On today’s episode of Locked on Wild, Judd Zulgad joins the show as we look at how the Wild move past another postseason failure. We start by looking at how teams like Florida and Seattle have continued to win despite not being as talented as the teams they played, while the Wild for the second straight season just disappeared in the final two games of the series. We discuss why the Parise and Suter contracts being used as a way to defer blame from Dean Evason and the rest of the coaching staff is an odd route for Bill Guerin to take considering it was a situation he himself put the team in. We also discuss the leadership on the team and why there needed to be a point early in the series against Dallas where the veterans on the team put a stop to this script repeating. We also discuss what needs to happen with Marco Rossi in 2023-24 and why even though a youth movement for this team can’t happen all at once, it needs to start this season. We finish by discussing a busy offseason and the potential for big moves to be made to free up cap space.
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Before we even start, the downward behavioral spiral that Marcus Foligno engaged in was tacitly approved of by Evason not stepping in and mediating his menace act after approving of his
Gladiator act in Chicago. Foligno, unfortunately and singlehandedly took the Wild down with him!
To move on, as Judd says we need to get rid of Dean's pets! I believe them to be Hartman and Steel. Both hard working guys but also Dean's shield to not playing developing players. Dumba and Goligosky leaving would add to that So, $2.75mil + $1.7 mil + $863k, $6mil + $2mil so roughly $14 mil to work with there would be a good start to some talent and enough call-up money to cover that. Offer Ryan Reaves 2 year, $2mil he might stay if you can trade Hartsy with a plus clause to get a highter talent it's a win. See if Gus Nyquist can hang til next Cap increase somehow! Keep Gus, Duhaime put Shaw on LTIR.
Beckman is a guy we can't sleep on
2023/24 & 2024/25 are largest dead cap seasons then the dead cap drops to like $833K for 4 more seasons. Guerin is going to continue filling roster spots with short term low cost contracts the next two seasons and one would think start bringing up a prospect here or there as well (Rossi Beckman etc). Guerin is also going to say what needs to be said to keep season ticket sales high and seats full @ The Xcel Center along the way. "Fuck that this is about winning" starts in 2025. It was Billy's plan the day the swamp was emptied and the primadonnas were bought out.
Cheers!
Hamburgers last year and steak this year. Laughable and ridiculous, and that's why I haven't listened to Zulgad's podcast in over a year. It's just all nonsensical BS day after day after day.
Rossi and Beckman should be regular members of the team next season. Walker should be the first call up not Petan, let Petan be the veteran guy who can help all the new blood develop in Iowa. Faber should be top 4 and I’d like to keep Addison to generate some offense from the blue line. If Hunt and O’Rourke are deemed nhl ready I’d like to see them play over Merril and Goligoski (tho I doubt that happens). If Lambos is good right off the bat in Iowa I think he should get some games down the line. If both Gus and Fleury are kept have Walstedt be the call up not Zane, let the kid get his feet wet this year and be more ready when Fleury presumably retires at the end of his contract.