{"id":60981,"date":"2025-07-13T01:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T01:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/60981\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T01:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T01:10:09","slug":"west-notes-rossi-gushchin-skinner-mcqueen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/60981\/","title":{"rendered":"West Notes: Rossi, Gushchin, Skinner, McQueen"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the more prominent remaining restricted free agents is Wild center Marco Rossi<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 He has long been in trade speculation given what\u2019s believed to be a significant gap to bridge between the two sides but with a little more than $10MM in cap space per PuckPedia<\/a>, they have ample room to sign him or match any potential offer sheet.\u00a0 Without the ability to file for arbitration, Sarah McLellan of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune suggests<\/a> that Minnesota still holds the hammer in negotiations, especially since they\u2019ve positioned themselves to be able to match an offer sheet, something Edmonton didn\u2019t do last summer when they lost a pair of players to St. Louis.\u00a0 At this point, a trade looks less and less likely so it feels like a situation where the two sides are going to have to hammer out a contract.\u00a0 While the team has presented short-term and long-term offers, a shorter-term pact would seemingly make the most sense for Rossi if his camp feels that Minnesota\u2019s offers are too low for a long-term agreement.<\/p>\n

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