I did find the not being able to trade a player during the 7 day period, but my strategy is the match the offer and then trade the player.

If he really cant be traded for a year, thats fine. He would most likely increase his trade value anyway.

[WildNotMild]

3 hours ago, Dis-allowed display name said:

AND YUROV SIGNS!   

 

Ladies and gentlemen......we got 'em.

Now the wait is on to see if he plays on the 4th line to unlock winger’s potential.

Edited Friday at 07:39 PM by WildNotMild

[Lern2spell]

1 hour ago, Kato AK said:

I could not find anything about the 1 calendar year restriction. I did find the not being able to trade a player during the 7 day period, but my strategy is the match the offer and then trade the player.

If he really cant be traded for a year, thats fine. He would most likely increase his trade value anyway.

I stated 'typically' because most offers have a least one year of no-trade clause. If matched, the clause still applies. Regardless of all this, Rossi would have the most value before July 1st simply because teams that don't have the draft compensation to make an offer sheet can be involved in trade discussions, and offer draft picks out past next year...

[FredJohnson]

11 hours ago, Pewterschmidt said:

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[Pewterschmidt]

11 hours ago, FredJohnson said:

Get and use the Duck Duck Go browser.

Thanks FJ.  Just downloaded DDG.  

[RedLake]

Dogpile is a sweet engine.

[mnfaninnc]

I'm thinking we qualify Rossi and see what his market value is. There's a big difference in taking compensation from Chicago vs. Utah. Utah's an up and coming team with a bunch of prospects about ready. Chicago still has doom and gloom seasons coming.

If a team like Florida (who does not have the draft compensation to do this but for the sake of argument) comes calling, that is a very different animal and we'd be stuck with 1st rounders in the low part of the draft. In that case, matching may be the best solution. 

Just because a player gets offersheeted does not mean that's the end of the conversation. We've got 7 days to match any offer and the cap space to do it. No really good team is going to offer for 4 1sts, because they won't have the cap space for it. If we got a 1st/2nd/3rd round pick in '26 by a typically low looking team like, say, Boston, that might be worth a swing.

As for the other stuff, if I were Guerin, I'd be scouting some players in the 27-30 age, and looking for guys who had a down year this year, but good years prior, both UFAs and trades. Search on teams that play a structured game. This is where I worry about Boeser, as he doesn't appear to be a structured guy. Nelson comes from structure, and my bet would be that he'd do better here than in Colorado. He's got size, so if the wheels start sputtering a bit, he can still compete. But, at $7.4m, I think I'm passing. I really like Bennett's game, especially his playoff game. I think I'd target him instead of Nelson for the same price, but, my bet is he resigns in FL. 

[Up North Guy]

12 minutes ago, mnfaninnc said:

I really like Bennett's game, especially his playoff game. I think I'd target him instead of Nelson for the same price, but, my bet is he resigns in FL. 

I think Bennett's price has really gone up the last few weeks.