Article: The Wild Don't Have Many Options For A Roster Shakeup

[Tony Abbott]

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[Pewterschmidt]

He’s the order of most likely dealt imo:

1) Rossi

 2) Hartman

 3) brodin

 4) Ek

i think dealing brodin would be the most savvy.  He’s got alot of miles and is showing wear and tear, and a contender would pay alot for this shut down D.  I’d be sad to see Hartman go because he’s the player with most dawg in him.  

[MNCountryLife]

Brodin and Spurgeon have the most value for us to trade out.  I would think Spurgeon would get us a good 21 or 22 year old prospect with high projections.  Brodin should have an even better return.  Personally I would move Nojo.  He has been playing well, has an unbelievably cap friendly contract and you could probably get the same prospect as you got for Spurgeon.

[MNCountryLife]

37 minutes ago, Pewterschmidt said:

 I’d be sad to see Hartman go because he’s the player with most dawg in him.  

It is tough not to like Hartman.  You like the Dawg in him.  I like that the guy seems to see the ice different than everyone else and he has skill.  That being said he isn't bringing either to the ice very efficiently anymore or often.  He is 8th in points on the Wild and a -4 and a target for the refs.  Hartman has 3rd line numbers.  With another year on the contract that is relatively friendly he could possibly draw in a pretty good return.

Ever since that fight he had where he hurt is shoulder he hasn't been the same.  He shows flashes of his former self... but his time appears limited.  Give him a chance at a cup with a good team and see what value you can get in return.

Note: I don't want to just give him away.  A good return would be needed.

[MNCountryLife]

13 minutes ago, MNCountryLife said:

Brodin and Spurgeon have the most value for us to trade out.

I'll contradict my own comment.  Ek has the most value of any player we have.  That being said... I kind of consider him to be off the table.  Brodin and Spurgeon would be the best "On The Table" options.

[OldDutchChip]

Smart move would be to parlay top D prospect Zeev (future potential ) for top 5 player Pasta(proven result) - that aligns us for peak years for Boldy Ek Kap and Pasta, you’d likely loose Rossi, Ohgren or Yurov and Zeev and a pick - but you can go for it all in the next 5-7 years - I don’t think it’s too bad of an outcome for either team (fair blockbuster)

I bet there’ll be takers to join Wild on the cheap too next year (Panarin perhaps)

reality - Bill will ship Rossi for Buravskiy or some other crap