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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/6/2026 12:01:16 PM

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If the Wild land Trocheck or swing for the fences and land Thomas, the bottom six pickups are actually pretty helpful in the playoffs. McCarron wins face-offs, gets the puck below the red line and checks. He plays the consumate heavy game that is big asset from the 4th line in the playoffs.

The Foligno's with McCarron raising hell on the 4th line would be interesting....talk about a heavy line.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/6/2026 12:12:02 PM

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Vinnie is out.....

Panthers acquire Vinnie Hinostroza
I'm hearing that the Minnesota Wild have traded Vinnie Hinostroza has been traded to the Florida Panthers for future considerations.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/6/2026 12:29:59 PM

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No room for everyone.

You may not know the rules.....today they can add as many extra as they want. There isn't a roster limit except what they can dress for a game.

So they can mix and match for games and give some breathers now.

Gonna be a lot of unhappy players in the mix.

Just because the Twins are a joke of a franchise doesn't mean yiou need to shit on all the teams that are so much better than them...

You think it's good to tell a bunch of guys they are not dressing game after game after game? Chemistry concerns. I'm for real.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/6/2026 12:30:59 PM

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If the Wild land Trocheck or swing for the fences and land Thomas, the bottom six pickups are actually pretty helpful in the playoffs. McCarron wins face-offs, gets the puck below the red line and checks. He plays the consumate heavy game that is big asset from the 4th line in the playoffs.

Kind of like late-career Rod Brind'Amour.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/6/2026 12:44:13 PM

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No room for everyone.

You may not know the rules.....today they can add as many extra as they want. There isn't a roster limit except what they can dress for a game.

So they can mix and match for games and give some breathers now.

Gonna be a lot of unhappy players in the mix.

Just because the Twins are a joke of a franchise doesn't mean yiou need to shit on all the teams that are so much better than them...

You think it's good to tell a bunch of guys they are not dressing game after game after game? Chemistry concerns. I'm for real.

We have been playing an AHL 4th line most of this year, so getting better there is just part of the NHL. Vinnie is already gone as is Pitlick and Jones will be sent down if he isn't already in Iowa. We finally have a full NHL roster to get ready for the playoffs.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/6/2026 10:44:24 PM

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I'm ok with the way things turned out. I much rather see Billy make no deal than make a bad deal. NY decided to hold out at an unreasonable price and Guerin didn't cave. Yurov was too high a price. Stramel has really found his offensive game this year and is a Hoby Baker nominee. I really like the idea of him in a Wild uniform.

I can only guess the Rangers plan to keep Trocheck long term. Otherwise, the way they played it makes no sense. Trocheck will never have as much value as he did at the deadline. I doubt they can make a better deal for him after the season.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/6/2026 10:49:36 PM

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BTW, McCarron scored in his Wild debut. First he separated an LV player from the puck with a hit behind the redline, then moved in front of the net in time to redirect a Faber shot.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/6/2026 10:54:50 PM

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BTW, McCarron scored in his Wild debut. First he separated an LV player from the puck with a hit behind the redline, then moved in front of the net in time to redirect a Faber shot.

Excellent. Wild up 3-0. Gustavson through 2 has faced 18 shots with 18 saves. Schmid with 10 saves on 13 shots.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/6/2026 10:56:28 PM

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Great, we added another Smurf. I really don't see the logic unless they can flip him in another deal today. I will say he is a surprising return for Jiricek, who has shown absolutely nothing.

He basically is the same size and age as Rossi with the same production. 13 goals so far this year.

Rossi is over 190 lbs and built like a brick shit house. Brink is 169 lbs. Guerin spent 2 years trying to move Rossi because he was too small. Now he picked up someone even smaller.

I don't care very much about how big or small a player is. Are they good or not is all that matters. Seems like Brink is good enough.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/7/2026 7:46:38 AM

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2026 NHL trade deadline report cards:
From the Athletic

Minnesota Wild: A+
The Wild’s heavy lifting was done with their mid-December blockbuster for Quinn Hughes, who has absolutely been a game-changer for the franchise. At the deadline, they basically overhauled their bottom six. Michael McCarron brings some size, snarl and strong faceoff ability to the fourth line and the penalty kill. Bobby Brink brings some speed and skill to the middle six, plus he fits Minnesota’s defensive identity and forecheck. Robby Fabbri is a four-time 15-goal scorer who is open to any role and can help with his experience in the room. Nick Foligno, the former Columbus Blue Jackets and Chicago Blackhawks captain, is another potential fourth liner/depth piece who may not play much, but Chicago is doing the veteran a solid to give him a chance to chase the Cup with his brother, Marcus. Nick Foligno has played center all year, so that gives the coaching staff options. The addition of Jeff Petry (for a seventh-round pick) offers an experienced, right-shot defenseman who is OK being a seventh or eighth defenseman. Overall, the Wild didn’t make any flashy moves at the deadline — the Hughes addition brought plenty of that — meaning Guerin and company still have useful assets they can parlay into a bigger move this offseason. This is still a really good team and a Cup contender. Guerin showed some patience here, and time will tell whether the Wild reward his faith. — Joe Smith and Michael Russo

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/7/2026 8:37:16 AM

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It feels so good to have a report card give us an A+ and call us a Cup contender. Let's go Wild!

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/7/2026 8:49:01 AM

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It was fun to watch the new guys last night in Vegas. No more all AHL 4th line and McCarron had a goal and assist in his first game. Brink apparently had chemistry with Boldy back at their U-18 days and got some time in place of JoJo last night and didn't look out of place at all. This stretch run should be fun to watch with all the new guys for Hynes to mix and match and find out who works best and where....

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/7/2026 9:54:57 AM

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It feels so good to have a report card give us an A+ and call us a Cup contender. Let's go Wild!

I agree, but a little devil's advocate here. Some talking head thought we did well. Hughes was obviously going to be a game changer, but will he only be a rental? Will his new contract if we do sign him cripple our cap? Anyway right now who cares. Let's win it all this year.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/7/2026 11:48:31 AM

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It was fun to watch the new guys last night in Vegas. No more all AHL 4th line and McCarron had a goal and assist in his first game. Brink apparently had chemistry with Boldy back at their U-18 days and got some time in place of JoJo last night and didn't look out of place at all. This stretch run should be fun to watch with all the new guys for Hynes to mix and match and find out who works best and where....

Yep. Last night showed the benefit of having NHL level pieces that fit nicely together in the bottom six. We shouldn't get used to a lot of.points from McCarron though. Get used to the heavy game he played. Win the face-off, get the puck deep and check check check. Create zone time. Make the other team work just to clear the zone. The ability to do this to the other teams top line in the playoffs is huge.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/8/2026 12:02:53 AM

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Great, we added another Smurf. I really don't see the logic unless they can flip him in another deal today. I will say he is a surprising return for Jiricek, who has shown absolutely nothing.

He basically is the same size and age as Rossi with the same production. 13 goals so far this year.

Rossi is over 190 lbs and built like a brick shit house. Brink is 169 lbs. Guerin spent 2 years trying to move Rossi because he was too small. Now he picked up someone even smaller.

Rossi is listed at 175. Brink at 169

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/8/2026 7:57:34 AM

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Great, we added another Smurf. I really don't see the logic unless they can flip him in another deal today. I will say he is a surprising return for Jiricek, who has shown absolutely nothing.

He basically is the same size and age as Rossi with the same production. 13 goals so far this year.

Rossi is over 190 lbs and built like a brick shit house. Brink is 169 lbs. Guerin spent 2 years trying to move Rossi because he was too small. Now he picked up someone even smaller.

Rossi is listed at 175. Brink at 169

Rossi has been listed from 182 (Hockey-Reference) to 185 (ESPN) for the last 3 years. It was reported during the off-season, he was focusing on adding weight because he was tired of being called too small to be a top six centre. The story said he had added over 10 pounds, which probably why PuckPedia lists him at 196. He has at least 15 and as much as 25 pounds on Brink. There are videos of Rossi working out. The guy is a solid lump of muscle.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/8/2026 9:00:22 AM

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So the 182 pound Rossi is a man steel? He has missed half the season. Brink has played 25 more games this year.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/8/2026 9:06:11 AM

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And last year Rossi was the only Wild player to play all 82 games. Injuries happen. What's your point?

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/8/2026 7:35:32 PM

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Bummer. Shoot out loss to the Avalanche. When McKinnon is your 4th shooter in a shootout, you have some serious firepower. The officiating was damn annoying. I was shocked when McKinnon actually got called for running over Hartman in OT.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/8/2026 10:44:12 PM

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Bummer. Shoot out loss to the Avalanche. When McKinnon is your 4th shooter in a shootout, you have some serious firepower. The officiating was damn annoying. I was shocked when McKinnon actually got called for running over Hartman in OT.

It would have been great to get another win against the Lanche. At least we got a point.

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