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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/2/2026 12:07:42 PM

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Word is the Wild have a standing offer to the Rangers for Trocheck. The Rangers sitting on it and waiting to see if they get a better one. It looks a couple of other western teams enquired and Trocheck shot those down. It looks like the Wild are his only exception to staying in the east.

My guess is the standing offer is built around Stramel and the 2027 first round pick with possibly a young D like Lambos. I seriously doubt Yurov was included, otherwise Trocheck would be on the Wild right now.

I don't much care for that deal myself. We lose a 1st round pick and give away a big, strong, quality center prospect that skates well when that is what we need.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/2/2026 12:21:32 PM

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Word is the Wild have a standing offer to the Rangers for Trocheck. The Rangers sitting on it and waiting to see if they get a better one. It looks a couple of other western teams enquired and Trocheck shot those down. It looks like the Wild are his only exception to staying in the east.

My guess is the standing offer is built around Stramel and the 2027 first round pick with possibly a young D like Lambos. I seriously doubt Yurov was included, otherwise Trocheck would be on the Wild right now.

I don't much care for that deal myself. We lose a 1st round pick and give away a big, strong, quality center prospect that skates well when that is what we need.

The problem is that the window of Kaprizov’s prime is now. Throw in the need to show Hughes we are a serious contender to get him to sign an extension and the Wild are in position to pay a premium price for a top 6 center. At this point Guerin is smart enough to know he can get more for Yurov after the season.

I would still much rather do Wallstedt for Cozens if that deal is available.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/2/2026 1:20:59 PM

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From Russo:
#mnwild claim Robby Fabbri. Had an 18- and 17-goal year with Detroit and played 10 playoff games during Blues Cup run. Scored at least 15 goals 4x in career

Place Pitlick on waivers to make move.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/2/2026 5:42:55 PM

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Fabbri has had much of his career derailed by injuries. Three ACL surgeries alone.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/2/2026 6:03:05 PM

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Fabbri has had much of his career derailed by injuries. Three ACL surgeries alone.

A waiver wire pickup replacing another waiver wire pickup in Pitlick. Maybe a little upgrade, but doesn't really move the needle even on the 4th line.
Now it sounds like we may need a Foligno replacement too. Clock is ticking Billy.....

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/3/2026 7:35:40 AM

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Fabbri has had much of his career derailed by injuries. Three ACL surgeries alone.

A waiver wire pickup replacing another waiver wire pickup in Pitlick. Maybe a little upgrade, but doesn't really move the needle even on the 4th line.
Now it sounds like we may need a Foligno replacement too. Clock is ticking Billy.....

I think he will go Stamkos if NY doesn't accept our offer or Ottawa. Stamkos comments helped Billy out as their is some leverage for moves. I think more teams want to sell than buy but not too many high end guys.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/3/2026 7:40:41 AM

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Fabbri has had much of his career derailed by injuries. Three ACL surgeries alone.

A waiver wire pickup replacing another waiver wire pickup in Pitlick. Maybe a little upgrade, but doesn't really move the needle even on the 4th line.
Now it sounds like we may need a Foligno replacement too. Clock is ticking Billy.....

I think he will go Stamkos if NY doesn't accept our offer or Ottawa. Stamkos comments helped Billy out as their is some leverage for moves. I think more teams want to sell than buy but not too many high end guys.

When I followed Hockey more a few years back I knew that Steven Stamkos was among the few best in the world. I wondered if he still was a top player and asked Google AI. This is what they had to say.

As of March 2026, 36-year-old Steven Stamkos remains a premier NHL goal-scorer, rebounding from a slow start to net his 10th career 30-goal season. Now with the Nashville Predators, he has scored 30 goals and 46 points in 59 games, with 24 goals coming since December. He is effective as a top-six winger, hitting the 30-goal mark.

Key Aspects of Current Performance:
Production: Currently producing at a 30-goal, 46-point pace, with 27 goals in his last 43 games as of late February 2026.
Goal Scoring: Remains elite in his finishing, having reached the 30-goal mark for the 10th time in his 18-season career.
Impact: Considered a high-caliber veteran with immense value, with teams like the New Jersey Devils interested in his top-six offensive abilities for a playoff push.
Role: While his overall points-per-game is down compared to his peak in Tampa Bay, he continues to be a major offensive threat and a top power-play producer.

Despite a difficult first year in Nashville, Stamkos has proven he can still perform at a high level into his mid-30s.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/3/2026 9:32:40 AM

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Stamkos is a no. He said he isn't moving.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/3/2026 5:01:48 PM

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Stamkos is a no. He said he isn't moving.

He gave a short list of 3 teams he was willing to be traded to....Rumor is Wild were on the list.

This was last reported on March 1st:
LeBrun on Insider Trading says Stamkos does not want out of Nashville, but just in case management comes to him with some offers they have received, Stamkos camp have prepared themselves with a list of preferred destinations, list is topped by Tampa, Dallas and then Minnesota.

He and Zach Bogosian played together on the TB team.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/3/2026 7:15:02 PM

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From Russo;

One day after adding Robby Fabbri off waivers as they try to reshape their fourth line, the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday acquired 6-foot-6 center Michael McCarron from the Nashville Predators in exchange for a 2028 second-round pick, according to league sources.

McCarron, who turns 31 on Friday, is in the final year of a contract with a $900,000 average annual value. Wild coach John Hynes coached McCarron for parts of three seasons in Nashville.

The move is a clear indication that the Wild haven’t been pleased with Nico Sturm’s play. McCarron is a big body who plays a heavy game and has an edge, leading the Predators with 165 hits. He’s also good on draws, winning 53.8 percent of them over the past five seasons, and is a good penalty-killer. He’s amassed 275 penalty minutes in the past three seasons and is known to drop the gloves.

With Marcus Foligno week-to-week with a lower-body injury, McCarron will fill a physical role for the Wild, along with league hits leader Yakov Trenin.

McCarron has five goals and 12 points this season and is averaging a career-high 14:30 of ice time per game.

Some added muscle for the remade 4th line. Probaly insurance for Foligno's injury too.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/3/2026 11:16:16 PM

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Wild win and Kaprizov becomes the Wild's all time goal scorer with 220. This the first Wild team with two 35 goal scorers.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/4/2026 5:57:23 AM

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From Russo;

One day after adding Robby Fabbri off waivers as they try to reshape their fourth line, the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday acquired 6-foot-6 center Michael McCarron from the Nashville Predators in exchange for a 2028 second-round pick, according to league sources.

McCarron, who turns 31 on Friday, is in the final year of a contract with a $900,000 average annual value. Wild coach John Hynes coached McCarron for parts of three seasons in Nashville.

The move is a clear indication that the Wild haven’t been pleased with Nico Sturm’s play. McCarron is a big body who plays a heavy game and has an edge, leading the Predators with 165 hits. He’s also good on draws, winning 53.8 percent of them over the past five seasons, and is a good penalty-killer. He’s amassed 275 penalty minutes in the past three seasons and is known to drop the gloves.

With Marcus Foligno week-to-week with a lower-body injury, McCarron will fill a physical role for the Wild, along with league hits leader Yakov Trenin.

McCarron has five goals and 12 points this season and is averaging a career-high 14:30 of ice time per game.

Some added muscle for the remade 4th line. Probaly insurance for Foligno's injury too.

This post just made me realize something. I've been watching Smallville recently and the songs Superman and 100 years by Five for Fighting are featured in it. He took the name as an homage to hockey. Mystery solved.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/4/2026 8:05:10 AM

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Pretty Neat story about McCarron and Dumba I didn't know:

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In 2022, I’ll never forget the sound of Dumba’s open-ice hit on McCarron in Nashville. It hospitalized Dumba, left him with a punctured lung, dislocated rib and broken rib. He’s also had 2 major league run-ins with Zuccarello and fought Middleton 3x and Foligno once.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/4/2026 8:13:46 AM

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From Russo;

One day after adding Robby Fabbri off waivers as they try to reshape their fourth line, the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday acquired 6-foot-6 center Michael McCarron from the Nashville Predators in exchange for a 2028 second-round pick, according to league sources.

McCarron, who turns 31 on Friday, is in the final year of a contract with a $900,000 average annual value. Wild coach John Hynes coached McCarron for parts of three seasons in Nashville.

The move is a clear indication that the Wild haven’t been pleased with Nico Sturm’s play. McCarron is a big body who plays a heavy game and has an edge, leading the Predators with 165 hits. He’s also good on draws, winning 53.8 percent of them over the past five seasons, and is a good penalty-killer. He’s amassed 275 penalty minutes in the past three seasons and is known to drop the gloves.

With Marcus Foligno week-to-week with a lower-body injury, McCarron will fill a physical role for the Wild, along with league hits leader Yakov Trenin.

McCarron has five goals and 12 points this season and is averaging a career-high 14:30 of ice time per game.

Some added muscle for the remade 4th line. Probaly insurance for Foligno's injury too.

This post just made me realize something. I've been watching Smallville recently and the songs Superman and 100 years by Five for Fighting are featured in it. He took the name as an homage to hockey. Mystery solved.

That IS cool. I always figure there's an interesting backstory behind musical groups' names.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/4/2026 2:46:40 PM

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One thing #mnwild fans should keep in mind is teams must have cap compliant playoff lineups now. So while the Wild have room on deadline day to add $12 million in players, if you take injured Marcus Foligno and put him in yesterday's lineup in place of one of the $775K guys, that's a playoff lineup with just under $5 million in cap space. So if you add more than that at the deadline and you're healthy in the playoffs, you're going to have to make lineup decisions based on cap hits. Not the biggest deal, but this is what all teams have to consider now no matter how much deadline cap space you have

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/4/2026 3:06:26 PM

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I think Foligno is more injured than they are letting on. I really don't understand the McCarron signing if he's healthy.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/4/2026 3:10:58 PM

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I think Foligno is more injured than they are letting on. I really don't understand the McCarron signing if he's healthy.

Not enough enforcers, Faceoffs (53%), and Sturm has been struggling according to Skor North.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/4/2026 5:24:12 PM

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From Russo;

One day after adding Robby Fabbri off waivers as they try to reshape their fourth line, the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday acquired 6-foot-6 center Michael McCarron from the Nashville Predators in exchange for a 2028 second-round pick, according to league sources.

McCarron, who turns 31 on Friday, is in the final year of a contract with a $900,000 average annual value. Wild coach John Hynes coached McCarron for parts of three seasons in Nashville.

The move is a clear indication that the Wild haven’t been pleased with Nico Sturm’s play. McCarron is a big body who plays a heavy game and has an edge, leading the Predators with 165 hits. He’s also good on draws, winning 53.8 percent of them over the past five seasons, and is a good penalty-killer. He’s amassed 275 penalty minutes in the past three seasons and is known to drop the gloves.

With Marcus Foligno week-to-week with a lower-body injury, McCarron will fill a physical role for the Wild, along with league hits leader Yakov Trenin.

McCarron has five goals and 12 points this season and is averaging a career-high 14:30 of ice time per game.

Some added muscle for the remade 4th line. Probaly insurance for Foligno's injury too.

This post just made me realize something. I've been watching Smallville recently and the songs Superman and 100 years by Five for Fighting are featured in it. He took the name as an homage to hockey. Mystery solved.

That IS cool. I always figure there's an interesting backstory behind musical groups' names.

He's actually a solo artist. The record label didn't want to use his name as they thought it was too difficult, Vladimir John Ondrasik III. In 1995, Ondrasik signed with EMI Records. He adopted Five for Fighting as a "band name" that same year[27][28] at the request of EMI executives, who found Ondrasik's name difficult to pronounce. Thing is there never was a band. According to Ondrasik, the label "loved" the name Five for Fighting even though it sounded like a "heavy-metal band".

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/5/2026 12:33:17 PM

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One day until the deadline and still no sign of a Trocheck deal or a deal for any other center. Right now I put it at about 70% that a meaningful trade gets made. I put it at about 55% that we wind up with Trocheck.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/5/2026 2:33:47 PM

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#mnwild acquire Jeff Petry from Florida for a conditional 7th rounder

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/5/2026 2:42:46 PM

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If we are trading for a Defenseman---are we trading one away?

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/5/2026 3:09:11 PM

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Russo has gone from thinking Trocheck could any minute to thinking the chances are fading.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/5/2026 3:39:05 PM

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I somehow missed the beat down we put on a very good lightning team. A belated way to go guys.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/5/2026 3:59:08 PM

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Russo has gone from thinking Trocheck could any minute to thinking the chances are fading.

I would not trade Yurov for Trocheck. Hopefully Guerin can pivot to one of the Ottawa Centers or another C not on the bingo card.

Rangers GM seems to be playing chicken with Trochek.....if the price is that high I would maybe go after Thomas....problem is Trochek contract is pretty good.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 3/5/2026 4:18:52 PM

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Unless New York accepts Billy's initial offer I suspect we pass for now. We could very well end up standing pat until this summer and making another run for a top 6 center then.

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