If no deal can be made, Spurgeon could be a valuable trade chip at the trade deadline.At 36 years of age, this could be his final year with Minnesota, although much of that decision will depend on how his final season will turn out. Minnesota might be able to find a suitor who is willing to take him and use him in a bottom-six role.While the team currently sits outside the playoff race, the Wild have returned to respectability and have plenty of time to make up for lost time and try and fight for a playoff spot down the road.In less than 100 hours, the 2019 NHL Trade Deadline will come and go.
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Video: Ron Francis discusses trades including Eric Staal Staal is the final year of a seven-year, $57.75 million contract, but Gorton made the trade with his eyes on the present and not the future.
Staal, 34, owns a 10-team no-trade list. For the first 18 games of the season, Minnesota had a 6-11-1 and were at the bottom of the conference and looked to be an obvious lottery team that had a chance at the top pick. How many of these top free agents will sign extensions?Carolina holds the NHLâs longest playoff drought of nine years and desperately would like to make the playoffs. We felt like the group, if we could do it, needed an addition, something to show them that, maybe, to help us add in one area. He was impressive in the playoffs for the Dallas Stars, scoring four goals and 11 assists in 13 games last year. "We like the fact that he can really move a puck, that he can play in your top four, he can play on your power play, he can play against most players in the League.
Center -- shoots L Born Oct 29 1984 -- Thunder Bay, ONT [35 yrs. The team fell to the non-playoff New York Rangers, while the Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens both picked up wins. Losing captain Mikko Koivu for the rest of the season due to injury hurts the club down the stretch . Though that number has come down this year, Staal is still likely to finish as a 50+ point center this season. Any of these names could hit the market, although odds are they wonât all choose to do so. How they perform, as well as the results for the Blue Jackets, Penguins, and Canadiens, before Monday will inform their deadline decision.Sturm was the team’s big signing this offseason as he was considered to be one of the top unrestricted free-agent college forwards this year and choose to ink a deal with Minnesota. ERIC STAAL GRANTED A PERSONAL LEAVE FROM THE MINNESOTA WILD. Staal is the final year of a seven-year, $57.75 million contract, but Gorton made the trade with his eyes on the present and not the future.Staal's 12-year tenure in Carolina ended when he was acquired by the Rangers for second-round picks in 2016 and 2017, and forward Aleksi Saarela, one day before the 2016 NHL Trade Deadline at 3 p.m. Monday.Bienvenido a NHL.com, el sitio oficial de la National Hockey LeagueWillkommen auf NHL.com, der offiziellen Seite der National Hockey League"I would say to you that we're not trading him," Gorton said. Of course, the Wild must also avoid injuries, which have ravaged the franchise for the last few years.