{"id":456441,"date":"2026-02-13T04:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/456441\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T04:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:06:26","slug":"senators-prepared-to-swing-big-for-insurance-behind-linus-ullmark-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/456441\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators Prepared to Swing Big for Insurance Behind Linus Ullmark?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7030048\/2026\/02\/11\/nhl-trade-board-matchmaker-thomas-wallstedt-trocheck\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Johnston of The Athletic<\/a>, watch for the Ottawa Senators to enter into trade discussions for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/wallsje01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-12_hr\" target=\"_blank\">Jesper Wallstedt<\/a>, should the Minnesota Wild make their top prospect goaltender available ahead of this season\u2019s trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation has picked up regarding Wallstedt, in part because the Wild are looking for a top center. Also, because Samuel Hlavaj shone in Slovakia\u2019s Olympic win over Finland. Perhaps he gives Wild GM <a rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gueribi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-12_hr\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Guerin<\/a> some comfort that trading Wallsted won\u2019t cripple the team\u2019s goaltending. <\/p>\n<p>Wallstedt, 23, is an RFA in 2027. He\u2019s having a solid season for the Wild and many teams will see him as a future No. 1 in the NHL. He may not be there quite yet, but Ullmark\u2019s personal struggles and some inconsistency means the Senators might be looking for something more than a backup. A 1B option would be ideal. And, at a current cap hit of $2.2 million, Wallstedt is affordable. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Chris Johnston of The Athletic, watch for the Ottawa Senators to enter into trade discussions for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5104],"tags":[5,4,72,25,5157,73],"class_list":{"0":"post-456441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ottawa-senators","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-ottawa","11":"tag-ottawa-senators","12":"tag-ottawasenators","13":"tag-senators"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116061351674952828","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}