Genuinely don't see how Minni affords Necas. Also Guentzel is getting max term

Ideally, some sort of Rossi+ trade for Necas could work, but Minnesota can't afford him. One more year of dead cap

It'll be tight but they need a player like Necas and I agree about Guentzel

I'm pretty sure that Mini will move out a goaltender this offseason with Wallstedt being ready and that should free up enough cap

I doubt they move on from Gus considering Wallstedt had a rough intro. Running a tandem of him and Flower is less than ideal if they want to make the playoffs

They can afford up to $7.7M if they trade Gus. They could also bury Merrill for another $1M in cap space

I trust Wallstedt more than Fleury and Gus. Gus definitely has high potential, but is he the goaltender from last year (not very good) or the previous year (top 5)?

Goaltending was problem last year for Minnesota. Truthfully, it's annoying that they re-signed Fleury. His underlying numbers, like goals saved above expected, are bad. Letting him retire and running Wallstedt-Gus as the duo would have been the smart move.