Do the Minnesota Wild Worth Marco Rossi?
Michael Russo of The Athletic joined Jason Gregor on the DFO Rundown Podcast on Monday. Russo was requested about Marco Rossi and if he was a Invoice Guerin-type participant.
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Jason Gregor: “Rossi is a younger participant, and also you talked about he bought demoted within the playoffs, however we’ve seen numerous guys type of battle the primary few occasions within the playoffs. And a few guys return to (Pavel) Datsyuk (Henrik) Zetterberg took 4 or 5 turns earlier than they grew to become dominant within the postseason, however he’s a 60-point participant within the NHL. The place do you see Rossi? As a result of at occasions he doesn’t seem to be a Invoice Guerin participant.”
Michael Russo: “Yeah, that’s, that’s what it comes all the way down to. Look, he had two objectives in his first playoffs, and that was taking part in on the fourth line with Yakov Trenin and Justin Brazeau. So, he did fairly properly in my eyes. However I feel they went into the playoffs actually involved if he was going to have the ability to perform in a tough recreation, in a league the place you see what the best way the Florida and Edmonton performed within the Stanley Cup Ultimate.
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A more durable model of hockey you must play on the two gap. For Florida you might have Sam Bennett. And I feel lots of copycat groups take a look at that, they usually simply don’t see that with Rossi. So I agree with you. I feel that’s the large concern from Marco’s standpoint, as a result of he can’t get no commerce safety on this deal, as a result of he’s not a UFA till 2029. So I feel he’s fearful that if he indicators a bridge deal at market worth, that he thinks what’s going to occur is that he’s simply going to get traded to a spot that he doesn’t wish to go, or doubtlessly a spot that he doesn’t wish to go.
So we’ll see the place it goes. I’m simply actually type of fascinated by this entire factor, as a result of I feel Marco has executed all the things he presumably may during the last couple of years to show himself to this group. Final 12 months, once they have been inundated by accidents and guys like Eriksson-Ek and Kaprizov have been out, he was actually driving the bus for lots of the wintertime, and scored a few six-on-five objectives.
And should you bear in mind, they made the playoffs by the pores and skin of their enamel with a miracle aim by Eriksson-Ek within the remaining seconds of the season finale. If Eriksson-Ek doesn’t rating that aim, they don’t go to the playoffs. So, Rossi was an enormous a part of this group making the playoffs, and we’ll see the place it goes now.”
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