A couple of teams are Seattle Kraken’s Shane Wright
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – The picks are in episode, on the Seattle Kraken.
“I believe Seattle’s got Shane Wright on the market. I believe there’s just a few teams that. As I discussed, Seattle still attempting to do something big.”
Ottawa Senators Arthur Kaliyev in search of a fresh start
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – The picks are in episode, on Ottawa Senators AHL forward Arthur Kaliyev.
“Someone told me that 40 goal scorer within the American Hockey League, Arthur Kaliyev won’t be staying in Ottawa, he’ll be a free agent. Tough 12 months for Kaliyev. Cleared now by the NHL. See if he gets a fresh start somewhere.”
The Minnesota Wild have some decisions to make and a few potential holes to fill
Michael Russo and Joe Smith of The Athletic: The Minnesota Wild are eyeing Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin. Wings GM Steve Yzerman hasn’t liked the Wild’s offers to this point. The Wild will keep trying to accumulate him.
The Wild could have some holes of their top nine with the possible lack of Mats Zuccarello, Vladimir Tarasenko and Marcus Johansson. Those three put 53 goals and 150 points combined. Tarasenko will likely be in search of more cash than the Wild are willing to do.
Looks like the Wild are okay with moving on from Zuccarello, and sources say he’s not comfortable with how things have gone. The Wild are wanting Kirill Kaprizov to get away from Zuccarello’s East-West hockey and to begin to construct chemistry with other players.
Patrick Kane would appear to be a great Zuccarello substitute, possibly Claude Giroux. Other potential UFAs include Jaden Schwartz and/or Anders Lee.
In the event that they were to land Larkin, Danila Yurov would likely be within the trade package.
The Wild are shopping Yakov Trenin, who has two years left at $3.5 million and Nico Sturm, who has a 12 months left at $2 million. If either is dealt, possibly they re-sign Nick Foligno at an inexpensive price. Other potential trade candidates are Ryan Hartman ($4 million), Jonas Brodin ($6 million) and Jared Spurgeon ($7.575 million). Jake Middleton ($4.35 million) and Marcus Foligno ($4 million) have no-trade clauses after July 1st.
The Wild would really like to re-sign Zach Bogosian.
Cap charges: $90,330,833
Parise/Suter buyout charges: $1,666,666
Projected salary cap for 2026-27: $104 million
Projected salary-cap space: $12,002,501 (excludes re-signings)
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