Not long after I posted my previous two articles about
the top three free-agents who should be re-signed and the three free-agents the
Wild should let walk, the Wild made their moves on some of the free-agents.
The Wild did come to a contract agreement with Devan
Dubnyk. The deal is a 6 year deal for $26 million. If you recall from my
article about the top three free agents the Wild should focus on re-signing,
Dubnyk was at the top of that list (the link is here). Hopefully, the 2015 Bill
Masterton award winner will be able to build upon his success with the Wild
during the second half of this past season and provide some stability for the
Wild in goaltending...which is what the Wild desperately need.
The Wild also managed to re-sign Mikael Granlund to a
two-year deal, along with re-signing Ryan Carter to a one year deal. (Mikael Grandlund was #3 on my list of free-agents the Wild should re-sign).
Nate Prosser |
However, there is one re-signing that did take place that
I don’t think a lot of fans are happy about and that is the two year, one-way deal for
Nate Prosser. In my last post about the three free-agents the Wild should let walk, Prosser was at the top of that list. (The article can be found here). As I have previously stated, I have never been impressed with Prosser as an NHL player.
Another blogger (Tony Wiseau from Hockey Wilderness) wrote this about Prosser, and Wiseau hit the nail on the head with his statement:
(Link to Tony's post Minnesota Wild Re-Sign Nate Prosser to a 2 Year Deal).
Prosser only played in 63 regular season games and one playoff game this past season. I would rather see another player, like Christian Folin or Mike Reilly, get NHL ice time than seeing someone like Prosser--who has been prone to committing turnovers and is an easy target to be hit.
I hope Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher wakes up sometime this season and either puts Prosser on waivers or includes him in a trade. This was not a smart move on Fletcher's part and I hope he sees his mistake in signing Prosser. I don't care if he's a native Minnesotan, he's not that impressive on the ice and the Wild need to move on from him.