Quoting: TheGHANDI90
Nobody cares about Wins in the west? Ughhh what?? OK so let's write to Gary and have him remove all their playoff hopefuls and distribute them to the other 3 divisions since they don't care lol
Feel free to call Gary. He'll just say "I know".
They (well management at least) don't care. The top-3 teams are good, the rest aren't. Finishing 4th in the West is worse than finishing 5th (I'm saying this as the one Wild fan on here that wants MN to get a center and make the Playoffs). All it does is lead to a 1st round exit and no chance at the lottery. It's like saying OTT (management at least) cares about winning.
MN needs one position: center. Basically any other trade, other than selling the rentals, will be a no from the fans on here and the GM.
For the first time in about a decade MN has a prospect pool that isn't a tire fire. They aren't built to win this year, even a casual fan can see that just by looking at the center depth. They are decently setup for the expansion draft. They don't need d-men, non-elite wings, or goalies anytime in the near future. There really isn't much that would move the needle for the Wild this year short of a 1C falling into their laps somehow.
In the last 2+ years MN has sold off the wingers of Granlund, Zucker, Nino, Donato/Coyle, and Kunin.