JHS: Minnesota Wild running out of options to add at center position

Minnesota Sports with Mackey & Judd

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4.8 • 711 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Judd and AJ talk about the Avalanche extending Brock Nelson and how that move impacts the Wild's plans for the offseason. Who is realistically left for the Wild to go after in free agency? Is a trade the more likely route? Does that spell bad news for Liam Ohgren's future in Minnesota? What's the reaction to Brett McLean leaving to the Iowa Wild to coach in Vancouver?

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0:00.0	Hockey!
0:02.2	My favorite.
0:03.3	It's Judd's Hockey Show.
0:06.7	It is Judd's Hockey Show.
0:08.5	It's a Friday edition, and so it is Judd and A.J.
0:12.1	Got to hit on a couple of points here, so this will be quick.
0:15.3	But, so shortly after we got done doing the show, I think it was with Jesse a couple
0:18.9	days ago.
0:19.5	The news came out that I guess what you could say is a guy we expected to be a wild free agent target.
0:26.2	Barack Nelson re-signed with the Colorado Avalanche.
0:29.5	Of course, he was traded from the Islanders to the abs at the trade deadline.
0:34.0	Three-year contract, seven and a half A.A.V. 33 years old. I could only imagine the amount of
0:43.7	celebration, AJ, that you and Jesse Pierce did in hearing that Brock Nelson was off the table
0:49.9	and was probably in a very wise decision because he slots in very well as like the second center there to obviously the fabulous Nathan McKinnon had decided to stay put with the abs.
1:03.2	Yeah, that was, I mean, thank you, Colorado Avalanche.
1:06.7	I really appreciate you taking the bullet here.
1:09.1	That being said, I don't, I feel like they were almost backed into a corner somewhat,
1:12.8	Judd, because for the amount of value they sent in a trade package to acquire him for just one round,
1:19.2	it would have looked awful visually, like from a PR standpoint to just, you know,
1:23.2	you know what?
1:23.6	Yeah, he's not our guy.
1:24.9	We, we wanted him really bad, but now we don't want him. So I feel like they kind of had to extend him.
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