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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 6/22/2026 1:19:27 PM

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I'm honestly not all that interested in Trocheck at this point. He is 2nd line at best and past his prime. Yurov could well establish himself as a top 6 center next year. Last year we offered Stramel who is under contract now. I'm intrigued by Stramel and would like to see what he can do.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 6/22/2026 2:42:00 PM

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It makes no sense to trade away our young centers for Trocheck, who is 32. I would rather stick with the young guys and work with them and add some help on the backend that is aging and undersized for the most part. We have been playing for so many years without a true 1C I just can't see mortgaging our future for a couple of years for Trocheck. The way things are going in the NHL, guys like McJesus or Mathews could very well become available in the next year or two. It would suck if one of them did become available and we had no assets to work a trade because we had to have Trocheck now.....

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 6/22/2026 3:22:17 PM

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It makes no sense to trade away our young centers for Trocheck, who is 32. I would rather stick with the young guys and work with them and add some help on the backend that is aging and undersized for the most part. We have been playing for so many years without a true 1C I just can't see mortgaging our future for a couple of years for Trocheck. The way things are going in the NHL, guys like McJesus or Mathews could very well become available in the next year or two. It would suck if one of them did become available and we had no assets to work a trade because we had to have Trocheck now.....

He has to use an educated guess.....I would trade Hartman and Brodin before Yurov or Stramel.......I would trade the Wall before Yurov or Stramel as goalies aren't always a guarantee. That is just my opinion.....I would have rather traded Gus but it wasn't an option.

I would love Matthews or Larkin this year and that is the move he will try to make.

The only guy I regret trading away is Buium out of the 3 we traded away for Hughes.

The one plus I see is guys wanting to come here....before it was a trade or more money.....now it seems things Guerin and Boldy/Hughes/Faber/ have done.

< Message edited by Phil Riewer -- 6/22/2026 3:25:39 PM >

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 6/24/2026 11:59:46 AM

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The last few paragraphs of Russo's latest on the Athletic.....

There’s no doubt that players like Kaprizov, Boldy and Hughes have turned the Wild into an appealing spot for players around the league. Now, they sit and wait and hope they can find a way to sway Yzerman to send his captain west.

If they strike out or Yzerman chooses to wait to move Larkin later in the summer, it’ll be interesting to see their Plan B. It’s not as simple as moving on to Vincent Trocheck since he’d require significant assets, and we know the Wild have few remaining.

They could simply continue to be patient and wait for that perfect center — Larkin or another (Auston Matthews?) — to shake from the trees later this offseason or into next season.

I can see the later happening before we use up our limited trade assets on Trocheck.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 6/27/2026 12:25:08 PM

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Sounds like Billy is pushing hard to make a deal for Larkin by the end of draft weekend. Guerin has supposedly been in contact with Yzerman and Larkin's agent on a daily basis.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 6/27/2026 1:24:37 PM

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Here you go!

TRADE ALERT
The Wild trade their 121st pick and 185th pick to Columbus for the 112th and select 6-foot-4 winger Kayden Lemire.

Wild have one fifth left.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 6/27/2026 1:26:40 PM

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I am finding it harder and harder to see how we are going to get Larkin without blowing up the rest of the team......we just don't have the tradeable assets.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 6/27/2026 2:57:00 PM

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I am finding it harder and harder to see how we are going to get Larkin without blowing up the rest of the team......we just don't have the tradeable assets.

Word is they are trying to incorporate a 3rd team.

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 6/27/2026 3:36:30 PM

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I am finding it harder and harder to see how we are going to get Larkin without blowing up the rest of the team......we just don't have the tradeable assets.

Word is they are trying to incorporate a 3rd team.

But a 3rd team will require some assets in return as well. Are we going to be without 1st and 2nd round picks until 2030 to get this done? If that is the case we damn well better get a couple or runs at the cup out of it!

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RE: Wild 2025-26 Season - 6/27/2026 3:57:03 PM

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

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I am finding it harder and harder to see how we are going to get Larkin without blowing up the rest of the team......we just don't have the tradeable assets.

Word is they are trying to incorporate a 3rd team.

But a 3rd team will require some assets in return as well. Are we going to be without 1st and 2nd round picks until 2030 to get this done? If that is the case we damn well better get a couple or runs at the cup out of it!

Detroit doesn't want Yurov, Stramel, etc. We trade them to a team that wants them for assets that Detroit wants.

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