Management Bill Guerin

[Webster]

First of all...AKL nowhere to be seen since Jan 2, hope he's okay.

Guerin treated Wallstedt like crap imo. Then he considers activating Kaprizov who's obviously not 100% healthy (game time decision). But I get it, Guerin's getting desperate, he's about to lose the playoff race.

Question is what will happen if it becomes clear that the Wild are out of the playoffs. We know the GM is an emotional guy, and so is the owner. It wouldn't surprise me if he blows everything up and starts a fire sale.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

First of all...AKL nowhere to be seen since Jan 2, hope he's okay.

Guerin treated Wallstedt like crap imo. Then he considers activating Kaprizov who's obviously not 100% healthy (game time decision). But I get it, Guerin's getting desperate, he's about to lose the playoff race.

Question is what will happen if it becomes clear that the Wild are out of the playoffs. We know the GM is an emotional guy, and so is the owner. It wouldn't surprise me if he blows everything up and starts a fire sale.

Funny.

He's given out too many extensions with NTCs/NMCs to do this.

 

[Webster]

Funny.

He's given out too many extensions with NTCs/NMCs to do this.

Top 6 players he can trade this season:

Kaprizov, Zuccarello (M-NTC), Boldy and Eriksson Ek.

Also most bottom 6 guys and some d-men.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Top 6 players he can trade this season:

Kaprizov, Zuccarello (M-NTC), Boldy and Eriksson Ek.

Also most bottom 6 guys and some d-men.

Trading Kaprizov, Boldy and/or Eriksson Ek after handing out extensions to Zuccarello, Foligno and Hartman would be so sadly funny.

 

[Webster]

Trading Kaprizov, Boldy and/or Eriksson Ek after handing out extensions to Zuccarello, Foligno and Hartman would be so sadly funny.

Just saying he has the options. And we know Guerin when he gets mad, for example when Talbot was traded on the spot after a conversation he didn't appreciate.

 

[HotDish]

https://x.com/mnwild/status/1755623030435254742?s=20

How many gritty tough locker room guys will Guerin lobby for on the 2026 Olympic team?

 

[Saga of the Elk]

https://x.com/mnwild/status/1755623030435254742?s=20

How many gritty tough locker room guys will Guerin lobby for on the 2026 Olympic team?

Questionable personnel decisions aside... the bullying investigation is ongoing, no? The Skalde case may be resolved but it alleged that Guerin urged them to shut up about it.

And he gave Ryan Hartman an NMC.

USA! Also the organization that gave John Vanbiesbrouck an executive role despite all it knew about the Trevor Daley incident(s).

 

[BagHead]

https://x.com/mnwild/status/1755623030435254742?s=20

How many gritty tough locker room guys will Guerin lobby for on the 2026 Olympic team?

Tough news for him will be that his 3rd line centerpiece, Marcus Foligno, played for team Canada in the past and is ineligible for Team USA. The "good" news is, there's another Foligno that IS eligible for the spot.

 

[57special]

Tough news for him will be that his 3rd line centerpiece, Marcus Foligno, played for team Canada in the past and is ineligible for Team USA. The "good" news is, there's another Foligno that IS eligible for the spot.

That's ok, Stramel will take Marcus's place.

 

[Soldier13Fox]

Bill Guerin Named GM of Team USA for NHL 4 Nations Face-Off and 2026 Olympic Winter Games

Colorado Springs, Colo. — Bill Guerin (Wilbraham, Mass.), president of hockey operations and general manager for the Minnesota Wild, who starred as a player in the NHL for 18 seasons and also played on three U.S. Olympic Teams, has been named general manager of Team USA for the 2025 NHL 4 Nations Fa

teamusa.usahockey.com

Olympics are gonna have some #grit #leadership

 

[BagHead]

That's ok, Stramel will take Marcus's place.

I hope he ends up being capable of that on the Wild, frankly.

 

[TaLoN]

Bill is not a very smart guy is he?

 

[Digitalbooya]

I hope he ends up being capable of that on the Wild, frankly.

He’s a Reaves that can’t fight and has no personality

 

[BagHead]

He’s a Reaves that can’t fight and has no personality

*hug*

 

[GordieGallant]

Bill is not a very smart guy is he?

Not a bad move picking up Chisholm.

 

[MNRube]

Not a bad move picking up Chisholm.

Same with trading peanuts for Gus & Middleton. And acquiring Faber. And drafting Yurov, Wallstedt & Rossi. And the Boldy & JEE contracts looks terrific.

Even the extensions, unnecessary & premature as they were, look better now that we are scrambling to find any Top 9 bodies.

If he can hold off on the term to veterans (Spurgeon, Zucc, Foligno) and learn to make a decent 2nd round pick (9 in last 4 years and no NHLers yet) we might turn out ok in the long-run.

He’s not a terrible GM in my eyes but I can’t stand how arrogant & vindictive he is.

 

[TaLoN]

Even the extensions, unnecessary & premature as they were, look better now that we are scrambling to find any Top 9 bodies.

The extensions have zero effect on that... and moving forward will only ensure that issue continues.

His draft picks look good as long as he stays hands off... the moment he injects himself on the process? Stramel.

 

[MNRube]

The extensions have zero effect on that... and moving forward will only ensure that issue continues.

His draft picks look good as long as he stays hands off... the moment he injects himself on the process? Stramel.

That’s why I called them unnecessary. But look at our depth at F right now. We have one injury and we can’t even field 2 decent scoring lines.

Agree with you on Stramel. It feels like he stepped in but we really have no way to know for sure

 

[57special]

That’s why I called them unnecessary. But look at our depth at F right now. We have one injury and we can’t even field 2 decent scoring lines.

Agree with you on Stramel. It feels like he stepped in but we really have no way to know for sure

This is a message board, not a court of law. We fling accusations around with no evidence to back it up all the time.

 

[AKL]

People keep saying we have no way of knowing for sure if Guerin stepped in on the Stramel pick, that may be true, but we can take a very educated guess and be about 90% sure. And with nothing to indicate otherwise, I'm comfortable with that 90%.

 

[MNRube]

This is a message board, not a court of law. We fling accusations around with no evidence to back it up all the time.

Some more than others. It’s awfully convenient for the curmudgeons to blame Guerin for the one glaringly bad pick while lauding Brackett for the good ones

 

[TaLoN]

Some more than others. It’s awfully convenient for the curmudgeons to blame Guerin for the one glaringly bad pick while lauding Brackett for the good ones

Guerin was never a scout. Brackett has a history of finding talent.

 

[MNRube]

Guerin was never a scout. Brackett has a history of finding talent.

How does that point to Stramel as a Guerin pick and everyone else as a Brackett pick?

 

[AKL]

How does that point to Stramel as a Guerin pick and everyone else as a Brackett pick?

Because Brackett was the one who all but explicitly stated that Stramel was not on top of their list

 

[57special]

Because Brackett picks the good players, Guerin the bad ones.