Article: The Wild Are Going To Drive Everyone Insane This Year

[MNCountryLife]

2 minutes ago, OldDutchChip said:

but think it may instead put Hinny or Sturm there (or even Yurov) - which would suck

Pitlick seems to be the odd man out right now.  Hynes does seem to like Tarasenko for PPs.  Which I get... he does have the shot for it.

[MNCountryLife]

We often talk about Handshake deals.  We also talk about how BG makes bad trades.  I wonder if BG puts a lot of value into these handshake deals.  I would think players know which GMs are full of it and which honor their word.  

Since we don't know what these back-office deals are everything becomes extreme conjecture.  BG may be making the best deal possible based on his handshakes.  Who knows... but it sure is fun to speculate.

[mnfaninnc]

11 minutes ago, OldDutchChip said:

but think it may instead put Hinny or Sturm there (or even Yurov) - which would suck

Everyone can see we play better with all 3 of those guys on the ice. If you want to get Vlad to want to leave, the ProssBox with no nachos is the place to do it.

[Imyourhuckleberry]

34 minutes ago, MNCountryLife said:

Pretty sure everyone on this board knows my dislike for Johansson by now.  But even I have to admit that his play this year has been pretty darn good.  He is engaging.  Props to the guy.   He has earned his ice time.   

*** I would still trade him out if I had a chance ***

That full no-movement contract means he will be here, and hopefully he continues to produce. I might have argued that he was not worth his prior contracts, but there's little question that he is outproducing the $800k deal he's playing on now.

I don't think he'll produce more than 30 points for the remainder of the season, but if he can hit 50 total points, that's the type of production we were kind of hoping for the last 2 seasons when he was on the larger contract.

[MNCountryLife]

13 minutes ago, Imyourhuckleberry said:

That full no-movement contract means he will be here, and hopefully he continues to produce.

Why doesn't that appear on Puckpedia?  If you google it the NTC says it exists.

[MNCountryLife]

17 minutes ago, Imyourhuckleberry said:

That full no-movement contract means he will be here, and hopefully he continues to produce

Even his player specific page doesn't show it.  Clauses is empty

[MNCountryLife]

29 minutes ago, Imyourhuckleberry said:

That full no-movement contract means he will be here, and hopefully he continues to produce.

I see a facebook post about a NTC and his previous contracts had it.  But no actual legitimate NHL site shows an NTC.... I may be missing something.

[Imyourhuckleberry]

31 minutes ago, MNCountryLife said:

Why doesn't that appear on Puckpedia?  If you google it the NTC says it exists.

Honestly, I was just going from memory as I thought it was reported that he was being given one early on. It was suggested that he was signing for that low of a deal because he didn't want to move, and I suspect Guerin will somewhat treat him as though he has one based upon the situation. If a contender came to Guerin with a strong offer, maybe he'd consider it, but he likely isn't trading him out as long as he's giving consistent effort and his line is playing winning hockey.

[FredJohnson]

Tarasenko needs to produce goals or find employment elsewhere.

 

[Pewterschmidt]

33 minutes ago, FredJohnson said:

Tarasenko needs to produce goals or find employment elsewhere.

 

Something tells me Guerin’s misguided loyalty keeps Rinsenko here all season.  Rinse might be encouraged to need IR for some phantom injury to save face but I’d be surprised if he’s waived/disgraced by Guerin. 

[1Brotherbill]

So scoring is the thing that everyone thinks the Wild needs.  Well they aren't wrong.  Trade deadline moves usually revolve around rental players. We would assume that these players are actually scoring at a .5 ppg pace.  If you look at the current upcoming free agent class only 22 players fit these two categories.  There are a few more but we all know that Kopitar, Benn, Crosby, Malkin, Ovechkin are not leaving to go to Minnesota.  The Wild have about 3.5 million of cap space projected.  Currently they have about 5 million.  So, any trade that happens without a starter of value leaving would be limited to the 3.5 million range.  That limits the options down to nine.  Erik Haula, Patrick Kane, Anthony Mantha, Carl Grundstorm, Victor Olofsson, Jack Roslovic, Kiefer Sherwood, Alex Steeves, Ethen Frank are the nine.  Of those nine only three are probably going to be available Grundstrom, Frank and Sherwood.  Eveyone else has move restrictions or they are on playoff teams currently.  Roslovic has restrictions but it is a modified no trade.  

Basically there isn't a lot available on the market unless you want to give up pieces and that would seem counter intuitive to add but also subtract.  

 

[ArizonaWildFan]

21 hours ago, OldDutchChip said:

Thoughts?

In his previous stint with the Wild, ROR had 0 G and 0 A... why would we want to bring him back? Seriously though, he would be a great addition and why wait for the deadline. Spot on, ODC!

[OldDutchChip]

1 hour ago, ArizonaWildFan said:

In his previous stint with the Wild, ROR had 0 G and 0 A... why would we want to bring him back? Seriously though, he would be a great addition and why wait for the deadline. Spot on, ODC!

Sarcasm Alert 🚨😎 ROR never played for the Wild my friend, but he is well remembered to those that watched Wild take out Avs and Nino jumping to celebrate in O’Reilly face / that was brilliant!

Time for him to join us

[ArizonaWildFan]

On 12/11/2025 at 9:13 AM, OldDutchChip said:

Sarcasm Alert

I was sarcastically referencing the 2023 trade that saw ROR move from St. Louis to Toronto.

How the Trade Worked (Simplified):

1. Blues to Wild: Blues send O'Reilly (50% retained) & Acciari to Minnesota.
2. Wild to Leafs: Minnesota sends O'Reilly (25% retained), Acciari, and Josh Pillar to Toronto.
3. Leafs to Blues: Toronto sends draft picks (2023 1st, 2023 3rd, 2024 2nd) and players (Mikhail Abramov, Adam Gaudette) to St. Louis.
4. Leafs to Wild: Toronto sends a 2025 4th-round pick to Minnesota. 

Minnesota's Role:

• The Wild essentially used their significant cap space to take on some of O'Reilly's salary temporarily.

[OldDutchChip]

30 minutes ago, ArizonaWildFan said:

I was sarcastically referencing the 2023 trade that saw ROR move from St. Louis to Toronto.

How the Trade Worked (Simplified):

1. Blues to Wild: Blues send O'Reilly (50% retained) & Acciari to Minnesota.
2. Wild to Leafs: Minnesota sends O'Reilly (25% retained), Acciari, and Josh Pillar to Toronto.
3. Leafs to Blues: Toronto sends draft picks (2023 1st, 2023 3rd, 2024 2nd) and players (Mikhail Abramov, Adam Gaudette) to St. Louis.
4. Leafs to Wild: Toronto sends a 2025 4th-round pick to Minnesota. 

Minnesota's Role:

• The Wild essentially used their significant cap space to take on some of O'Reilly's salary temporarily.

Oooooh that one! Thanks mate

[FredJohnson]

THIS year??

[FredJohnson]

On 12/10/2025 at 11:05 AM, Imyourhuckleberry said:

if he can hit 50 total points, that's the type of production we were kind of hoping for the last 2 seasons

As long as he’s not a minus 40 for +/-. I’m also surprised he’s producing goals and not giving up 2 goals per game. He’s putting his cardio to good use for now!