Dubas isn't trading Nylander lol. I do think however Zaistev could go, obviously for something different and less value

He said he wouldn't, but that was before the Marner camp said they think he's worth every cent Matthews is worth. How will Dubas fit Matthews and Marner to $10M+ deals? I can't see any way that works without dumping bad contracts like Zaitsev.


As for the trades, the return is too high for Staal and Coyle. I'd rather keep Ek and the pick if that's the ask for Puljujarvi.

I like the idea of Staal coming back to CAR. Put him on a line w his buddy williams and rookie svechnikov. I think he'll do well in RBA's system and there's a good chance he resigns w the canes if he fits well. Maybe replace the first and fourth with a second and a third but overall nice job with that trade.

For The Edmonton Trade what if it’s a 1for 1 Trade and for the coyle Trade what about a 2019 2nd Round Pick And 2020 3rd Round Pick And for the Staal Trade yeah it’s probably to high I just trying to at least get a 1st round pick as Statnsy got one Hanzal for examples all got 1st round picks

I think he would also do well in Carolina and they could let Necas develop a bit more longer and I think he would also resign there also since they already have his brother Jorden staal there and in my opinion he would retire as a Carolina Hurricane

I'm not high on Puljujarvi at all, and his value is an extremely touchy subject depending on the person. If you think he's the top-line gamebreaker that he was drafted to be, he is worth far more than Eriksson Ek. But if you're like me and think he'll never be anything more than a solid 3rd liner I wouldn't trade more than a 3rd or 4th round pick for him. I don't particularly like Eriksson Ek either, but he's a solid forechecker and is very good on the PK.

I wouldn't hate that return for Coyle, might be relatively realistic for a deadline deal. I'd inquire about Frederic if I were GM and they wanted Coyle. He played with Kunin in college and he could be a solid center. They might not do that trade since he generated a lot of noise with his fight with Tanev, but he's an intriguing prospect to me.

I think Staal can get a 1st round pick from teams like WPG or CBJ since both need center depth and are primed for a cup run. Boston is another possible fit. Maybe even NYI, but they are pretty barren as far as picks go this year. Michael Russo just wrote an article saying he asked FO members of other clubs on how they value Staal and all of them didn't feel he was worth a 1st round pick. I think if a team is desperate enough and Staal continues to play well, that could change.


Also a side note as you seem interested in the draft and the Wild, I recently learned about a prospect named Philip Tomasino who projects to be drafted in the second half of the 1st round. He's a lot of what the Wild need: speedy right shot center/winger who is offensively gifted and has a high compete level. The more I read about him, the more I like him and I think he might be my favorite prospect projected to go around where the Wild are expected to pick. Might be worth checking out. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find much film on him and the film I have found is pretty crap but I'm still looking. Here's a nice little write-up about him.

Thanks for that Prospect I’ll have to look into I hope Minnesota could get a couple good centers through this draft this draft is compared to 2003 because this draft is so deep

I'm not sure if any draft will compare to 2003, that class was absolutely nuts. 2015 was also a pretty good one, but I do like this year's. I hope so too, but I saw a pretty interesting tweet the other day about the Wild's prospects:

"Couple notes on some #mnwild prospects:

Kirill Kaprizov ?? (5th round, '15) is 2nd in the KHL w/ 23G @hccska

Connor Dewar ?? (3rd round, '18) is 11th in the WHL w/ 62P @WHLsilvertips

Alexander Khovanov ?? (3rd round, '18) is 14th in the QMJHL w/ 34A @monctonwildcats"

https://twitter.com/myhockeyeyes/status/1091002675523715074


Pretty interesting, Dewar and Khovanov are centers (although Dewar might be more of a wing in the NHL). I'd love to draft 3-4 more this year along with a LD and a goalie or two.

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Yeah I saw that a couple days ago also if Khovanov Pans out in center that would be a steal because he was supposed to be a first round draft pick but then we drafted him 3rd round he suffered a injury that end his 2017-2018 season but previously before that injury he had 29 GP 9 Goals and 19 assists so almost a point per game and he was drafted #2 overall in CHL draft in 2017
Has good hands and owns an accurate shot.. remarkable poise.. at the junior level he often manages to manipulate the pace of the game, Draftin Europe 2017

In this years draft I hope Minnesota can draft a couple of centers LEft defensemen and Goalies as those are only weaknesses in the organization as Center we’ve never had true #1 Center and a once Dubnyk is done we really don’t have future goalie except Kappo Kähkönen and as for as the Left side defense once suter and if we ever trade Brodin or we can’t pay we wouldn’t have any left side of defense

I was a big fan of Khovanov when we drafted him. In fact, I was a big fan of all of our 3rd round picks last year (McBain, Khovanov, and Dewar). Time will tell, but he could be a solid pick. The thing with drafting is that generally you always want to prioritize talent over need. If you have a ton of RD like the Wild do and a RD that you have ranked high on your draft board falls to you when picking you almost always want to take that guy. NHL players take a long time to develop so it's very likely that by the time he's ready to play you'll have a spot for him. There are exceptions, of course. Say you pick 30th overall and have a big need for LW's and a RD you have ranked 24th on your draft board is the best available player but the 27th guy on your board is also still available and is a LW, then you take the LW since he's still a good pick and fills a need. It's a little hard to explain but basically it all comes down to a team's draft board and you almost always take the most talented player on your draft board that's available when you pick. I hope we can grab mainly centers but it all depends on Fenton's board and how the picks fall. That's why it's so hard to do mock drafts since one team's board could be extremely different from another's.

I agree. Staal has been a true 1C in my eyes (at least the past two years he was), but the problem is he's on the tail end of his career. Goalies are such a crap shoot. Guys drafted in the 1st round sometimes end up having a touch time cracking the AHL and then you have 6th rounders becoming elite goaltenders (Pekka Rinne was drafted in the 8th round). I think we definitely need to get at least one if we can, but two wouldn't hurt.