2019-2020 Wild Season

[team22tank]

The Bat Signal is up: Answers Are Needed.

Bruce wins with loaded teams, very good coach. Given the “ Win Now! “ edict, he doesn’t have the resume of lifting a team of limited talent to even a playoff berth to inspire confidence, does he?

Well...it’s a lot too late to summon Jacque from retirement. Bruce will be lucky if he makes it to Thanksgiving the way these dregs are playing. And after each & every mounting loss...nobody hears the slightest peep from Mikko, Ryan & Zack, simply no accountability or leadership on display from the Captain group

Suter talked at length after the game last night. Parise talked at length I believe after game two and took a lot of heat from the comment warriors on Twitter and athletic because he dared to talk about getting to know linemates on the ice.

Lol. Honestly with all the issues and the start of the season the last thing I would have mentioned was hearing a peep from those three.

I get it though, its pretty much habit at this point. When in doubt...

[bearpaw28]

The Bat Signal is up: Answers Are Needed.

Bruce wins with loaded teams, very good coach. Given the “ Win Now! “ edict, he doesn’t have the resume of lifting a team of limited talent to even a playoff berth to inspire confidence, does he?

Well...it’s a lot too late to summon Jacque from retirement. Bruce will be lucky if he makes it to Thanksgiving the way these dregs are playing. And after each & every mounting loss...nobody hears the slightest peep from Mikko, Ryan & Zack, simply no accountability or leadership on display from the Captain group

Suter talked at length after the game last night. Parise talked at length I believe after game two and took a lot of heat from the comment warriors on Twitter and athletic because he dared to talk about getting to know linemates on the ice.

Lol. Honestly with all the issues and the start of the season the last thing I would have mentioned was hearing a peep from those three.

I get it though, its pretty much habit at this point. When in doubt...

And THE Captain? Mikko.? What I was particularly referring to is how they duck a post game tv interview on FSN after losses like Gorg or Audra have Ebola

[team22tank]

I’m most concerned how there is no juice from the forwards, everything is being generated from the backend.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=102337

[Grovetown Scotty]

The Bat Signal is up: Answers Are Needed.

Bruce wins with loaded teams, very good coach. Given the “ Win Now! “ edict, he doesn’t have the resume of lifting a team of limited talent to even a playoff berth to inspire confidence, does he?

Well...it’s a lot too late to summon Jacque from retirement. Bruce will be lucky if he makes it to Thanksgiving the way these dregs are playing. And after each & every mounting loss...nobody hears the slightest peep from Mikko, Ryan & Zack, simply no accountability or leadership on display from the Captain group

Suter talked at length after the game last night. Parise talked at length I believe after game two and took a lot of heat from the comment warriors on Twitter and athletic because he dared to talk about getting to know linemates on the ice.

Lol. Honestly with all the issues and the start of the season the last thing I would have mentioned was hearing a peep from those three.

I get it though, its pretty much habit at this point. When in doubt...

Yeah. We have heard this all before with this group. Show me on the ice. Suter looks like he’s playing in da beauty league at times. Koivu with his drive by poke checks in the neutral zone. Koivu could crushed Hornquist with a legal check in the third period. Nope. Same old crap.

[Grovetown Scotty]

Put Spurgeon back with Suter. Brodin does a better job of covering for Dumba when he starts running around.

[Bonin21]

When you try to recreate the Wings formula with old players that are not nearly as good...
And then you see what happens to the Wings but you stay all on the same guys and they continue to get older.

It's been obvious for years this team won't go anywhere meaningful until Parise, Koivu, and maybe even Suter are off the books

[ScoobyDoo]

When you try to recreate the Wings formula with old players that are not nearly as good...
And then you see what happens to the Wings but you stay all on the same guys and they continue to get older.

It's been obvious for years this team won't go anywhere meaningful until Parise, Koivu, and maybe even Suter are off the books

Add Zucc and Spurgeon to that mix now.

[Grovetown Scotty]

When you try to recreate the Wings formula with old players that are not nearly as good...
And then you see what happens to the Wings but you stay all on the same guys and they continue to get older.

It's been obvious for years this team won't go anywhere meaningful until Parise, Koivu, and maybe even Suter are off the books

Never did get Leipold signing 2 guys to 13 year contracts.
You knew that would be a problem at some point.

[bearpaw28]

When you try to recreate the Wings formula with old players that are not nearly as good...
And then you see what happens to the Wings but you stay all on the same guys and they continue to get older.

It's been obvious for years this team won't go anywhere meaningful until Parise, Koivu, and maybe even Suter are off the books

Add Zucc and Spurgeon to that mix now.

Let’s not get crazy Scooby

[ScoobyDoo]

Let's do the report card from my list before the season.

1. Health - A+. This team is healthy. One injury so far to a replaceable player.
2. Dubnyk - C-. Already pulled once in 4 games but has played well enough to win 3 of the 4.
3. Breakout from the youngsters. F. Nothing from the youngsters has been encouraging except maybe Ek and Ek is just giving us what we already knew he had. Fiala really need(s) to work out. Turnover machine with him continues in spades.
4. Avg. play from the vets. F. Koivu, Zucker, Hartman, and Foligno are the only ones giving anything noticeable right now. Zucker is scoring like Foligno, Hartman, and Greenway are supposed to score.

So, far a big D+ on the list.. Not surprising to be 0-4 right now.

Best bet right now is to concentrate on defense only. Go full trap. If they start getting some confidence shutting teams down maybe they'll start accidentally winning and getting some confidence. This team used to be a defensive powerhouse. Now they can't score and can't play defense at the same time.

[ScoobyDoo]

When you try to recreate the Wings formula with old players that are not nearly as good...
And then you see what happens to the Wings but you stay all on the same guys and they continue to get older.

It's been obvious for years this team won't go anywhere meaningful until Parise, Koivu, and maybe even Suter are off the books

Add Zucc and Spurgeon to that mix now.

Let’s not get crazy Scooby

Why not? Nothing crazy I say can be as crazy as how this team continues to add gas to it's own dumpster fire.

[frozen4champs]

[Bonin21]

Gardner Minshew's name letters buddy

[Karlsson]

I'm not saying I expect much out of the Wild this year, but report cards at 5% into the season?

[ScoobyDoo]

I'm not saying I expect much out of the Wild this year, but report cards at 5% into the season?

It's a snapshot in time. Not hard to understand at all.

[ScoobyDoo]

The savior.

[Grovetown Scotty]

I thought I heard Walz say that in Guerin’s pre-season meetings he told the team “You are not paid to play, you are paid to win”. Made me chuckle.
Evidently that speech and all the kum by yah fluffing in the Rockies has fallen on deaf ears.

[J22]

Caufield with 4 goals in first 2 NCAA games. We didn’t need him...

Did you catch the game friday night? Boldy kicked Caufields ass up and down the rink. Caufield isn't even fast or strong enough for the NCAA game

[bearpaw28]

Caufield with 4 goals in first 2 NCAA games. We didn’t need him...

Did you catch the game friday night? Boldy kicked Caufields ass up and down the rink. Caufield isn't even fast or strong enough for the NCAA game

Kicked Caufields arse you are a fricken clown-

[J22]

Caufield with 4 goals in first 2 NCAA games. We didn’t need him...

Did you catch the game friday night? Boldy kicked Caufields ass up and down the rink. Caufield isn't even fast or strong enough for the NCAA game

Kicked Caufields arse you are a fricken clown-

Didn't see the game then?

[bearpaw28]

I’m sure you were in Boston watching the game....

[J22]

I’m sure you were in Boston watching the game....

Yeah, the only way to watch a hockey game at this point in time is to be at the rink. Are you serious with any of the garbage that you post?

[Maize]

I’m most concerned how there is no juice from the forwards, everything is being generated from the backend.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=102337

If there's one thing we can all agree that the Wild are doing right now, it's that they're generating juice out of their back-end.

[bearpaw28]

Caufield scored 2 goals, but isn’t fast enough or strong enough for the NCAA game? LMAO. All that ever comes out of your yap is an opinion I don’t give 2 s—ts about.

[F Da Sue]

Caufield with 4 goals in first 2 NCAA games. We didn’t need him...

I'd be mad they didn't take Caufield if they didn't make such a solid pick of Boldy.

My goal for the team is to win the lottery.

Having Kaprizov, Lafreniere and maybe Boldy come in next year would be fun.

[Bonin21]

That's not really a healthy goal to have lol

[J22]

Caufield scored 2 goals, but isn’t fast enough or strong enough for the NCAA game? LMAO. All that ever comes out of your yap is an opinion I don’t give 2 s—ts about.

Wow how did you find out that he scored twice? Were you in Boston? Moron. Caufield scored 2 PP goals. one was a tap-in and the other was a great snipe. At 5 on 5 he got destroyed all night. Was just pushed aside in puck battles and spent most shifts watching BC pass the puck around his zone. But, I'm sure a great hockey mind like yourself already knew all of this.

[sec 16 row16 seat 16 17]

you people used to rip me j22 is never wrong just ask him keep pouring it on scooby

[Grovetown Scotty]

you people used to rip me j22 is never wrong just ask him keep pouring it on scooby

UMD at Wisconsin next weekend. Both games on Fox Sports Plus. Will see how young Caufield does with my own eyes.

[frozen4champs]

[bearpaw28]

you people used to rip me j22 is never wrong just ask him keep pouring it on scooby

UMD at Wisconsin next weekend. Both games on Fox Sports Plus. Will see how young Caufield does with my own eyes.

Hopefully he will be held pointless He’s not a Wild Draft pick...so screw the little punk

[bearpaw28]

[media]https://twitter.com/RussoHockey/status/ 1183778577575231488[/media]

Terrific

[frozen4champs]

[ScoobyDoo]

So, Mayhew isn't getting in yet.

[frozen4champs]

Wes Walz " The Wild have really come to play today". It's 0-0 after 1 and Ottawa is 1-3 this year...

[bearpaw28]

Is the game on TV today?

[Bigbeer]

Did I just see that Fiala has 4 SOG in 4 games? How is that possible? I could accidentally get 1 SOG per game and I can barely skate....

[Bigbeer]

Is the game on TV today?

FSN

[team22tank]

Did I just see that Fiala has 4 SOG in 4 games? How is that possible? I could accidentally get 1 SOG per game and I can barely skate....

Close, 5 shots in the first 4 games. I know he is a fan favorite whipping boy but there are a handful of Wild forwards who should cause more concern right now.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/team/stats/_/n ... l/dir/desc

[team22tank]

Wes Walz " The Wild have really come to play today". It's 0-0 after 1 and Ottawa is 1-3 this year...

Well we are 0-4 and have given up a ton of goals. Small win

[Kelor]

So far after 2 periods, we have 5 power plays and not one goal to show for it. Best opportunity on the 5th power play was actually Ottawa's.

[team22tank]

Rask scores. 2 points in 2 games. Looks like he will earn a 3rd straight game in Toronto.

[Kelor]

Rask scores. 2 points in 2 games. Looks like he will earn a 3rd straight game in Toronto.

Great job too

[bearpaw28]

A desperately needed WIN today 26 save shutout by Alex Stalock

[YoungEagle]

78-4

[Grovetown Scotty]

Nice win today. Liked the defense pairings. I would to see Stalock get 35 starts. Pretty consistent effort with no big defensive breakdowns. A lot of ridiculous stick penalties.
Mayhew tomorrow?

[JWG]

Stalock has earned the opportunity to play until he loses it. 26 shot shutout is a level above for this team right now. I don’t think he’s a long-term starting goaltender, but he’s earned the right to prove me wrong.

[ScoobyDoo]

If Stalock and Rask are your heroes there is lots of room for improvement.

[Vegasgopher]

Because Ottawa

[frozen4champs]

[Grovetown Scotty]

Going to need to score more than 2 tonight,

[JWG]

No surprise on Dubnyk as we always tend to play both goalies on back-to-back nights. That said, I still think Stalock has earned the opportunity to play more than on the first night of a back-to-back.

I'm not at practive, so I obvioulsy don't know the full assessment, but not sure we have much to lose.

[ScoobyDoo]

Fiala isn't happy he's a healthy scratch tonight. Going to be tough for him to turn his turnover mode off. Could be a long season.

[Grovetown Scotty]

Wild skating tonight. Keep it up!

[Vegasgopher]

Rut row...

[Vegasgopher]

And...time to watch other teams play baseball

[J22]

That call on Hartman was NFL level bad

[Grovetown Scotty]

That call on Hartman was NFL level bad

Pretty bad when 2 referees can’t see obvious embellishment

[frozen4champs]

Toronto gets all the calls

[Greyeagle]

And...time to watch other teams play baseball

Well....one team. Not sure what STL is doing.

[Karlsson]

I'm impressed by how aggressively bad they are in this period.

[Greyeagle]

The Wild have gone about five minutes without giving up a goal.

[ScoobyDoo]

Lol.

[ScoobyDoo]

It's a horrible thing when a team that can't score can't defend at the same time.

[Grovetown Scotty]

It's a horrible thing when a team that can't score can't defend at the same time.

Dooooobs as Greenlay likes to say,”Wasn’t seeing the puck well.” It’s nice not having to listen to that boob babble the entire game.

[bearpaw28]

It's a horrible thing when a team that can't score can't defend at the same time.

Dooooobs as Greenlay likes to say,”Wasn’t seeing the puck well.” It’s nice not having to listen to that boob babble the entire game.

Agree 100%

[Kelor]

Holy moly. I stopped watching when the Wild were up 1-0 and looking pretty good. What the hell happened?

[bearpaw28]

Holy moly. I stopped watching when the Wild were up 1-0 and looking pretty good. What the hell happened?

Ahh...the Maple are avmore talented, better team.

[ScoobyDoo]

Holy moly. I stopped watching when the Wild were up 1-0 and looking pretty good. What the hell happened?

Stopped playing defense. Again.

[frozen4champs]

Holy moly. I stopped watching when the Wild were up 1-0 and looking pretty good. What the hell happened?

The clock kept running.

[Grovetown Scotty]

Having a much better 3rd. Soft goals and a terrible call helped the Leafs in the 2nd.

[Vegasgopher]

Can you say fire sale before the deadline? Sure you can ...as we thought before the season started they are in absolute no-mans land, not young, the older pieces won't be here when we're good again and absolutely no future goalie, and a lot of the youth we do have looks nowhere near ready to help

Oh yeah, and I'm usually the positive one...

[Grovetown Scotty]

Trade Dumba for a young goal scorer and try to get the Russian goalie Askarov in the entry draft.

[fightclub30]

Did I hear Walz just say "all the games the wild have lost so far, they weren't able to come back in." ?!?

He's really laying it on thick trying to put lipstick on this pig, but he didn't need to go Madden on the bit

[Grovetown Scotty]

Did I hear Walz just say "all the games the wild have lost so far, they weren't able to come back in." ?!?

He's really laying it on thick trying to put lipstick on this pig, but he didn't need to go Madden on the bit

Still better than Greenlay.