Article: The Wild's Roster Is In the Right Place To Go All the Way

[Justin Hein]

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[Citizen Strife]

It is a lot easier to replace a bunch of second and third liners and backfill when you know that first line is pretty much accounted for.  Even moreso if a first line guy is out there in a trade and doesn't just poo poo Minnesota outright.

Edited October 3 by Citizen Strife

[Imyourhuckleberry]

Daemon Hunt

Hunt was picked up off waivers by the Minnesota Wild on Friday, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.

[Pewterschmidt]

15 minutes ago, Imyourhuckleberry said:

Daemon Hunt

Hunt was picked up off waivers by the Minnesota Wild on Friday, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.

Who says you can't go home again?

[MrCheatachu]

1 hour ago, Pewterschmidt said:

Who says you can't go home again?

Jack Johnson and Sidney Crosby were good friends since they played together in Minnesota during High School at Shattucks. 

The only theory that I heard was SillyG was going to get Crosby to sign here for his farewell tour (a la other good Penguin buddy Fleury) by luring him back using Jack Johnson as bait.

Clearly, Sid must have told Guerin he's going to hang em up in Pittsburgh, and therefore Johnson was no longer valuable here.

Edited October 3 by MrCheatachu

[BillieGismylover]

Go get Necas to center Kirill and Boldy. That would be one hell of a first line for years to come. I’d let Gustavsson walk. Goaltenders are a crapshoot every year. Try and shop Brodin or Spurgeon. Should have enough money left to fill out the roster. 

[mnfaninnc]

I would seriously like to dive into the trade market for those 2nd line guys. I think we could do it during the year too. 

I think we are soon coming to the point where we're going to have to break the piggy bank of our highly touted prospect pool and start trading these guys out to acquire talent. That talent, in my book, should be geared toward draft classes '20-22. 

I mentioned Voronkov and Marchenko on a different thread. But guys in that class. Since we've got that top line that can be really good, going and finding the 2nd line guys shouldn't be that hard, especially when you're looking for guys who still have RFA status. 

Throughout the buyout years, one thing that Guerin was particularly good about was finding value players. Guys like Hartman were still a bit young and hadn't fully developed when he gave him his opportunity. There is no reason to think that now that we have money, that Guerin can't find more of those guys. 

I think the new coach in Iowa is going to help prepare these guys even better, so that they will be viable trade pieces. We're getting to the point in time where we are the ones getting the best piece in the trade. 

I was very excited about the 2010 draft guys and how bright the future looked back then. But, they didn't really have that full development time and were plucked early to pair with the Parise/Suter signings. This time around, these prospects have had a couple of extra years to prepare. And, I think this time around, it can be more successful. 

I think we're going to have a real fun season on this site with a lot to talk about. My expectations are that we are in the hunt for a WC playoff birth, but will be playing far better at the end of the season than the beginning of the season. There are a lot of games this fall, and with the schedule as it is, it will favor teams with young legs. 

[Dango]

Anyone have the itinerary for tonights game , are we going full starters or like the NFL  all minor A 's for the final preseason .

[Imyourhuckleberry]

11 minutes ago, Dango said:

Anyone have the itinerary for tonights game , are we going full starters or like the NFL  all minor A 's for the final preseason .

Full starting lineup. The AHL guys have almost all been assigned to Iowa already. Haight is around, but not playing unless something changes in pregame warmups.

Kaprizov-Rossi-Boldy

Yurov-Eriksson Ek-Tarasenko

Johansson-Hartman-Ohgren

Foligno-Sturm-Trenin

Middleton-Faber

Buium-Spurgeon

Bogosian-Jiricek (Haight on the fifth line)

They are playing Foligno line 4 tonight only to get more minutes for the younger guys and save him for the regular season. That is not where he'll play regular season.

Not sure who's in goal.  Sounds like they want to start with Yurov on the wing until he gets better on faceoffs or another C option misses time.

[Kato AK]

2 hours ago, BillieGismylover said:

Go get Necas to center Kirill and Boldy. That would be one hell of a first line for years to come. I’d let Gustavsson walk. Goaltenders are a crapshoot every year. Try and shop Brodin or Spurgeon. Should have enough money left to fill out the roster. 

Necas is not a true center, plays mostly wing. And trying to get a top line player from an in-division contender is going to cost a ton. Would probably have a better shot seeing who stumbles out the gate and make a friendly "just checking in".

Personally, would love to see some interest with the Islanders. Try and poach either Barzal or horvat, maybe figure out a way to include a Gus for Sorokin angle.

[Enforceror]

Buium looks great tonight.

[Sam]

12 minutes ago, Enforceror said:

Buium looks great tonight.

You jinxed him…

[Enforceror]

7 minutes ago, Sam said:

You jinxed him…

Buium looks terrible tonight?

[Willy the poor boy]

Gus wants an 8 + mill contract...

[Imyourhuckleberry]

Gus might not have had a good start to the game, but in the 3rd period, he was everywhere he needed to be. He was excellent in periods 2 and 3.

Full disclosure, I didn't see the first period, but caught quite a bit after that. The Hartman game winner was..."super impressive".

Hopefully the Wild have gotten their main guys where they need to be for a fast start again this season, and that Brodin will have a strong return within a couple of weeks.

[FredJohnson]

22 hours ago, Imyourhuckleberry said:

Daemon Hunt

Hunt was picked up off waivers by the Minnesota Wild on Friday, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.

From details of the Jiricek trade from Columbus:
The Columbus Blue Jackets traded Jiricek and a 2025 fifth-round pick to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for a 2025 first-round pick, a 2026 third-round pick, a 2026 fourth-round pick, a 2027 second-round pick, and defenseman Daemon Hunt.

Let's see if Jiricek is good enough to warrant balance of what we gave up. 

[M_Nels]

The first round pick is the only “scary” one to me. Those 3rd and 4th rounders rarely pan out into anything we’re going to miss and the year we gave up our second rounder we still have our 1st. 
 

The assets sound a lot worse than what they are once you dive into them, Billy did a good job of spreading them out. 

[M_Nels]

3 hours ago, FredJohnson said:

From details of the Jiricek trade from Columbus:
The Columbus Blue Jackets traded Jiricek and a 2025 fifth-round pick to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for a 2025 first-round pick, a 2026 third-round pick, a 2026 fourth-round pick, a 2027 second-round pick, and defenseman Daemon Hunt.

Let's see if Jiricek is good enough to warrant balance of what we gave up. 

The first round pick is the only “scary” one to me. Those 3rd and 4th rounders rarely pan out into anything we’re going to miss and the year we gave up our second rounder we still have our 1st. 
 

The assets sound a lot worse than what they are once you dive into them, Billy did a good job of spreading them out. 
 

Edit: sorry I think this posted twice, was trying to reply to your comment initially. This site is kind of cumbersome to use on a phone. 

Edited October 4 by M_Nels

[FredJohnson]

6 hours ago, M_Nels said:

The first round pick is the only “scary” one to me. Those 3rd and 4th rounders rarely pan out into anything we’re going to miss and the year we gave up our second rounder we still have our 1st. 
 

The assets sound a lot worse than what they are once you dive into them, Billy did a good job of spreading them out. 
 

Edit: sorry I think this posted twice, was trying to reply to your comment initially. This site is kind of cumbersome to use on a phone. 

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The first round pick is the only “scary” one to me. Those 3rd and 4th rounders rarely pan out into anything we’re going to miss and the year we gave up our second rounder we still have our 1st. 
 

The assets sound a lot worse than what they are once you dive into them, Billy did a good job of spreading them out. 
 

Edit: sorry I think this posted twice, was trying to reply to your comment initially. This site is kind of cumbersome to use on a phone.

[Pablo]

Is the Foligno/Eek/Tarasenko line gonna be called FEET? FETA? Or just CHEESE?

The lineup for this season is looking great on paper if there aren’t anymore major injuries. The trade deadline is gonna be exciting if/when BG pulls a trade to get another star C/F type in his prime. A few guys have been talked about and we have the money to do it. I think BG is going to swing for the fence to build a quick cup contender while relying on 5 youngsters to become riding star core players for the next decade.

The timeline has never worked out where 21-25yo’s development matched with prime stars to make that cup run and reload every year. This time is different. Season 25 thru 35 will be much different than the past. Stop reliving the failures.

 

[1Brotherbill]

On 10/3/2025 at 4:34 PM, Imyourhuckleberry said:

Kaprizov-Rossi-Boldy

Yurov-Eriksson Ek-Tarasenko

Johansson-Hartman-Ohgren

Foligno-Sturm-Trenin

Middleton-Faber

Buium-Spurgeon

Bogosian-Jiricek (Haight on the fifth line)

 

Outside of Haight being in Iowa, which is justified for his playing time, this is the roster for a few weeks or months.  I think Yurov and Ohgren will switch back and forth as the season goes along with matchups and Foligno might play on line 3 with Ohgren and Hartman if you want to set a message, because that would be a physical line.  Johansson is going to be given a shot to play if he doesn't I expect Haight will be in St. Paul soon.  When Zucarello comes back Haight might be sent back to Iowa unless he is wowing the team.  Johansson is very cheap and can sit out a lot without you getting worried about the sticker shock. 

[Pablo]

Looks like Sturm hit the IR today so Haight is on the opening night roster. Whats the 3rd and 4th lines gonna look like?