What Bill Guerin’s Quiet Deadline Means for the Future of the Wild Roster

Greg Pateryn/Brad Hunt

ST PAUL, MINNESOTA – OCTOBER 20: Brad Hunt #77 of the Minnesota Wild celebrates scoring a power-play goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the third period of the game at Xcel Energy Center on October 20, 2019, in St Paul, Minnesota. The Wild defeated the Canadiens 4-3. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

Greg Pateryn and Brad Hunt could both be feasible departures in the offseason. They are still under contract for the 2020-2021 season, but with the emergence of Carson Soucy, the defensive group has become crowded.

The bottom pair does allow for an opportunity to create cap space and a roster spot with the soon-to-be expiring contracts. Greg Pateryn’s cap hit will be $2.25M next season whereas Brad Hunt’s cap hit will be a simple $700k.

I personally like Brad Hunt and Carson Soucy as a pairing more than Hunt and Pateryn or Soucy/Pateryn, so I would look to move Pateryn, but either could be an option. Moving either of the bottom pairing dmen would allow for Belpedio or Menell to get a promotion to the Pro Roster and open up a spot for our prospects in Iowa like Calen Addison or Fedor Gordeev.

Teams Potentially Interested: TOR, EDM, MTL(?), CBJ, WPG