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Fiala, Rask, and Zucker line not working out.

Lazy back check by all 3 forwards.

Why does everyone think that this Kaprizov is going to be the next Ovechkin. Hasn’t played a game yet. He might turn out to be a stiff too. I guess he would fit right in though.

Dumba and Zucker should be on the block. Hold your draft picks. They would be stupid to trade Brodin, and I am all in for any move to upgrade the goaltending situation. That includes drafting the Russian kid in June. Drafting a goalie in the 1st round is generally a bad idea. The Wild doing so this...

Dumba and Zucker should be on the block. Hold your draft picks. They would be stupid to trade Brodin, and I am all in for any move to upgrade the goaltending situation. That includes drafting the Russian kid in June.

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Sat Jan 18 8:46 pm
Dear Wes Walz, the Wild are not playing well tonight because it is Hockey Day Minnesota. I know that is the company line, but they are playing well because of their passing.

And physical play....

Coming down good here in Crystal. Thankfully I have nowhere to go and the driveway will be plowed tomorrow :dup: I had to laugh at how full the parking lots at the grocery stores were. Gotta make sure to stock up on food because you might get snowed in for 24 hours. What a bunch of sheep :lol: I st...

I can't believe the Wild played a good game and nobody commented. Didn’t see the game ( high school hockey night) but sounds like Stalock played well and the team held the Lightning to 20 shots and also scored first. All things this team needs to do to win. With all these home games they obviously ...

STA has actually been better than I expected them to be. They basically lost their whole team except Hallum and they've played some really good teams tough (beat CDH, Tonka, BSM, tied EP and Hill). Section 3 will be no cakewalk this year for the Cadets like years past. There will be a lot of upsets...

STA has actually been better than I expected them to be. They basically lost their whole team except Hallum and they've played some really good teams tough (beat CDH, Tonka, BSM, tied EP and Hill). Section 3 will be no cakewalk this year for the Cadets like years past. There will be a lot of upsets...

What is going on over at St Thomas? 6-7-1 https://www.mnhockeyhub.com/schedule/team_instance/4988871?subseason=641336 Combination of tough schedule and losses against conference teams they normally beat. Hastings is pretty good this year and Mahtomedi is always tough. I saw them against Rosemount a...

While I agree that the players should be disciplined too, from a practical perspective, it would get to be really hard to figure out who was involved, how deeply they were involved, and gather enough evidence to get past the inevitable union grievance over the matter. There should be plenty of vide...

So the players should be disciplined as well right?

Leipold is a moron.

Wild have lost the last 5 Sunday games, four at home and matinees. Total lack of urgency with this team. Look to be going through the motions.

Nice bounce back win. Much better effort and some good goaltending.

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Sat Jan 11 10:54 am

Very cool. Like Geddy's Richenbacher.

Here's a more recent video from Frankfort where are 3 boy's are feeling it.

If someone more in the know could pick out 2 or three things that are the biggest problems, what would they be? I see the mistakes, but I have no idea why the mistakes are being made relative to our competitors. Is it: Conditioning? Coaching? Assistant coaching? Recruiting? Other? I know we're youn...

Guerin should be a seller at the trade deadline. Zucker and Dumba would be who I would be shopping.

Marcus Foligno is playing great hockey right now. Regardless of what line the coach plays him on. Kills penalties and consistently leads the team in hits. Goal and an assist today, +2, 5 hits and absolutely destroyed Sbisa on a hit in the second period. To bad Bitetto didn't drop the mitts of he wou...

I agree. Do you put Koivu on that the 3rd or 4th line? Do you give Suter a night in the pressbox after a half arsed effort that we are accustomed to seeing? These guys with their long term contracts and no trade clauses know that's not going to happen. I like that team has some grit with Foligno, Ek...

The coaching isn't the problem with this team. It's the leadership. They have a few veterans who go through the motions too many nights. It's pretty obvious to me. The same guys sitting in the locker room postgame spouting out the same clichés they spouted when they laid down for Yeo.

Eden Prairie loses to Prior Lake as well.
Was at the St. Thomas-Rosemount game. Rosemount won 3-1. Ratzlaff had a great game and Rosemount did a good job containing Hallum.

That was awesome to watch!

Do the Wild even practice their power play?
Don’t here much chatter about Dumba scoring 30 goals anymore.

Never understood what everyone saw in Tufte.

Parise turns it over twice on one shift and Maple Leafs fire it by Dubnyk who may have been sleeping.

Wild got pushed around tonight. 4th line was the only line that showed up. Hits 19-6, pathetic.

As much as I don’t like Starman’s man crush on UND, he does a great job of calling a game and explaining it well for people that may not know about the game. Also, if you have a young kid playing hockey, sit them down and make them listen to him. He has some great insights and I am starting to enjo...

Anyone know if the first game is on TV? I woke up puking so I get to miss the game tonight (most of the family caught something at Xmas) :anger: I’m really bummed to miss the teddy bear toss and the Woog presentation. I have a jersey with 3 on it and was going to duct tape Woog on the back over the...

How about the Moorhead Spuds going 3-0 in the Prior Lake Tournament including a win against #1 Eden Prairie? Love those orange and black teams.

Greyeagle wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 28 2:28 pm
So Canada has a split personality.

Really. I love when the Canadians lose. Probably because the crowds show no respect to USA Hockey and boo every time they hit the ice in Canada.

Who thinks this is sustainable and that the Wild will make the playoffs? Of those, who sees a series win or two? No trolling, just curious who sees it? I can see them making the playoffs as a low seed, playing a high seed, and I think they could possibly win a first round series if they play the on...

Sturm has a huge win in the offensive zone late as well which allowed the Wild to keep the Av’s in their end. 78% in the circle for Sturm.
Nice to see them finish tonight.

Wild do a great job of winning faceoffs late.
Sturm and Erickson-Ek

Rask with a snipe.

Should not count? They said his skate never left the ice, but his foot surely moved toward the puck as he saw the pass coming his way. Whatever another goal allowed during the last minute of a period. I think the rule is you have to make a “distinct kicking motion”. So if you don’t wind up like Fre...

Wild were playing well up 2-0 and then a lame penalty call changes the momentum. Followed by an Avalanche goal and then Landeskog skating by 3 stick checks and Dubnyk falling on his face. Classic meltdown.

Nice comeback from the bad game Saturday.

Pretty much everything they did badly against the Jets they were much better at tonight.

Other than the turnovers at the offensive blue line the whole team played well defensively and Dubnyk was solid.

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Mon Dec 23 6:01 pm
Other than his non stop love for Parise, Louie is 100 times better on the broadcast than the other clowns.

Louie is great. Carter is not so bad.

Why is Sturm in Iowa? He looks good everytime I see him. When everyone is healthy, where do you put him? If he is on the 4th line he is better off playing a ton in Iowa and playing special teams. I agree he has looked solid tonight and pretty quick. I like when he chips it in and is right in on it....

Why is Sturm in Iowa? He looks good everytime I see him.

The injuries are going to take their toll in the win loss column, and the Jets are a pretty good team. Need to have amnesia and win the games they can with their ailing line up. Hopefully they don't let all the air out of the balloon before their guys come back.... Still have a goal tending mess, t...

At least 4 turnovers at the offensive blue line.
Got to get the puck deep if you have nothing.

I’ll be at the Rosemount vs Andover game in SLP Thursday. After beating MG 4-0, & DE upsetting Blaine & then drubbing the Cougars...it appears that Andover is simply “that good” rather than DE being “that bad”. And I have a new favorite DE player, diminutive 9th grader Cole Christian (both my sons ...

MLB to begin tinkering with computer strike zones. Leave the game alone. Please.

I’ll be at the Rosemount vs Andover game in SLP Thursday. After beating MG 4-0, & DE upsetting Blaine & then drubbing the Cougars...it appears that Andover is simply “that good” rather than DE being “that bad”. And I have a new favorite DE player, diminutive 9th grader Cole Christian (both my sons ...

#1 thing over everything else is they had to find a way for once to be a relatively healthy squad. That appears to have no way of happening for this group. Gotta at least split the next two games and get some guys healthy. Ek’s injury is concerning as it is probably a concussion and who knows how l...

Dumba playing with Hunt
Menell with Suter
Dumba -3

Boring game. Garbage goals and not a lot of flow. Our old nemesis Kane gets the Hatty. Wild 36% in the faceoff circle.
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There has been no better broadcast of College Hockey than Frank and Doug. There has been no coach/player/broadcaster who loved hockey more and loved the Gopher Hockey program more than Doug Woog. No one other than the coaching staff and players were happier that the Gophers won the title than Doug ...

Sad day for Minnesota Hockey. RIP Wooger.

Great Tournament. Who is the favorite this year?

It may have been a case of trying to do to much.

I remember Fiala before he broke his Tibia. You would watch him and say this kid is going to be good. Then when the Wild traded Granland for him he wasn’t putting up good numbers and people were saying WTH. Then he shows up late for camp and early in the year is a turnover machine, gets a chance to ...

CM never liked to play defense. Watching him in high school he floated around waiting for his team to gain possession. Great offensive skillset but not at the NHL level evidently.

Norm Green still sucks. 25 years ago today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_4aOecenM8 :x :evil: :censored: :chainsaw: :anger: :ahhh: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: I still miss The Met. It was the X of the 60s, an arena designed for hockey first. I don't miss the Civi...

When my oldest boy was younger I think he watched the Fox and the Hound 50 times. “Look at me, I’m a hound dog” aaaoooooooo!

Soucy is becoming a solid NHL defenseman. +4 tonight.

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Thu Dec 12 9:34 pm
Ericksson Ek completely abused the Oiler dman on the Wild’s 6th goal. Great play.

14 is a blast to watch.

The Twins will never be able to outspend the Yankees. You have to beat them on the field. We beat the Tigers in 87. Problem is we turn into wimps when we go into Yankee Stadium when we need to punch them in the face. You have to manage game #1 like game #7.

Upset alert

St. Thomas 3
Benilde 2

Russo is saying Staal has a stinger and may try to practice tomorrow. I thought you had to be a Edina alum to have a stinger.

#1 Eden Prairie. 4
#1 Hermantown 2

Hasn't the knock on him been that he disappears in the playoffs - especially as any sort of physical presence? Not trying to take him down on the whole, but if that is true he needs to show he can prove that wrong. I think when he was younger he did shy away. Haven’t had much of a chance to see him...

No Brodin isn’t the fastest skater on the team. He is almost always in good position, has great gap control, although not a big hitter usually wins puck battles in the corners. He has great recovery skills when he gets caught flat footed, and is great at holding the point. The Wild would be foolish ...

FWIW, Nanne thought Stalock was good last night. He makes me nervous has hell with his anything-but-calm demeanor, but he got the job done several times in the 3rd period. Kudos to him for regaining focus after some hiccups last night. Nanne also gushed about Brodin and his skating ability, which I...

The Brodin and Soucy pairing were fantastic tonight.
Stalock comes up huge in the 3rd after two softies.
Suter played great too.

It’s great to look forward to game night again.

Kunin getting an earfull after the Lightning power play goal.
Rask with the equalizer!

Wild came out hard in the 1st period. What a difference from earlier in the year.
Surprised that Soucy is playing the off side rather than Brodin.
Seeler playing well. Too bad about the soft goal.

So what's did you guys think of the Finn kid in the net Tuesday? Second goal I thought was soft, but after that he was pretty good. Like most butterfly goalies he goes down and is vulnerable to the high shot. I thought the game he played against Florida was the best goaltending performance for the ...

So what's did you guys think of the Finn kid in the net Tuesday? Second goal I thought was soft, but after that he was pretty good. Like most butterfly goalies he goes down and is vulnerable to the high shot.

Really enjoyed listening to Louie’s color commentary last night. His analysis of the players I thought was spot on as well as what was happening in the game. As a former player, coach, and GM the guy is a fountain of hockey knowledge. Always miss him on TV at State Hockey as I am at the games.

Right shot D is an issue. I see that they're moving Brodin over to the right and moving Soucy up. Seeler will take Soucy's spot. Listening to Boudreau’s postgame presser it sounds like that’s exactly what will happen. Brodin has played right D before. Glad to hear Spurg’s injury will only be a coup...

Spurgeon hurt. Hope he didn’t break his hand. That would be a huge loss.

Fewer people at the Panther game than at Mariucci.

Everything else I was going to say Louie said at the end of the period.

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