Thomas Drance joins the show to discuss the Minnesota Wild buying out the rest of Ryan Suter and Zach Parise's contracts. Topics include:

Why they chose to do it now
The pros and cons of buying out the contracts
The one year of financial flexibility they created
Why the Wild find themselves at a crossroads this offseason
Kirill Kaprizov's next contract
The future dead cap charges that are coming
Are they more or less likely to go after Eichel now?
Going for it and worrying after vs. planning ahead
The looming concerns about the recapture penalty
Making trades ahead of the expansion draft
Teams trying to learn from mistakes they made last time
What Suter and Parise have left in the tank
Potential landing spots for them this offseason

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