It's Time to Have a Real Conversation About Filip Gustavsson
Minnesota Wild G Filip Gustavsson was traded for Cam Talbot - 1 for 1.
That is absolutely outrageous and eight months later looks like the worst trade ever. For starters Gustavsson makes $787,500 and Talbot makes $3.7 million. For another, the former is 24 and the latter 35. And lastly Gustavsson is actually good. Like really, really good.
Per MoneyPuck.com, Gustavsson ranks 5th in goals-saved above expected behind only Linus Ullmark (BOS), Ilya Sorokin (NYI), Juuse Saros (NSH), and Connor Hellebuyck (WPG). In 31 starts, Gustavsson has an 18-9-5 record for the Wild with a 2.04 GAA and .932 SV%.
He resides in the '1B' role behind Marc-Andre Fleury, but he has been simply sensational this season. Considering he was basically a throw-in on the Cam Talbot deal, that is phenomenal business by GM Bill Guerin. Gustavsson was unconscious in Tuesday night's 2-1 OT win over the New Jersey Devils.
This was an excellent game. Hot take: I prefer low-scoring games to high-scoring games all day
He was beat only once when Timo Meier beat him on a wrap-around which could be described as a lucky bounce. Gustavsson was absolutely dialed in this one and is pretty much the only reason the Wild took the two points, stopping 47 of 48. He got a little help from his posts, but that's hockey baby.
If Minnesota can sign this guy to longer-term contract to a relatively low annual average value, Gustavsson could be the best value goalie the NHL.
And it's time that we talk about it.
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YESTERDAY
JUNE 4, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Brett Howden | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Mitch Marner | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Mark Jankowski | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Seth Jarvis | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jordan Staal | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Logan Stankoven | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mark Stone | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| William Carrier | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Noah Hanifin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Tomas Hertl | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Eric Robinson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | - | - | |
| Jackson Blake | - | - | - | |
| Jalen Chatfield | - | - | - | |
| Dylan Coghlan | - | - | - | |
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