Article: Is Bill Guerin's Tension With Marco Rossi A Media Creation?

[Bekki Antonelli]

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[Imyourhuckleberry]

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The Wild offered Rossi a 5-year, $25 million deal, which he turned down. Rossi reportedly was looking for around $7 million AAV. He might’ve been able to get it if he were an unrestricted free agent, but as a restricted free agent, he had no leverage. 

Players generally don't negotiate much in their deals. Rossi's agent turned down the offer, believing a better deal could be had, and for Rossi, the 3-year deal likely is a better deal, assuming he continues on an upward trajectory.

I don't think there's much real tension. Hynes put Rossi with the players he was with on the 4th line in the playoffs, and explained why. Rossi certainly should have felt like he could have done more, and he will likely work hard to prove it this year. Guerin may have agreed with the move, but it was a coaching decision, not a personnel(GM) decision.

Naturally, Rossi's agent gets a cut from the best deal he can negotiate, so he has a major stake in the contract that gets signed--he's going to stretch out negotiations unless he gets a big offer. Rossi only has to work on getting ready to show Hynes that he belongs higher in the lineup, he isn't really involved in the negotiations.

Yes, much of it is media narrative amplified by social media. I'm not saying Guerin and Rossi are golfing buddies, but I don't think they have some major rift that is going to cause problems for the Wild.

[Citizen Strife]

Hynes and Guerin aren't in the business of deliberately punishing a player.  Their jobs are on the line because they have to win games.  Rossi can certainly help you win games, but players like Kap, Ek, and Boldy are just plain better.  For the Vegas series, Hartman and Foligno were too.

The worst we have ever heard about Guerin dicking with a player was that snide comment about Fiala versus Dumba.  

The daily grind of social media (this site included) is exhausting.  People want answers for EVERYTHING, most are never happy or vent frustrations like they are, and can't stand something not making sense.

Rossi could be both a valuable player in the organization AND someone who is "right now" not worth Boldy money.  You can be well liked and successful but not the be all end all reason a team rises and falls.

[Dango]

I haven't heard Billy say 1 thing about Rossi that the media tried to report . everything i heard was hearsay  from social media .   .

[Scalptrash]

Why is Rossi always compared to Hartman in the playoffs? What about Gaudreau?

[Burnt Toast]

14 minutes ago, Scalptrash said:

What about Gaudreau?

Traded. Expectations are rising. I’ve heard that the reason behind keeping Freddie and the third line together was a continuity thing. Less disruption with only juggling two lines. Unfortunately things didn’t work out well with a first round exit. I can’t help but think CJH and Wild Management felt like they “had Vegas on the hook and let them get away.”

[WIWild]

Doesn't feel totally press created to me. How many times has NoJo alone earned the ProssBox but never been below 2nd line? I'd be shocked if that's the coaches decision, especially since multiple coaches have watched him doing cardio with no visible consequences.

[Citizen Strife]

Outside of Hartman and Foligno, what other winger options were there?  Don't say Ohgren, cause he still wasn't a viable NHL player yet.

Mojo's offensive skill leaves a lot to be desired, but I think he had surprising defensive metrics.  Something like 80th percentile or something in one of Tony's articles.

The goal this year is to have OFFENSE in the Top 6 though.