Insider: Wild Plan to be 'Very Aggressive' in Landing $36 Million Star in Free Agency

Insider: Wild Plan to be 'Very Aggressive' in Landing $36 Million Star in Free Agency

The Minnesota Wild made the Stanley Cup playoffs despite having a little more than $14.7 million of dead cap space, due to the buyouts of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter.With the dead cap coming off the books, Minnesota is projected to have over $20.5 million in cap space. Armed with ample cap space, the Wild are planning to be aggressive in the offseason, and NHL insider Anthony Di Marco of Daily Faceoff links them to Brock Nelson in free agency.“Ac…

Elimination Eval: Minnesota Wild

After missing the playoffs last season, the Minnesota Wild were back in business and back in the postseason this year. But another early first round exit raises concern for where they stand moving forward. The Wild have only won two playoff series in the post-lockout era. That’s over twenty years worth of hockey and not a whole lot to show for it. For a team that’s never won a Stanley Cup, patience is growing thinner and thinner in Minnesota, as…