Article: John Tavares Is A Perfect Fit For the Wild

[Robert Brent]

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[Scalptrash]

Definitely an upgrade, but he won't do as well with the Wild and his production will fall off dramatically. Toronto has an all-star lineup, the Wild don't.

[B1GKappa97]

If Marner is gone then they're keeping Tavares around. 

I'm down to get into the Marner sweepstakes though! 

[Citizen Strife]

High end talent rarely, if ever CHOOSES to come here.  I doubt that starts now.

Edited 6 hours ago by Citizen Strife

[MNCountryLife]

26 minutes ago, Citizen Strife said:

High end talent rarely, if ever CHOOSES to come here.  I doubt that starts now.

Unfortunately quite true.  You have to have a team on the precipice of a cup to entice the very best ... or a desirable location.

We have $16M in cap space.  Florida is projected to have $19M.  Wild are going to have a difficult time attracking high end talent. 

[Dis-allowed display name]

I like reading these articles that are "So-and-so is a perfect fit for the Wild" but lets be honest,  the Wild never get the guy that is a perfect fit.  We are not looking for the perfect fit, we are looking for an 34 year old mediocre  guy with more grit than a can of Ajax.

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[SkolWild73]

3 hours ago, MNCountryLife said:

Unfortunately quite true.  You have to have a team on the precipice of a cup to entice the very best ... or a desirable location.

We have $16M in cap space.  Florida is projected to have $19M.  Wild are going to have a difficult time attracking high end talent. 

It will be interesting to see what Florida does with their 19M.  They only have 16 players, so need 6 more and have to decide on Ekblad and Bennet, and a couple more free agents.  If they sign both Ekblad and Bennett, that will probably use up most of that 19M.