Kalisha Turnipseed Verified Member Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 View full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pewterschmidt Verified Member Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Trade 1: too good to be true. Here take our broken prospect and a old barrel of dirt for your 26 yr old top six'r with size and grit. Um no. Trade 2: WTF?!? Jiri for Tippett. We gave the farm for Jiri only a year ago. Um no. Trade 3: Again with Jiri? This one is closest to a possibility imo. Brodin ain't a kid anymore and at least we're getting Drysdale back for Jiri. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Stanley Cups Verified Member Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 While I wouldn't mind seeing Tippett on our second line, I don't like the idea of giving up on Ohgren or Jiricek this early, especially when Hynes is giving them the Zucker/Haula/Fiala treatment over JoJo and Bogo. Drysdale for Brodin absolutely not. If Foligno or Trenin aren't putting up points then they just need to rack up the hits, otherwise I'd much rather have Duhaime over Trenin at half price. As much as I dread the idea, with Zuccy out injured we could use a Zegras setting up Ohgren or Tarasenko, but never happen with BG, I still can't believe I thought that, but we could use the center depth however Yurov is projecting nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Stanley Cups Verified Member Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 I barely watch Tampa Bay, but even though I would've loved to have McDonagh a few years ago or as a cheap future depth piece, pundits have been ripping the Lightning's defense as slow, saying how badly they miss Sergachev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 I'm ok with Tippet but I don't know if Brodin or Jiricek are the best people to send in exchange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1GKappa97 Verified Member Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Insert/Remove Bulleted List 13 minutes ago, 0 Stanley Cups said: While I wouldn't mind seeing Tippett on our second line, I don't like the idea of giving up on Ohgren or Jiricek this early I'd be absolutely fine giving up Ohgren for him. He is pretty much who we hope that Ohgren would ideally become. Ohgren + 2026 1st, would that be enough? I'd really rather keep Trenin around, who is looking much better this year and seems to have picked up from where he was in the playoffs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Stanley Cups Verified Member Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 18 minutes ago, B1GKappa97 said: I'd be absolutely fine giving up Ohgren for him. He is pretty much who we hope that Ohgren would ideally become. Ohgren + 2026 1st, would that be enough? I'd really rather keep Trenin around, who is looking much better this year and seems to have picked up from where he was in the playoffs. I could see going after Tippett, it would be a more cost effective alternative than Tuch who could sign his next contract in the $10M range. The Wild only have ~$4M in cap space, and Tippett is $6.2M, so who else from the Wild is going to PHI if not Trenin? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1GKappa97 Verified Member Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 1 minute ago, 0 Stanley Cups said: I could see going after Tippett, it would be a more cost effective alternative than Tuch who could sign his next contract in the $10M range. The Wild only have ~$4M in cap space, and Tippett is $6.2M, so who else from the Wild is going to PHI if not Trenin? They are projected to have $17M in space by the TDL. Every game we play without needing somebody on LTIR should continue to help us accrue that space. There's also the possibility of getting Philly to hang onto some of that cap-hit for this season in exchange for the pick. Next year, the Wild are currently are slated to have $16.4M with only Jiricek and Hunt as RFAs. Idk that they need to bring back any of Zuccy/Vladdy/Johansson/Hinny/Bogo as UFAs. So they should be able to fit in Tippett fairly comfortably while still having room to make further improvements if they would like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Stanley Cups Verified Member Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 24 minutes ago, B1GKappa97 said: They are projected to have $17M in space by the TDL. Every game we play without needing somebody on LTIR should continue to help us accrue that space. There's also the possibility of getting Philly to hang onto some of that cap-hit for this season in exchange for the pick. Next year, the Wild are currently are slated to have $16.4M with only Jiricek and Hunt as RFAs. Idk that they need to bring back any of Zuccy/Vladdy/Johansson/Hinny/Bogo as UFAs. So they should be able to fit in Tippett fairly comfortably while still having room to make further improvements if they would like. Not sure why the Flyers would make this move. Elliotte Friedman is saying Flyers would be looking to improve defense, I would suspect it would cost Brodin...Midsy has NMC this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato AK Verified Member Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 I just can't see Tippett being available from Philly. He is a young forward on a developing team and on a team friendly contract for 4 more years. Plus, he currently leads the team in goals. It would take a lot of assets to get him from the Flyers. The Wild should talk to/target teams that aren't doing well this year or could be entering a rebuild. I will reiterate my stance on the NYI. See what it would take to get either Horvat or Barzal. They are clearly a middling team that doesn't look like they will compete for a while. See if a package of picks and prospects will work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato AK Verified Member Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 3 hours ago, B1GKappa97 said: There's also the possibility of getting Philly to hang onto some of that cap-hit for this season in exchange for the pick. Im pretty sure any retention is applied to every year of the remaining contract. So if Philly agreed to $2mil in retention, that would be $2mil for the next 4 years. I don't see that happening. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnfaninnc Verified Member Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 I think Kalisha is on to something with this target. However, her trade proposals I don't think are realistic. IMO, trading out Jiricek would be a mistake. He is different from all of our other defenders, and we need a guy just like that. Furthermore, I do not believe that the Flyers are interested in trading him, I think they're building their defense around him. I can see trading Ohgren for Tippett, and maybe some other prospects, but I certainly don't see Brodin going the other way, or Jiricek. I could see Lambos or Spacek being in the deal, however. I also disagree with the take of having to resign Spurgeon for 1 or 2 more years. Jiricek should be ready, and Spacek should be able to play 3rd pairing if he isn't traded. Spurgeon would be the defender I would be most willing to deal currently on the roster, though I don't know what help he'd be to Philly outside of mentoring. I realize you have to give to get, but I'd be thinking where we give is in youth currently playing in the A or jrs., not from the current roster. I can see Trenin because of the cap numbers, so I can see a cap dump within the trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Stanley Cups Verified Member Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 It's a moot point, there is currently no trade market right now, the prices for anyone right now are ridiculously high, so Ohgren & 2026 1st wouldn't even be close to accomplishing this trade, Tippett is a 3x 20 goal scorer, 26 years old and locked in for six more years. Flyers would probably want a top 4 d-man, not named Spurgeon (35 years old). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imyourhuckleberry Verified Member Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 New Jersey lost their opening game 6-3 to Carolina, but they've won 5 straight since then and against solid competition. Hopefully the Wild can play them more competitively than they did last year when they were only able to grab 1 point from a shootout loss against the Devils. Might help that the Devils played in Toronto last night, but it's still a tough matchup for a Wild team needing points to distance itself from the cellar dwelling teams. Jake Allen was in goal last night, and Jacob Markström is out with an injury, so it will be interesting to see if the Wild face Jake Allen on the 2nd night of their back to back or if they go with AHL callup Nico Daws. Sounding like Rossi might be back for this one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raithis Verified Member Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 21 hours ago, Kato AK said: I just can't see Tippett being available from Philly. He is a young forward on a developing team and on a team friendly contract for 4 more years. Plus, he currently leads the team in goals. It would take a lot of assets to get him from the Flyers. The Wild should talk to/target teams that aren't doing well this year or could be entering a rebuild. I will reiterate my stance on the NYI. See what it would take to get either Horvat or Barzal. They are clearly a middling team that doesn't look like they will compete for a while. See if a package of picks and prospects will work. I agree with Kato AK, trying Tippett from Philly isn't going to be easy or cost-effective. It's always worth keeping an eye out for players that might be available, but the place to look is not teams on the rise (or the ones that think they are). It's the teams in decline that aren't in denial that need to be looked at. The ones in denial can also be looked at too if they are desperate to stay relevant. Those are the teams that will be more likely to take developing picks and draft picks rather than out younger NHL-ready prospects. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato AK Verified Member Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 On 10/22/2025 at 9:43 AM, raithis said: It's the teams in decline that aren't in denial that need to be looked at. The ones in denial can also be looked at too if they are desperate to stay relevant. Those are the teams that will be more likely to take developing picks and draft picks rather than out younger NHL-ready prospects. So wait...are we going to trade with ourselves? I kid, I kid....kind of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoJoSux Verified Member Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 Tippet had a two goal night just as this article posted. He's kinda like Philly's Boldy. I don't think it could happen. Nice player though. Be great to have him but long shot IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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