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Those are all not great for Minnesota.

Freeing cap space, while also getting a #1 center and leaving room for the kids in the process is not a bad thing in my opinion.

You can do most of what you said without losing value on every trade.

And paying a premium for cap space, just to turn around and have 13M in dead space makes no sense. Cap space is only as useful as what you use it on. Using it on nothing means there's no reason to have it.

That's just a lot for Hertl, even extended. Hertl will be 28, has had much better linemates than Fiala, and isn't as dynamic (I love him as a player, but just my opinion).

But he is a #1 center. You have to give to get. I'd rather trade Fiala and a 1st to get Hertl than sell the farm for an Eichel.