Article: Indefinitely Might Have Ended For Jared Spurgeon

[1Brotherbill]

6 hours ago, MNCountryLife said:

Yeah.  The ability to steal a Fiala from another team will definitely be harder.   

If that is true and the Wild are incapable of a big trade... is a build through the draft the only viable solution?  If that is the case than perhaps we do let the vets go and let in Lambos, Haight, Heidt, Bankier and the rest and hope for the best.

Building from the draft if with the Wild is not a good thing.  The team often drafts in the bottom half of the draft and if you don't draft in the top 15 those players are not that great.  Boldy, Rossi, Buium, etc were all in the top half of the draft.  The Wild have about 20 failed first round picks because they were in the bottom half of the first round.

I say they should tank for this season and go for that 1st pick.  If you finish dead last even if you don't win the Lottery you still draft at 3rd.  Which the 3rd overall pick would be on this team next year and if it is one of the centers in the draft that player would center a line of Boldy and Kaprizov. 

[Mateo3xm]

10 hours ago, MrCheatachu said:

Spurgy doesnt seem like a thing SillyG is even going to entertain considering how he handled Dumba55.

I’m curious what you mean about how he handled Dumba?

Dumba was on his way to being a burns or Subban type player until he tore his pec and he had to completely change the way he played hockey. Dougie Hamilton is going through the same decline as Dumba was because he had the same injury and surgery. Dumba and Brodin were a fantastic pairing defensively even though they didn’t put up much offense. There was actually some great articles on HW and stats to back up how good their defensive metrics were together. Mn wilds defense has always been a strength until now. 

[Mateo3xm]

8 hours ago, Dean said:

I agree with Patrick. Billy didn’t set the market with kappy deal. Eichel did. We are paying a shit organization cap penalty for kappy . What player is going to get 17 mil on there next deal and when? It’s not going to be next year. The league is in that 12-14 range for super stars this year and probably 12-15 next year . Billy got fleeced for a guy who demanded 18 and got 17 . The same guy who won’t talk to media after game last night. Like Russo said if your going to demand being the highest paid player than act like it.  He held up Minnesota fans to squeeze 8 million more and doesn’t give a shit about the fans or organization. He also doesn’t look or play like the guy who was looking for his next contract years prior . Now he just wants to have fun and throw blind  passes around that go in the back of our net. Where is that dog in kappy?  Gone with the payday. . 
   Billy also didn’t set market in trade deals last year when he gave the house away for jiricek. He didn’t start a new trend either in giving every 3rd and 4 th line replaceable players nmc s . Now he’s got bad flexibility.  He’s a bozo that sat on his hands for 6 years while the league passed him by and his lazy players aged themselves out. . He has never had a plan going into any season. What the f is the so called brain trust of the wild doing? How many clowns is Ocl paying to give him this shit advice about running a team. ?  This organization is f d from top down. They really need a new perspective. An entire new drafting department, get all new pro scouts. Turn over every coach , they haven’t  done shit to develop anything . 
  This team needs new eyeballs on it. How do you salvage an over paid baby , mediocre draft picks and aged out veterans who rather go to Halloween parties than pay back the fans by winning a game 

The only thing I really disagree with here is when you say we have the house away for Jiricek. We didn’t and the first that went over there was In a very weak draft. It was never anything close to a Hershel Walker type trade. Not even close but I agree with a lot of the sentiment about how this team was built. I think the constraints are far too many on this team and  I think that actually comes from the pos owner. The owner wants to have his cake and eat it too. 

[Mateo3xm]

11 hours ago, mnfaninnc said:

I'm still pushing for Spurgeon for Danielson in a trade. 

I would love this but they aren’t taking our old worn out tire for a well rounded up and coming center prospect. Detroit actually has some very good pieces on D.