Filip Gustavsson has a yr left on his contract. Will the Minnesota Wild look to increase him? What about Jesper Wallstedt?
Worst Seats within the Home Podcast: Michael Russo and Anthony LaPanta discuss concerning the Minnesota Wild and their goaltending. Filip Gustavsson has a yr left on his contract. Do they signal him to an extension? What about Jesper Wallstedt, and the place would that depart him?
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Russo: “You recognize, I haven’t talked to you since I sat down with Filip Gustafsson in, in, in Milan the opposite day. However, you understand, I talked to him rather a lot about his offseason. But additionally the truth that he’s talked to his agent, because the Wild come speaking to him a couple of potential extension, that he’s completely open to it.
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Now the query is worth. Like that is form of a, this sort of a little bit of a dilemma, Anthony. like for those who’re, for those who’re the Wild, as a result of proper now, the costs of beginning goalies are 5 and a half to 6 and a half. So for those who get forward of this, which you may need to, and provides him that sort of dedication, then what occurs if Jesper Wallstedt is the true deal instantly this season, and the way you’ve simply signed him? So it’s simply gonna be attention-grabbing how they navigate.”
LaPanta: “Nicely that, and you understand, we’ve talked rather a lot about how nice a season Filip Gustavsson had final yr. Not simply in his numbers, however simply in his, in his presence, in his skill to deal with the strain, mentally and bodily of the primary man. Nevertheless it’s solely a yr.”
Russo: “Proper.”
LaPanta: “It isn’t like this man’s carried out it for 4 years. What if there’s a regression? I don’t anticipate that there might be, however there may very well be. And so I believe there’s a variety of variables on the market with Filip.
And I, however I additionally suppose the chance of him being what everyone form of thinks he’s proper now’s excessive. And that, you understand, it is a man who appears to be like like he’s a higher half of the NHL, primary goaltender to me. And so you probably have an opportunity to signal him at a worth that might be workforce pleasant a few years down the street, I’d say you’re taking a shot.”
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Russo: “Yeah, he’s solely 27 years outdated. After which, after all, for those who do this, then that now implies that you’re not precisely committing to Wallstedt. So we’ll see the best way the Wallstedt performs as properly.”
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