It is easy to be a bit bothered by Marcus Foligno’s continued status as an unsigned RFA for the Minnesota Wild. I wouldn’t worry. This is the offseason and hockey pundits are desperate for any news story to sling to their equally desperate readers and yet Foligno’s status isn’t being brought up. That’s because there almost certainly is no fire to go with the lack of smoke. Everyone expects the deal to get done in time for the season. The Wild don’t want a hold out and I can’t imagine why Foligno would.
Compare that to the situation in Colorado with Matt Duchene.