This is bleak. BG apparently wants to get bigger but older/slower/less skilled.
Trade Rossi, sign Perron and extend Middleton would do exactly that.
DecentLurker96
Trading Rossi doesn’t make sense to me. Hell, trading him for Cutter Gauthier would’ve been brutal IMO.
cothomps
This is baffling:
> If the Wild could trade Rossi for the same level of high-end prospect, but one who’s bigger and faster, there’s a real chance they’d pull the trigger.
So, a similar prospect that is bigger and faster? Who wouldn’t make that kind of trade? Why would another team make that trade?
I don’t know too many GMs out there thinking “boy, we need to get smaller and slower”.
TheSkeletones
Rossi just came off a stellar rookie season, there’s no reason to trade him thinking “this is his peak value” when we don’t even know if he’s hit peak PERFORMANCE yet. Will he be a 1C? Probably not. Will he be a potentially consistent or even dominant scorer? Yeah, probably if this season was any indication. Our issue was scoring, and trading a dude that was contending with the most likely unanimous Calder winner in goals is absolutely fucking insane. This team needs to stop looking for stats and look for complete players. We don’t need “a big guy” or “a fast guy” or “a skilled guy”, we need a “complete guy”, someone that does a little bit of everything. Weve done this shit where we need to get “bigger” or “faster”, so instead of finding the BEST player, we find the one that fits that need, and it simply hasn’t and probably never will work. A fast guy that can’t score and can’t hit/back check is useless, just like a big guy who can’t skate and can’t generate offense is useless.
fastal_12147
The fact that they’re even considering this is so telling that Billy G really has no idea how to build a modern NHL team.
coalsack
The game is getting faster and flashier. The days of linebackers on ice are over.
The Wild are going to get torched if the front office doesn’t understand this.
AllenMpls
I do not like this but looking 1 – 2 years out there might be a log jam. We will be adding Yurov and Height. So, yes to trading him with an awesome return.
I think the Wild are tangling him and looking for a king’s ransom in return. Doubtful he gets moved.
But everyone is tradeable.
Rossi and our 1st for the first overall? yes. I like Gus and our first better in this trade. I have Rossi as my flair because of his journey, Same for anyone who went through myocarditis like Patrick Kane.
PortugueseWalrus
The only thing I can think of is that a) Yurov’s camp is spooked that Rossi will be competition for minutes and b) BG has gotten enough inquiry about Rossi’s availability that he’s willing to string things along and see if a bidding war develops this summer. Training camp isn’t until September, so there are a good four months here to let things percolate. As a fringe-top-six center, Rossi is *hugely* valuable on ELC money with another couple years before arbitration. That’s a get-out-of-jail-free card as a GM or cap doctor. It just so happens the Wild are in the enviable position of having Rossi plus a potential megastar at the same position, waiting in the wings.
Level-Steak9290
I think the Avs would trade their next 3 draft picks for him right now if they could lol.
flipnitch
If they trade Rossi and sign more guys for the old washed up golden parachute country club retirement plan I’m done with this team. I’ll donate all my merch and shut off tv subscriptions etc. It never helps and for some reason we always end up circling back to it. I’ve followed the team since they were a rumor in the Pioneer Press, I just can’t watch it happen again.
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Trading Rossi seems so risky to me.
This is bleak. BG apparently wants to get bigger but older/slower/less skilled.
Trade Rossi, sign Perron and extend Middleton would do exactly that.
Trading Rossi doesn’t make sense to me. Hell, trading him for Cutter Gauthier would’ve been brutal IMO.
This is baffling:
> If the Wild could trade Rossi for the same level of high-end prospect, but one who’s bigger and faster, there’s a real chance they’d pull the trigger.
So, a similar prospect that is bigger and faster? Who wouldn’t make that kind of trade? Why would another team make that trade?
I don’t know too many GMs out there thinking “boy, we need to get smaller and slower”.
Rossi just came off a stellar rookie season, there’s no reason to trade him thinking “this is his peak value” when we don’t even know if he’s hit peak PERFORMANCE yet. Will he be a 1C? Probably not. Will he be a potentially consistent or even dominant scorer? Yeah, probably if this season was any indication. Our issue was scoring, and trading a dude that was contending with the most likely unanimous Calder winner in goals is absolutely fucking insane. This team needs to stop looking for stats and look for complete players. We don’t need “a big guy” or “a fast guy” or “a skilled guy”, we need a “complete guy”, someone that does a little bit of everything. Weve done this shit where we need to get “bigger” or “faster”, so instead of finding the BEST player, we find the one that fits that need, and it simply hasn’t and probably never will work. A fast guy that can’t score and can’t hit/back check is useless, just like a big guy who can’t skate and can’t generate offense is useless.
The fact that they’re even considering this is so telling that Billy G really has no idea how to build a modern NHL team.
The game is getting faster and flashier. The days of linebackers on ice are over.
The Wild are going to get torched if the front office doesn’t understand this.
I do not like this but looking 1 – 2 years out there might be a log jam. We will be adding Yurov and Height. So, yes to trading him with an awesome return.
I think the Wild are tangling him and looking for a king’s ransom in return. Doubtful he gets moved.
But everyone is tradeable.
Rossi and our 1st for the first overall? yes. I like Gus and our first better in this trade. I have Rossi as my flair because of his journey, Same for anyone who went through myocarditis like Patrick Kane.
The only thing I can think of is that a) Yurov’s camp is spooked that Rossi will be competition for minutes and b) BG has gotten enough inquiry about Rossi’s availability that he’s willing to string things along and see if a bidding war develops this summer. Training camp isn’t until September, so there are a good four months here to let things percolate. As a fringe-top-six center, Rossi is *hugely* valuable on ELC money with another couple years before arbitration. That’s a get-out-of-jail-free card as a GM or cap doctor. It just so happens the Wild are in the enviable position of having Rossi plus a potential megastar at the same position, waiting in the wings.
I think the Avs would trade their next 3 draft picks for him right now if they could lol.
If they trade Rossi and sign more guys for the old washed up golden parachute country club retirement plan I’m done with this team. I’ll donate all my merch and shut off tv subscriptions etc. It never helps and for some reason we always end up circling back to it. I’ve followed the team since they were a rumor in the Pioneer Press, I just can’t watch it happen again.