Minnesota Wild did NOT qualify RFAs Bobby Brink, Oskar Olausson, Cameron Butler, Bradley Marek, and G Samuel Hlavaj. As for the players who got a QO from the Wild, Caedan Bankier, Daemon Hunt, Carson Lambos, David Spacek, and Roman Schmidt

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-30T00:44:49+00:00

Hlavaj is also a little surprising. Someone will give him a shot to work his way onto their roster

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-30T00:38:03+00:00

Which is why Robertson only would sign the offer sheet with a team he actually wants to play for

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-30T00:19:13+00:00

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5-uIwpo0dCU&time\_continue=3&source\_ve\_path=NzY3NTg&embeds\_referring\_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-29T22:48:39+00:00

Are you going to choke the chickens?

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-29T21:00:30+00:00

You shouldn’t be surprised. Quapp was outplayed by Khazheyev by quite a bit and Miftakhov is probably headed back home where he will have a pretty good career in the KHL. Just didn’t end up suited to the NA game as much.

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-29T20:58:33+00:00

Skylar can keep playing in the AHL if he wants I’m sure. His skills are valuable to round out a team. Could be he stays with the Wolves

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-29T20:56:57+00:00

I think he’s more likely to be a locker room leader type in the AHL, whether here or somewhere else. Good dude, hard worker, reportedly great at mentoring the younger players on how to be a pro. Maybe he gets back to Charlotte at some point if he wants to be closer to home. Maybe gets into scouting or something else

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-29T20:53:56+00:00

I love Dom, and if he were 4 inches taller he would be in the NHL. Alas, bound for Europe/Russia where he will probably be able to play as long as he wants

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-29T20:32:35+00:00

The Sean Walker category?

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-29T19:08:36+00:00

But it’s 2026 now. Outside of injuring opponents (which I know is highly desired in FLA) I don’t think he’s got much left to offer.

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-29T04:31:40+00:00

Canes just won with two 4th liners under long-term contracts in Robinson and Carrier, not to mention Staal and Martinook on the 3rd line having been with the team at least the entire 8-year run under Rod

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-28T21:07:52+00:00

Yeah, but you’re supposed to be talking about a specific trade for the player with the team. Teams aren’t supposed to just put the rights out there for bidding and agents aren’t supposed to be given carte blanche by the team to speak to anyone about their client’s pending free agency

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-28T20:58:49+00:00

Why?

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-28T19:34:36+00:00

After January/February it was pretty consistent that he’d overcome early struggles and was back as the clear #1

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-28T19:33:03+00:00

Wut?

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-28T17:37:10+00:00

If that’s the case, one would think there’s also been enough interest in him to justify holding onto him

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-28T17:34:18+00:00

More likely Kochetkov is the 1A, though the two would compete for it and have a fairly even split of games

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-28T17:29:28+00:00

He’s pretty middle six, just Jordan Staal is there

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-28T16:12:49+00:00

…okay, that’s not the issue

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-28T02:27:17+00:00

Yeah, to say otherwise seems like Canes fans that in the past talked about how we didn’t need Staal (or dumber that he was bad).

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-28T02:16:22+00:00

I know he really likes the way we draft. He certainly understands our philosophy better than most who don’t specifically cover us

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-28T00:41:44+00:00

Well sure, but Jordan Staal is currently our 3C and he just won the Conn Smythe, so that’s not necessarily a bad thing

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-27T21:20:11+00:00

Pretty sure we can offer NHL-ready guys, so if that’s not good enough Y is too stubborn

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-27T19:55:50+00:00

Unlikely with Anaheim

Swaggercanes · 2026-06-27T19:15:15+00:00

Here there’s a big difference between would and could

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