2021 MN Wild/NHL Thread

They signed Boldy because he was only 2 years away from becoming a college senior “Blake Wheeler” and able to force his way out of the Wild org and become a ufa… burning a year is pretty much the standard practice now for surething prospects in US college hockey.

I can understand their hesitation to call him up when we had vets in the lineup (Mojo/Bjugstad) but now that Mojo is hurt its either Boldy or Parise as options…I think I’ve covered why I think Parise is done for the Wild, so I’m guessing we see Boldy taking line rushes with Fiala today…

Ripjiggen wrote:

I’ll take some of the blame. I am 0-2 when going to games this year. Second period is one of the worst I have seen them play this year.

I take some too as they scored 2 quick goals while I was wearing my Dolla Bill Kirill t-shirt, I took it off to shower between periods and the game went to $hit…

JoeMX1825 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Ripjiggen wrote:</div>
I’ll take some of the blame. I am 0-2 when going to games this year. Second period is one of the worst I have seen them play this year.

I take some too as they scored 2 quick goals while I was wearing my Dolla Bill Kirill t-shirt, I took it off to shower between periods and the game went to $hit…

Damn you both of you! LOL I went to the bar before the game with a different shirt on, came home put my “game” shirt on and it was going well for a while. Then the second period happened. What is it with the second period and this team? Been a problem all year. 1st and 3rds are fine generally but the second is a mess.

Well MoJo is done broken arm. Tough way to end your season. Will be interesting to see if this is the only lineup change.

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

Absolutely awful game last night. The Wild look looked like a cellar dweller team that had been handed a playoff spot by winning a charity raffle.

Deano is a deer in the headlights and has zero idea what to do to get this team going other than “change nothing”. Why in the hell would you sign Boldy, burn year 1 of his entry deal, and NOT use him when your team is playing like sh!t and basically getting zero production from anywhere other than 1 line? It makes no sense. What the hell was the point of signing Boldy then? We are now one year closer to having to pony up big bucks on him and we’ve got nothing except Iowa Wild highlights for the money. What an awesome GM decision that was.

And then you’ve got a guy who has made his living in the dirty zone getting goals, so of course, you bench him in a series where a hot goaltender is making it impossible to score anything EXCEPT dirty goals. Yeah, makes total sense.

Here we go again. Another dazed and confused playoff R1 and early exit after providing nothing but a warmup for a team that we’ve owned for as long as Team in a Box has been in the league. Deano and Gurin need to figure it out.

Montreal signed Caufield and he is not in the playoff lineup.

Watching the game replay on Ballysports right now, Wild up 2-0 1/2 way into the 1st period, this is awesome! We are dominating this game!

Lol so am I just saw the third goal waived off. Never did see a good replay of that offsides at the rink last night. I think I can shut it off now. Don’t remember much of the third but not sure I want to.

Sounds like Parise will be in the lineup. Whether Boldy gets in as well I guess we will see. I don’t See ZP just slotting into the Fiala line after sitting for the this long and only playing limited minutes before that.

Huh. I went to bed when it was 2-0. Go figure.

For as much as fans/media talk about Kaprizov or Fiala not having any goals yet, McDavid is still pointless…

Playoffs are a different animal

Sounds like Rau is in for Bjugstad, but still no official word that Parise is in for Mojo, Boldy wasn’t even skating this morning so he’s out, gotta be Zack then…I’m surprised Boldy didn’t get a shot tonight…

I’ve seen some poorly refed games before, but you should see this lightning / Panthers game.

Confused on the lineup changes, what exactly is Rau supposed to bring to help Fiala out? I can see Rau replacing Bjugstad on the 4th line because he’s a high energy forechecker and can draw penalties, but Fiala has to be thinking wtf…

If the reasoning for Boldy not playing is lack of experience in big games, he excelled in the WJC and NCAA playoffs this year…

I actually expect Parise to play well tonight (whatever that means from the 4th line) he’ll want to prove to everyone that Dean and GMBG were wrong…

JoeMX1825 wrote:

I actually expect Parise to play well tonight (whatever that means from the 4th line) he’ll want to prove to everyone that Dean and GMBG were wrong…

Agree. He should have a major chip on his shoulder. I would.

I see he is wearing the A. Any idea what that means or what to read into it if anything?

lindyrig79 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>JoeMX1825 wrote:</div>
I actually expect Parise to play well tonight (whatever that means from the 4th line) he’ll want to prove to everyone that Dean and GMBG were wrong…

Agree. He should have a major chip on his shoulder. I would.

I see he is wearing the A. Any idea what that means or what to read into it if anything?

he’s had the alternate captain “A” ever since he’s been here

and that’s why Parise has sat in the press box, soft stick check and the Vegas guy goes right past him and scores…

Fiala looks disinterested…

I’ve tried to reply a couple times but it disappears

Thanks Joe

Seems like that interference call and taking a goal off the board for the Wild was a bit questionable…..

Just put Kaprizov and Fiala together for the rest of the game, they both look asleep on their normal lines…

lindyrig79 wrote:

Seems like that interference call and taking a goal off the board for the Wild was a bit questionable…..

its an iffy call, technically Foligno’s a$$ was well into the crease and made contact with Fleury, thats goalie interference…did it hamper Fleury from stopping the shot? Meh..

JoeMX1825 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>lindyrig79 wrote:</div>
Seems like that interference call and taking a goal off the board for the Wild was a bit questionable…..

its an iffy call, technically Foligno’s a$$ was well into the crease and made contact with Fleury, thats goalie interference…did it hamper Fleury from stopping the shot? Meh..

And it sure looked like Fluery initiated contact on his own, looking for the call.

I’ve seen that happen plentiful times with no call.

Holy crap Tuch looked like he got shot out of a cannon on that goal.

Somewhere an obese Woman is warming up her voice

Pretty disappointing. As usual.

I’ve always liked:

Wild need to show something this period that they still want to play or fold up the tent and accept your late teens draft pick…We can start cheering for the Islanders..

The tent has been folded. Is it over? No, but darn close. How could a team that has owned another for years look so inept against the other now?

How…two disallowed goals. Both were the right call. 0-8 on PP
And lack of talent up front. Mostly down the middle.
Ek has been there best player and it hasn’t even been close.