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One of Wild’s best players will not return, and that was the team he sent.
Financially crushed Wild could not get a new contract for winger Kevin Fialla and traded to Los Angeles on Wednesday in exchange for a first-round draft pick and Goffers defender Brooke Faber.
According to reports, Fiala will receive a seven-year contract from Kings worth about 55 55 million.
“We don’t have the cap space,” said general manager Bill Garin, who knew during the season that the team would reach that conclusion with Fayala. “Really, to keep him, we have to trade with three guys or two guys and destroy your team even more. Then next year, we’re more into that.”
“It wasn’t enough.”
This math has been clear for a while, the probability of a file leaving seems unlikely if not inevitable.
The Cape Crisis crisis has erupted since Wild bought Zack Paris and Ryan Sutter last year, raising the cost of the purchase from about 7 4.7 million to nearly ملی 13 million.
Add in contracts already in the books, and Wild has limited spending power – less than 7 7 million this summer, to be exact. Such a budget was created to keep Fella unrealistic, especially given that the team wants to re-sign goalkeeper Mark Underfloor and defender Jack Middleton. Wilde needed a discount to hang on to Fiala, a decision that Guerin pointed out would create another hole in the list.
From the team’s core, Phila was the only player to be in the deal for termination and was still considered a limited free agent after agreeing to a one-year, ډالرو 5.1 million contract before last season.
But Wilde has yet to pay a hefty price for Fella’s transfer, and it is losing dynamic progress in its priorities.
“Kevin has really become a special player with Minnesota over the last few years,” Garrin said.
After a slow start to the season, the 25-year-old winger set career-high goals in (33), assists (52) and points (85) while filling a significant line with Matt Boldy and Frederick Goodrio.
His 12-game points streak tied for the longest in franchise history, and Fayala set a team record with five assists in one game and four assists / points in a single period. He also had the second-highest goals and points in the NHL from April 8 until the end of the regular season before being chipped in three assists in six playoff games against St. Louis.
Overall, in 215 games with the Wild, Phiala has scored 79 goals and 107 assists for 186 points. He has led the organization in all three categories since joining the team in the February 2019 trade that sent Michael Greenland to Nashville.
Asked how Wild would replace Fayla’s offense, Guerin said, “We don’t know. We have to play and see how the boys produce. We’ll be able to. We don’t know.”
Los Angeles expressed an immediate interest in the Fala, Goren said, and the Kings were serious about pursuing them.
Goren did not feel the need to wait and believed he had secured a fair value in the deal. The first-rounder from Los Angeles is No. 19, Guerrero noted how hard it is for teams to leave high choices. Despite his debut at 24, Wilde has eight total options in the draft, starting next Thursday in Montreal.
At Faber, Wilde adds an alum to the U.S. national team development program that won a gold medal with the U.S. team at the 2021 World Junior Championships and in the second round by the Kings in 2020 (45 overall). Drafted in
Named the Goffers captain on Wednesday, Maple Gray’s original sophomore finished last season with two goals and 12 assists in 32 games and played in the Olympics.
“He’s excited at one point about being able to play for his hometown team,” Goren said, referring to Faber as a “high-end prospect” who is not far from the NHL.
The optimism will help the forest climate with wage constraints, which will become even tougher.
Another year is fast approaching and the purchase of Paris and Sutter will cost the Wild Cape site nearly 15 15 million for two seasons.
Time will tell how the team deals with this punch, but its future has no further outcome.
“We know we’re not going to do that,” Guerin said. “We know. They knew it. There’s no point in just trying to … fit it in and fit it and give them a low ball deal. It doesn’t work. We know we have to move that.” “
Goodbye
Kevin Fialla spent just three seasons with the Jungle, coming to Minnesota from the Nashville Predators during the 2018-19 season. Wenger was the 11th overall pick in the 2014 NHL Draft.
Season game goals contribute to points +/-
2018-19 19 3 4 7 -12
2019-20 64 23 31 54 -1
2020-21 50 20 20 40 -2
2021-22 82 33 52 85 23
Job 419 124 159 283 17
