Craig Button has a warning for the Minnesota Wild. “Be careful about trading skill,” he said on a recent podcast with The Athletic’s Joe Smith. Button shouldn’t have to issue such a warning. The Wild lack skill, and they have for a long time. Part of it is the cap restrictions from buying out Ryan… Continue reading Minnesota’s Rossi Qualms Highlight A Flaw With Its Cap Hell Draft Strategy – Minnesota Wild
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The Wild Shouldn’t Offload Rossi To Clear A 2026 Cap Logjam – Minnesota Wild
The Minnesota Wild have an underreported problem coming up. Its name is 2026-27 cap space. It’s clear why that’s not the A-topic in Wild circles right now. There are juicier stories that will pay off much sooner: Kirill Kaprizov’s extension, Marco Rossi’s RFA status, and Danila Yurov’s arrival, to name a few. More than that,… Continue reading The Wild Shouldn’t Offload Rossi To Clear A 2026 Cap Logjam – Minnesota Wild
The Vikings’ Cap Space is Sinking Faster Than a Boulder in Lake Minnetonka
Dec 17, 2022; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings fans react during the game against the Indianapolis Colts at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports. Admittedly, I’m far from a nautical expert and nor am I a geological expert. What I do know, however, is that dropping a large boulder into Lake Minnetonka… Continue reading The Vikings’ Cap Space is Sinking Faster Than a Boulder in Lake Minnetonka
Minnesota’s Slow Deadline Highlights A Need To Clear Cap Space – Minnesota Wild
We can all agree that the Minnesota Wild are having a weird season. For a month, they seemed like a team capable of making a deep run, surprising though it was. Then, a second-straight injury-riddled season raised a complicated question at the trade deadline. Are the Wild buyers or sellers? The team was back-sliding into… Continue reading Minnesota’s Slow Deadline Highlights A Need To Clear Cap Space – Minnesota Wild
How Will the Cap Surge Affect Kirill Kaprizov’s Extension? – Minnesota Wild
If you google “quotes about getting paid,” a surprising lack of ballplayers and rock stars appear. In its place is Forbes’s “Top 100 Money Quotes of All Time.” I read all 100, looking for an interesting hook before I blast readers with a thousand words of contract analysis. Drowning in quotes from everybody between Henry… Continue reading How Will the Cap Surge Affect Kirill Kaprizov’s Extension? – Minnesota Wild
The Wild Are In the Darkest Days Of Cap Hell – Minnesota Wild
Since the moment the Minnesota Wild assumed the Zach Parise/Ryan Suter buyout handcuffs, fans have been counting down the days until they (mostly) disappear. Minnesota managed to stay competitive during the first two years of the buyouts. However, the Wild faltered as the combined cap hit ratcheted up to ~$14.75 million last year. But heading into… Continue reading The Wild Are In the Darkest Days Of Cap Hell – Minnesota Wild
Does the Yakov Trenin Contract Look Better In Light Of the Expected Cap Explosion? – Minnesota Wild
The NHL salary cap can seem like a scary, unfamiliar beast to those outside league circles. In reality, it’s a simple concept you’ve seen on TV a dozen times. At each side of a ludicrously long mahogany table, two groups sit across from each other, prepared to hammer out a deal. There are different flavors… Continue reading Does the Yakov Trenin Contract Look Better In Light Of the Expected Cap Explosion? – Minnesota Wild
Bleacher Report names veteran Vikings TE as a potential cap casualty
The Minnesota Vikings have 25 pending free agents heading into the offseason and approximately $55.62 million in “effective cap space,” per OverTheCap.com. But that doesn’t mean they couldn’t move on from veterans signed through the 2025 season. This week, Bleacher Report shared three candidates from each team who could potentially be cut. The Vikings were… Continue reading Bleacher Report names veteran Vikings TE as a potential cap casualty
Clay Travis’ NFL Six Pack: Vikings And Lions Will Cap Week Of Winners
It’s Christmas Eve and I’m ducking away from Christmas movies and backyard basketball — I have to put my 14-year-old in his place — to give you my OutKick Six Pack, Santa Clay style. Reminder, in case you’ve forgotten, we’ve got double Christmas games on Netflix tomorrow — assuming their tech can handle it — and… Continue reading Clay Travis’ NFL Six Pack: Vikings And Lions Will Cap Week Of Winners
How the Vikings re-signing QB Sam Darnold would impact the salary cap and impact building a Super Bowl roster – AtoZ Sports
How the Vikings re-signing QB Sam Darnold would impact the salary cap and impact building a Super Bowl roster AtoZ Sports Where will Sam Darnold play next? A Kirk Cousins trade? Setting stage for 2025 QB carousel The Athletic Will Lions rebound? Should Vikings keep Sam Darnold? What’s Belichick’s endgame? FOX Sports Sam Darnold’s career season means the… Continue reading How the Vikings re-signing QB Sam Darnold would impact the salary cap and impact building a Super Bowl roster – AtoZ Sports