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Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago I get the need for solving the offense problem. The Wild definitely lack top end scoring behind Kap and Boldy, but Rossi's point totals aren't so demonstrably different while also being solid defensively. If Peterka was a 75-80 pt scorer, that'd be a tougher thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnfaninnc Verified Member Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago I was never on the Peterka bandwagon. I'm glad we didn't bite and kept Rossi. However, I am on the Mason McTavish bandwagon, so I'd be open to a deal there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalptrash Verified Member Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago (edited) The Wild should have tried to get him w/o giving up Rossi. THAT would have been a nice Christmas morning present. Would you rather have Peterka or Tarasenko in your top six? Of course, Billy's only goal was to get rid of Rossi any way possible, so that never would have happened. Now that Rossi has a very trade friendly contract (intentional), they should try to trade him for McTavish. He fits much better in Billy's mold and I'm sure he would pay him what he's actually worth. Edited 1 hour ago by Scalptrash 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCheatachu Verified Member Posted 42 minutes ago Share Posted 42 minutes ago There's this gem from the Russo article, straight from the horse's mouth: Quote Guerin considered trading Rossi throughout June, but the only offers he got were for futures, including mid-to-late first-rounders and roster players he had no interest in. Guerin refused all those offers as he did not want to make his team worse. He wanted a center or winger back who could bring similar production. Interesting that Russo mentions that the timeline he considered trading Rossi was 'throughout June' and that he only had offers for 'roster players he had no interest in' which seems to suggest that Peterka might not have been in play. It's still really fascinating to me that none of the other 32 teams wanted to pony up a package for Ross-Vegas, every team seems to be improving this season, and the free agent class has been abysmal...why wouldn't you put together a package for a guy who looks to be a legit 2C in the league? What am I missing here? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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