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  • Marco Rossi Trade Rumors Too Loud To Ignore

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    Thomas Williams

    By Thomas Williams -

    That's Wild

    It feels like a whole lot of backwards thinking is going on in the Minnesota Wild front office. The noise emanating from that executive suite is that they are possibly going to trade one of their very few homegrown top-six centermen in franchise history. By summer's end, Marco Rossi could find himself on a brand-new team with a nice contract that everyone might claim as an immediate bargain as well.

    Still, the Wild are possibly going to trade this young player that just scored 60 points in his second full NHL season (oh and he has back-to-back 20-goal seasons too).

    • The noise is so loud that Bleacher Report are doing listicles on the top five trade destinations for Rossi. And we of course don't like the thought of any of them. [Bleacher Report]
    • The reasoning behind trading Rossi that we are hearing is that the Wild have an incoming salary cap logjam centered around Kirill Kaprizov's new deal and the team does not want to commit big dollars to a player they feel iffy about in Rossi. They shouldn't do that. Just accept that they have a good player. [Hockey Wilderness]
    • The Wild are letting the tail wag the dog with Rossi. If you get that euphemism. [Hockey Wilderness]

    Off the trail...

    • Well, the Toronto Maple Leafs are at it again. This time, it's Game 7 loss that spells the tragic end to a very complicated era as Mitch Marner is almost certainly leaving Toronto and president Brendan Shanahan is on an expiring contract. [Sportsnet]
    • The Leafs are ready for change, but what does that really mean? [Sportsnet]
    • The conference final schedules have been announced. It's going to be a doozy between the Edmonton Oilers and the Dallas Stars, and a real sickos-only matchup for the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes going head-to-head. [NHL.com]
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    mnfaninnc

    Sadly, the Canes series is on TBS, and the Stars series is on ESPN+. I was hoping for the other way around. Still, I believe FL is headed back to the finals.

    I don't hate the Bleacher Report article, though the compensation seems to be a bit off. Nobody wants the 15th pick in this year's draft. I'm sure the Wild might like more bullets in the '26 draft, though. Rossi=player+'26 1st? Maybe, depending on the player. What do people think about Kirby Dach? He's got the size and should be a good player in a structured style. Can he win faceoffs? He's large, can he fill a 3rd line C spot? 2nd line? Dach+1st?  

    I could see Guerin biting on that. 

    Yikes, Kirby Dach was a -29 for the Canadiens, and even though he's young, he's shown that he doesn't go through seasons healthy. I thought he had some pretty good hands and good passing, but it has yet to show up on his stat line.

    He's from the Boldy draft, and is only 24. Using absolutely no logic, I think the state could use another Kirby.

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    46 minutes ago, Will D. Ness said:

    If we are going to trade Rossi, it can't be for picks and a prospect.  We need a replacement who is going to help the team in 25-26

    I think the prospect matters. For instance, I'd be ok with grabbing Nate Danielson from Detroit, or Calum Ritchie from NYI along with a '26 1st. Kirby Dach might be the type of center that Guerin wants for the playoffs, 6'4" 221 and an RHS. Maybe he's the answer for the Ovechkin office? Certainly, he helps out Ek. Maybe Dach needs to be in a structured system to get the most out of him, though his injury history bothers me.

    The Vancouver possibility is a no go, as is the Pittsburgh one. I also bet NYR is back in the playoffs next season. 

     

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    mnfaninnc

    Does Guerin have a trade buffer guy, a guy who can put a deal together and Guerin can sign off on it?

    Say, for instance, we get in offers for Rossi. Is there a guy who can accumulate several offers, think outside of the box and put complexity in the deal, and take them to Guerin to sign off? 

    That would be hugely beneficial, I would think, if Guerin has a tendency to get too emotional and can't think more than 1 for 1.

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