Wild and Predators Both Very Familiar with Dead Cap Hits

On today's crossover episode of Locked on Wild and Locked on Predators, Nick Morgan of Locked on Predators joins as we recap the offseason for both teams and get ready for the 2023-24 season!

In segment 1, Seth and Nick recap the offseason for their teams, with a fairly quiet Wild offseason compared to an extremely busy offseason of change for the Predators. We ask Nick if Barry Trotz has turned the roster over enough to get Nashville back to the playoffs, or if they ended up breaking even. Nick asks why the Wild haven't made more moves even with the dead cap hits of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, and Seth explains why the team is hoping to stay playoff caliber to limit the number of roster adds they need to make in two years.

In segment 2, Seth and Nick discuss young players that fans of each team should be excited for. Brock Faber highlights the list from a Wild perspective, with Marco Rossi also discussed, as well as Marat Khusnutdinov, Liam Ohgren and Danila Yurov representing the next wave of prospects that will make major impacts at the NHL level. Tommy Novak is a highlight on the Nashville side with his Minnesota ties, but Nick mentions a couple of other Predators prospects to keep an eye on.

In segment 3, Seth and Nick discuss the cap situations for both Minnesota and Nashville with dead cap hits. Seth discusses the cap recapture penalties with news that Zach Parise will not be returning to the Islanders this season, meaning his cap recapture penalty would have been substantially worse than what it cost to buy out Zach Parise and Ryan Suter combined. Nick discusses the buyout to Matt Duchene, as well as a few other players who are still accounting for cap space on Nashville's books.

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