Article: The Minnesota Wild Must Be Careful With Liam Öhgren

[Tony Abbott]

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There is a double edged sword here.  The Twins spent a couple decades never being aggressive trading touted prospects when good deals were offered for proven players, only to have those prospects never materialize.  "We can't sacrifice our future." they would always say.  I was really mostly about being cheap and having a roster filled with people they could pay minimum.  

You can also trade away prospects for shiny objects, but the Wild have traded prospects for players that were never that shiny.  Many of those prospects flamed out, but come playoff time, you tend to see a bunch of them playing real hockey when our team is on the golf course.

If nobody of top line caliber is available, I would rather see what some of our players can do.  Ohgren is one I would give a couple years before you try to move him, especially if it is just for some flotsam at the trade deadline.

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[Scalptrash]

See ya Liam, it was nice never getting to know you. Bring in the next old guy.

[0 Stanley Cups]

Ohgren was a casualty of our limited cap space last season, first round picks won't devalue too much until season 3-4, I hope we get to see him play for at least 1-2 seasons, otherwise what the hell are we doing.

[Imyourhuckleberry]

If the Wild can deliver David Pastrňák for Rossi, Ohgren, and a future pick, I'm listening to that offer, but these are both good NHL players with considerable upside and should deliver serious value in return.

[Willy the poor boy]

1 hour ago, Scalptrash said:

See ya Liam, it was nice never getting to know you. Bring in the next old guy.

Corey Parry is ripe for the pickens...

[Scalptrash]

25 minutes ago, Willy the poor boy said:

Corey Parry is ripe for the pickens...

Never say never, Billys' in charge.

[Patrick]

Isn't this exactly the reason the Wild drafted Ohgren in the first place?  This is Marco Rossi all over again.  Draft a player for specific reasons.  Have that player develop as anticipated...and then trade them?  

There are only two possibilities at this point.

1) BG has completely re defined what he thinks an NHL player looks like in the last 2 or 3 years.

2) Russo is a narcissistic gossip columnist desperate for attention and is constantly making stuff up.

Based on BG's recent comments telling media members to STFU...I'm going with the 2nd option.

[Will D. Ness]

The Wild haven't devalued Rossi.  The market has revealed it.

[OldDutchChip]

if Ohgren is included in the package for a win-now player - then he should definitely be made available. And that is the right approach given where we are at. If Kap is signed - he has 5 peak years of prime (best case but maybe he'll stretch it to 7) and we need to maximize his peak. If Ohgren plays like another Tuch or Peter Forsberg - good for him. But you have to take chances, and bring the players needed to align with Kap. Otherwise, what are we really waiting for....then trade Kap and Boldy, accumulate more picks and youth and play all of them.

 

[OldDutchChip]

17 minutes ago, Will D. Ness said:

The Wild haven't devalued Rossi.  The market has revealed it.

you should run now!

 

[1Brotherbill]

7 hours ago, Willy the poor boy said:

Corey Parry is ripe for the pickens...

All he does is make it to the Stanley Cup finals.  At this point I would be satisfied with the Wild going to the Cup Finals with Corey Perry.  Then we can work on winning it after that. 

[Pablo]

How about we stand pat and roll with the young guys. Win the cup in ‘26 when they develop together and stay together. 

[1Brotherbill]

At this point who isn't an option to be traded in the prospect pool?  

It's great to have a top prospect pool but that only means your organization isn't ready to win a Stanley Cup.  Florida rank 32, Edmonton rank 29, Dallas 31, Carolina 16.  In fact every team in the playoffs last year except for Minnesota and Washington were in the bottom half of the league in prospect pool rankings.  Washington was 9th and Minnesota is 2nd.   Nestled around those two teams were playoff juggernauts like Buffalo, Anaheim, San Jose, Chicago, Seattle to name a few.  

Look at the playoff teams that go deep in the playoffs.  The rosters are made up of journeymen that have hundreds of playoff games under their belts.  Often those players have been to a cup final or two.  

Heidt, Haight, Lambos, Wallstedt, Hlavaj, Ohgren, the kids playing in Europe, if you can make your roster better right now then do it.  

[MacGyver]

1 hour ago, 1Brotherbill said:

All he does is make it to the Stanley Cup finals.  At this point I would be satisfied with the Wild going to the Cup Finals with Corey Perry.  Then we can work on winning it after that. 

Corey had his chance to come here and he said no thanks I'll pass. The Wild being an unattractive destination is a real thing. #97