Wild, Rossi avert crisis with compromise on new deal

The Minnesota Wild didn't trade Marco Rossi as they couldn't get the deal they wanted in return. | Derek Cain/GettyImagesThe Minnesota Wild made a savvy move by inking Marco Rossi to a three-year deal worth $15 million on Friday. The contract ended speculation regarding Rossi’s future in Minnesota. Reports had emerged that the Wild were involved in talks with the Seattle Kraken and Vancouver Canucks about sending the 23-year-old elsewhere.

That rumor mill has now come crashing to a halt as my colleague Justin Godfrey noted in an earlier piece. Now, the focus turns to the fallout from the deal. Initial reaction has been largely positive despite some reservations about Rossi being a true…