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Originally Posted by YyjFlames
Rossi is Lomberg’s size and from photos looks to have a similar build (he doesn’t seem to take his shirt off quite as much as Lomberg or the red hot chilli peppers). He was also seen as one of the hardest workers in that draft, playing a physical game and someone who goes to the net. And he’s made strong progress over the last two years.
Sure he’s shorter, but he’s not small and he has the tools to anchor a top line.
There’s risk here (he didn’t score much when Ek and Kaprisov went down down the stretch as teams targeted him), but it’s not his size.
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Which raises the question of why the Wild want to move him in the first place. It’s not as though they have a surplus of talent up from. Rossi was their second leading scorer in the regular season, while a 37 year old Zuccarello was fourth, and Gaudreau was fifth with 37 points. If the issue is just that Rossis isn’t a good fit for some reason, or they’ll have trouble fitting him under the cap (which seems unlikely with Parise and Suter coming off the books), there will be other teams lining up to bid on him. He won’t come cheap.