Minnesota GM doesn’t think teams are ready to make a trade yet
Michael Russo of The Athletic: There were 16 scouts at the Minnesota Wild – San Jose Sharks game last Sunday. Were they interested in the struggling Wild or were they looking at forward Alex Wennberg, who is reportedly available. It’s not easy to make a trade this early in the season.
“It’s just hard when we haven’t played 10 games yet,” Guerin said. “That’s not really a great runway, not just for our team, but for the other teams to really know what you have. So it seems like not everyone is really willing to make deals right now, including me, because I haven’t seen us play at our best yet, so I don’t want to overreact. But this is, I think, historically not a time where a lot of trades have been made.”
So don’t expect the Wild to make a trade to help them out of their trouble.
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Teams are monitoring centers in the trade market
Marco D’Amico of RG Media: There are several teams eyeing the center trade market early in the season. American Thanksgiving could be the time when some teams decide it’s time to sell, while others are looking to buy.
A source on Nazem Kadri: “I haven’t heard anything is imminent for Kadri. Calgary hasn’t indicated he’s available yet; they still think they can turn this around. But if they’re still in the basement of the NHL standings come December, I don’t know how you don’t look at this draft class and think, ‘I can draft a star and run with it again next season.’
The San Jose Sharks previously acquired the contracts of Carey Price and Ryan Ellis, so when they start selling they will still be above the NHL salary floor of $70.6 million. Center Alex Wennberg could be Plan B or C for teams, or do the Sharks move him out sooner to give Michael Misa more minutes.
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A Western source on Wennberg: “He’s holding down the Sharks’ second line quite well, and a team looking for middle-six depth in the middle, and boy will there be a lot of them, will covet his skills.”
A source said the Boston Bruins haven’t given up on the season yet and are back and forth on whether to move or keep Pavel Zacha as part of their longer-term plans.
The same source said it would take a “major offer” for the New York Islanders to trade Bo Horvat. He’ll likely stay with the Islanders, and any trade would likely mean they blow it up and go for a top two pick in the draft.
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