Article: Vancouver Canucks 'Very Interested' In Wild's Marco Rossi

[Thomas Williams]

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[Citizen Strife]

A 15th pick does very little to move me off the "EHHHHH" reaction of moving Rossi.  A 6-10 maybe, but still.  

An offer sheet sucks, a straight pick and 3rd-4th line player deal sucks, just: bleh.  I just hope if that's what Guerin is working on, he has a 2nd line free agent or 1st line trade mapped out in his book somewhere.

[Citizen Strife]

Looked up the 15th picks in most recent drafts and Cossa was the best one.  The Wild's last 15th ever chosen?  Luke Kunin...

Yeah, uh.

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[mnfaninnc]

I would be hugely disappointed with #15 this year. The thing I read about Vancouver flipping a defensive prospect and #15 still is a meh. Flipping Pettersson in the deal, the center, now we can have a conversation. If this is their offer, and Lekkerimaki included, I think we look elsewhere. 

Simply put, Lekkerimaki, #15, a defensive prospect does not help us in '25. Shooter is on record saying he does not want a Rossi trade to delay his timeline. So futures doesn't really work out that way. Try again, Vancouver.

[mnfaninnc]

I read an interesting piece that said there was a potential deal last summer of Marner going to Vegas for Karlsson. Toronto also asked for Theodore. Here's the interesting part, this trade was nixed by Karlsson who has an M-NTC. It looks like players want no part of playing in Canada and that the report on that was accurate. 

I believe that players are paid in $, not C$. But, Canada takes them to the cleaners in taxes, so most players just simply keep Canadian teams on their list. Since MN is a higher tax state, one could glean from this that they may not be much of a destination either. 

Looking at this through the player's eyes, I saw another national article last week on a problem in Minneapolis. I didn't read the article, but just that headline is negative coverage for Minneapolis making an out of towner wonder what is wrong with the community there. 

I can't remember who it was who defended Minneapolis and their taxes, essentially saying that the national articles were blown out of proportion, which they probably are, and that south Minneapolis has great schools, houses selling above asking price, and is wonderful. The national perception since the George Floyd death has not been as kind to the city. And, if a guy is potentially coming into this market which has a 9.85% state tax rate for his salary, what is he getting out of it? This is more of a national PR problem than anything else in my eyes. But it is likely also the way a potential athlete sees the community. 

Many M-NTC contracts are 10 team. Some are 15. While I think the 7 Canadian teams + Buffalo, Columbus are on that list, maybe NJ is #10? Where does MN fit on this list? Would they be in the top 15? I think this is truly possible, and something that Shooter is going to have to overcome. This typically translates to overpayment. 

[mnfaninnc]

Also I perused the Bleacher Report article. What difference does it make how high a kid can jump in hockey? Is he jumping through the home plate area to screen the goalie and get missed by a shot? 

It seems to me that the NHL Combine needs a little revamping of relevancy. Make them do stuff that translates! I'm sure a goalie doing a vertical jump is extremely useful 🙄