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Dan Wallace
Joined: 09.15.2005

Jul 13 @ 2:11 PM ET
Dan Wallace: Why Has Dumba Not Signed?
Minnyhock
Minnesota Wild
Joined: 06.26.2021

Jul 13 @ 2:36 PM ET
Dumba really really really wants to stay with the Wild. No one will give him more than a year? Teams think Dumba not being able to elevate his game in the final contract year signals future rapid decline? He probably will get $5 Mil for a year somewhere,no?
MNHawksfan
Joined: 05.17.2015

Jul 13 @ 7:44 PM ET
Could the Wild bring him back with a team friendly deal? What about a sign and trade?
67hawks
Joined: 08.30.2012

Jul 14 @ 10:39 AM ET
You missed the 4th reason or did not want to state it.
Gusrichards
Season Ticket Holder
Minnesota Wild
Location: Duluth, MN
Joined: 02.22.2012

Jul 14 @ 2:52 PM ET
Ok, it seems like people are jumping on the "bring back Dumba" bandwagon, so let's look at if it is feasible. The Wild have currently have 6 D-men right now. Spurgeon, Brodin, Middleton, Goligoski, Faber and Merrill. Goose does not want to leave, so he will not drop his 35+ NMC and Merrill is only $1.2mil a season for this year and next. And the other 4 are not going anywhere either.

After accounting for Rossi and Faber in the cap, the Wild are left with about $7.7mil in cap space (and change). Let's say Gus gets signed to 3 years at $3.3 per. Drops cap space to $4.4 mil. Now, they sign Duhaime to 2 year deal worth $2.2 mil in cap space (I may be overreaching on that amount)...now cap space is $2.2 mil. Is Dumba going to accept a 1yr contract under $2mil? Really doubt it. Billy needs to keep a bit of cap space open for injuries and such. And this idea is based on letting go of Addison (which I am all for, but again, doubtful). Even if Duhaime is not re-signed, the Wild would still have to promote one of either Walker or Beckman to slot in on the 4th line. That take just slightly under $1mil, so I am going with that for even numbers. That still only leaves about $3.4 mil in cap space...and is Dumba going to take that on a 1yr deal? Yeah, getting Dumba for 3rd pairing time for under $3 mil would kind of be nice. But, is it worth paying a 3rd pairing Dman that much, and at what expense to the full roster?

Now, would it be nice to have Dumba as a strictly 3rd pairing D man. Dumba, Goose and Johnny can rotate in and out of the lineup all season, I would be fine with that. You could even give 2nd unit PP time to Dumba, as long as Brodin is out there with him. I'm a Bulldog fan, so I don't see many Gopher's games, so not sure if Faber can eventually be on the 1st PP, so that is manned by Spurgeon.

Long story longer...is Dumba as a 3rd pairing Dman (and maybe 2nd PP unit) worth losing someone like Duhaime from the 4th line. Yeah, I know 4th lie guys can found anywhere. But Duhaime appears to understand what his role is there and not all 4th line guys do understand that.
MNHawksfan
Joined: 05.17.2015

Jul 14 @ 6:15 PM ET
Ok, it seems like people are jumping on the "bring back Dumba" bandwagon, so let's look at if it is feasible. The Wild have currently have 6 D-men right now. Spurgeon, Brodin, Middleton, Goligoski, Faber and Merrill. Goose does not want to leave, so he will not drop his 35+ NMC and Merrill is only $1.2mil a season for this year and next. And the other 4 are not going anywhere either.

After accounting for Rossi and Faber in the cap, the Wild are left with about $7.7mil in cap space (and change). Let's say Gus gets signed to 3 years at $3.3 per. Drops cap space to $4.4 mil. Now, they sign Duhaime to 2 year deal worth $2.2 mil in cap space (I may be overreaching on that amount)...now cap space is $2.2 mil. Is Dumba going to accept a 1yr contract under $2mil? Really doubt it. Billy needs to keep a bit of cap space open for injuries and such. And this idea is based on letting go of Addison (which I am all for, but again, doubtful). Even if Duhaime is not re-signed, the Wild would still have to promote one of either Walker or Beckman to slot in on the 4th line. That take just slightly under $1mil, so I am going with that for even numbers. That still only leaves about $3.4 mil in cap space...and is Dumba going to take that on a 1yr deal? Yeah, getting Dumba for 3rd pairing time for under $3 mil would kind of be nice. But, is it worth paying a 3rd pairing Dman that much, and at what expense to the full roster?

Now, would it be nice to have Dumba as a strictly 3rd pairing D man. Dumba, Goose and Johnny can rotate in and out of the lineup all season, I would be fine with that. You could even give 2nd unit PP time to Dumba, as long as Brodin is out there with him. I'm a Bulldog fan, so I don't see many Gopher's games, so not sure if Faber can eventually be on the 1st PP, so that is manned by Spurgeon.

Long story longer...is Dumba as a 3rd pairing Dman (and maybe 2nd PP unit) worth losing someone like Duhaime from the 4th line. Yeah, I know 4th lie guys can found anywhere. But Duhaime appears to understand what his role is there and not all 4th line guys do understand that.

- Gusrichards


Very well said! I am a big fan of Faber. Thought he was excellent in college and did not look out of place at all in just a few games in playoff intensity. Just think of how much better he can become as he plays more.