Filip Gustavsson has a yr left on his contract. Will the Minnesota Wild look to increase him? What about Jesper Wallstedt?
Worst Seats in the House 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 realize, 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 in addition the truth that he’s talked to his agent, because the Wild come speaking to him a few potential extension, that he’s completely open to it.
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Now the query is worth. Like that is type of a, this type of a little bit of a dilemma, Anthony. like when you’re, when you’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 when you get forward of this, which you may wish to, and provides him that kind of dedication, then what occurs if Jesper Wallstedt is the actual deal straight away 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 capability to deal with the strain, mentally and bodily of the primary man. However 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 count on that there will probably be, however there might be. And so I believe there’s a variety of variables on the market with Filip.
And I, however I additionally suppose the probability of him being what all people type of thinks he’s proper now’s excessive. And that, you understand, it is a man who seems 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 will probably be staff pleasant a few years down the highway, I’d say you’re taking a shot.”
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Russo: “Yeah, he’s solely 27 years outdated. After which, after all, when you try 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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