Jason Gregor is back with another offseason edition of The DFO Rundown and today, he was joined by Michael Russo of The Athletic. He’s spent the last number of years covering the Minnesota Wild but has been working in hockey for a lot longer than that. The guys started the pod off by talking a little bit about Russo’s career and how he ended up in ‘The State of Hockey’.
From there, they got into the current situation with the Kirill Kaprizov and the Wild. He’s eligible for an extension and there’s no doubt that the Wild would love to lock him up, but is he open to a max-term contract? Russo gave some insight into that before getting to another contract situation that GM Bill Guerin is currently dealing with in Marco Rossi, who is an RFA.
They then talked about how certain offseason moves could change the balance of power in the Central Division. There are some serious question marks around teams like the Jets and Avalanche meanwhile the Stars are going to get a full year out of Mikko Rantanen, which could change things.
The Utah Mammoth are also quickly becoming everyones favourite underdog. GM Bill Armstrong had himself a very busy summer, but did he do enough to make them a playoff team?
They also talked about Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks and the Nashville Predators chances of bouncing back after a miserable season.
Tyler then popped in for Fill in the Blank, where he asked the guys about who will start Game 1 for the Edmonton Oilers, Mitch Marner’s ceiling in Vegas, and if they think there could be any surprise teams who get to 100-points.
3:50 – Kaprizov & a short-term deal
9:50 – Will Marco Rossi in Minnesota?
14:05 – The Central offseason
20:00 – Everyone loves Utah
23:30 – Can the Hawks take a step?
28:15 – Can the Preds rebound?
32:45 – Fill in the Blank
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11 Comments
Bold statement, "McDavid definitely staying in Edmonton." Big gambling sponsor? Let's see the odds.
I hope McDavid gets the max, Edmonton doesn’t deserve a hometown discount after giving 9.5 to the pylon.
I disagree with you saying Skinner is good enough to get you to the finals, he was done in the first round if not for pickard
Who was on roids and allowed to come back in the playoffs?
Just a fyi… Nobody in Minnesota calls the state Minny.
Kaprizov has done nothing….
–Kaprizov has won no awards but Calder
–Kaprizov has won no playoff rounds
–Kaprizov can't stay healthy
Paying Kaprizov more than 12M a year would be idiotic and catastrophic.
Kaprizov should get 3 years, 36 million. That's all he's "earned."
Rossi is up to 18+ comps that puts him at 7½ to 8¼ million a year guy.
Guerin continues to prove he is nothing more than an incompetent alcoholic moron cosplaying as GM.
The Connor Bedard revisionism is kinda hilarious. No, I am not ready to write him off, he's way too young for that and has still been a good player. But he objectively has disappointed compared to how he was looking coming out of Junior hockey. In the last 20 years, the best CHL players are Crosby alone out front and then a virtual tie between McDavid and Bedard (You could argue one way or the other). But now because he hasn't matched expectations everybody is revising history to pretend he was never expected to be in that tier.
Go sharks!
The Wild are punching down on a player that has no protection since he doesn’t qualify for arbitration. The average NHL player in his scoring category is receiving 6 to 7 million per year. The Wild have a number of big guys that can’t carry his skates into the arena. The entire process is shameful. Rossi deserves better.
I dunno about you, but I'd definitely say Marion Gaborik was a superstar and he definitely played for wild lol