This is a bit of an outside the box type of idea. Minnesota is in a cap crunch but they can still be a competitive team. With that in mind, and my prediction that the jets suck out of the gate, I figured shipping a fairly low cost PLD to MIN would make sense. They acquire a top 6 C to make two stabs at the playoffs. They can retain Dubois next year for 6.6 million as that’s his QO and it would be a reasonable amount as he’ll put up points with kaprizov.

I’m unsure about the value in this deal, I love ohgren and I’m sure wild fans do as well. I used Jost for cap reasons and to swap his roster spot with PLD. I included Stanley as I feel like he’s a Guerin type player and adds some value to the deal. If this is an overpayment from MIN I totally get it and like mentioned in the description don’t take it too seriously. If you have feedback on this deal let me know.

I don’t like the idea of moving Dillon but the jets have a desperate need to open up space on the blue line and Dillon seems like a prototypical Lou player.

Here’s that unrealistic trade I was talking about. There’s a 99.9% chance that Panarin nixes this deal before it even starts. But for the sake of this ACGM let’s just say he waives his NMC.

Rangers get out of the panarin deal without retaining any salary. They take back wheeler who can still be a productive offensive player. The rangers also acquire Heinola and a reclamation project in Vesalainen and a 2nd round pick.


After thinking about this deal for a while I have 0 idea on what panarin will return. He’s paid a lot but is an incredible player but also aging and not know as the biggest playoff performer. This trade could be way off, I’m sure I’ve underpaid a ridiculous amount LOL.