Michael Russo of The Athletic: (mailbag) The Minnesota Wild don’t have much salary cap space to work with. If they were to have interest in Ottawa Senators forward Derek Stepan, the Sens would need to retain salary and/or take Victor Rask (two years at $4 million) or Nick Bonino ($4.1 million). Sure that the sides have talked. Stepan’s salary is only $2 million but his cap hit $6.5 million.
Still not sure why Wild fans are so interested in Calgary Flames Sam Bennett. Sure he’s still only 24-years old and can play center, but he hasn’t produced much offensively.