A More Optimal 2025-26 Roster is Just a Few Tweaks Away

Locked On Wild - Your Daily Minnesota Wild Podcast

On today's episode of Locked on Wild, we turn our sights to 2025-26 to look at how a few simple tweaks could lead to a much more optimal lineup. We take a look at a proposed roster from Twitter that features:

Kirill Kaprizov-Joel Eriksson Ek, Matt Boldy
Danila Yurov-Marco Rossi-Liam Ohgren
Mats Zuccarello-Marat Khusnutdinov-Riley Heidt
Yakov Trenin-Freddy Gaudreau-Marcus Foligno
Jakob Lauko
Brock Faber-Jonas Brodin
Jared Spurgeon-Zeev Buium
Jake Middleton-Daemon Hunt
Declan Chisholm
Jesper Wallstedt
Filip Gustavsson

And what it would take to make that roster a reality. Some moves (Johansson for Yurov) match up perfectly, but it seems likely that Bill Guerin will have to move at least one of the players he inked to a long term extension. We also discuss why waiting until 2025-26 to put this in motion could entice Kirill Kaprizov to stay (IF IT PANS OUT). We also discuss why it's still on John Hynes and Bill Guerin to make this roster happen.

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