Not much to talk about lately with the Wild. Thanks Dan for your insight on the Prospects camp. I was able to watch a little bit of the first scrimmage online and saw FJ score his goal. It was a tad difficult sitting at work trying to watch on a small screen while trying to be busy (or at least look like it). I did watch a video on Sokolov as well in a 2 on 2 drill. Yeah, his hands look great, but this league is/has moved to a lot of skating, so time will tell on him.
I will be the first to say it out loud...but I am getting a tad nervous that there is really no news on the Zucker and Dumba contracts. Probably 2 of the more important pieces to the future of the Wild, and there is nothing done yet. This isn't a good sign.
Just ran the numbers, assuming Greenway makes the opening day roster (I don't expect Kunin for opening day), and resigning Zucker & Dumba to something around $11 mil total...the Wild should be sitting at $2,995,576 in cap space. And they would be at 22 players. So I am not really sure what the hold up is, unless Zucker is asking for around $6.5 mil or more. I'm really thinking that $5.2 a year for each is well within reason for both the team and the players. If they did that, that would put the Wild around $3.5 in cap space.
- Gusrichards
Agreed, neither of them have really done enough to warrant $6 mill per. Although I'm sure their agents are arguing that other teams would be willing to 6+