So I am wondering if this was a move to also save cap space. I am thinking that Kloos was very close to coming up to the big club. But getting Aberg save $70k. Wow, I am just reaching for air there.
What does anyone know about Aberg? Does he have jets...can he shoot...is he a play-maker? I'm not really surprised by this move, as he is a Fenton guy. I'm reading this as just a player that is just a little more seasoned then Kloos is. And a tad bit more size. Same age though, so that should be the bonus.
Hopefully, this is the start of a lot more to come. At first I was thinking "great, another LW (like having Zucker, Parise, Nino, Greenway and Foligno weren't enough), but then I realized he is a right handed shot. Finally, at least an attempt to get something the Wild need. Baby steps I guess, huh? Hopefully, this move for tonight's game will be to have Nino in the pressbox and Aberg take his place in the lineup. I think tonight is the time to reunite the Zucker/Staal/Granlund line. Keep Parise/Coyle/Kunin together. Let Koivu be a team leader and play with a rookie and a new teammate, in Greenway and Aberg.
- Gusrichards
Fenton drafted him in the second round back in 2012. 37th overall. The little bit i've been reading about him doesn't really give me any high hopes that he will ever be anything more than a bottom 6 player. Kloos on the other hand was still fairly untapped as far as potential.
From what i've seen of Kloos, he seems to have more offensive potential, but gaining the right handed shot of Aberg is a win for the Wild. Hard to really tell being he's been traded twice and put on waivers once in his short career.
All in all it seems like nothing but window dressing to me, Fenton is under major pressure to start making moves so now he's made one. Nothing to get too excited about IMO. Not yet anyway