This is a big summer for GM Bill Guerin and the Minnesota Wild, who have finally escaped the financial difficulties of the Ryan Suter and Zach Parise contract buyouts. They now have some actual cap space to supplement their 2025-26 roster as they look to snap an unfortunate streak of eight consecutive losses in the first round of the playoffs.

How exactly they plan on doing that is unclear. And before they add to the roster, they might actually end up subtracting.

Center Marco Rossi, who turns 24 in September and is coming off a career year, will be a restricted free agent this offseason. Guerin and the Wild have made a couple "significant" contract extension offers, according to reports, but have not been able to reach common ground with Rossi's representation.

A shorter bridge deal fo

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