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How the cap recapture penalty could doom the Minnesota Wild

After every Minnesota Wild loss, fans on the social media and newspaper comment sections are used to seeing these kinds of sentiments:

Let’s say, for a second, these understandably unhappy fans got exactly what they wanted, especially with regards to the first two hashtag requests — that the Wild were somehow to rid themselves of the $98 million men, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, either via trade, buyout or them deciding to hang up their skates. What would that mean for the future of the franchise?