This was speculated before the Boudreau signing - then there was a thought process that maybe Bruce gets the best out if him - seems even he knows a lost cause (or at least a better way to spend that money!)
I heard last night that the Minnesota Wild have decided to buy out the final year of Thomas Vanek's three year contract. Bob McKenzie tweeted out the same information earlier this evening.
Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie 7h7 hours ago
Nothing has been formalized to this point, but the probability of MIN buying out Tomas Vanek in the next couple of days appears quite high.
This was speculated before the Boudreau signing - then there was a thought process that maybe Bruce gets the best out if him - seems even he knows a lost cause (or at least a better way to spend that money!)
Nice to see that they are smart enough to move on. However they probably just move on to giving Backes a 6 year deal worth too much money.
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Yes! Cap & roster space relief! Well I would have likely just buried him in the minors again on my team but still.
I remember thinking how much a mistake that contract was when he signed it. He's got a lot of dog in him.
10 Team, 60 Player Roster
G, A, PTS, PPP, PIM, BLKs, Hits, +/-, Shots, W, GAA, SV%, Saves
C- JHughes, Trocheck, RThomas, Zegras, Norris, Bennett, PLD, Stephenson, Danualt
RW- Raymond, Stone, TWilson, Toffoli, KJohnson, Nyqvist, Zary
LW- Keller, Schmaltz, Bunting, Skinner, Barbashev, Duclair
D- QHughes, McAvoy, Doughty, Heiskanen, LHughes, Mintyukov
G- Shesterkin, Demko, Andersen, Kahkonen, Levi, Tarasov, Annunen
Notable Prospects- Nikishin, Kulich, Leonard, Wood, Perreault, Lekkermaki, Ostlund, Othmman, REvans, L-Heureux, Ivanov, Murashov
His numbers if bought out……
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
^That's an awesome visual.
2014og... you need to do this for me whenever there is a buyout!
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
Russo now confirmed that Vanek has been informed and will be bought out
Sportsnet confirms it too.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/w...-thomas-vanek/
Bottleneckers (12/16 in 2022)
16 team, points only. G: 2-W, 4-SO.
Top 9F, 4D & 1G . Keep 15, Max 23
F: J. Robertson, J. Hughes, Tavares, Lafreniere, Cozens, Newhook, Teravainen, Domi, R. Strome, Laine, Rossi, Raymond, Holtz, Perfetti
D: Bouchard, McAvoy, Morrissey, Heiskanen
G: Vasilevskiy
7x7 from the isles a few years ago looks pretty good right now .