2022 MN WILD/NHL THREAD

Boldy is our best passer not even a question.

Ripjiggen wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>mahtofire14 wrote:</div>
Another guy standing in front of the net untouched.

Another goal where Cam has his arse inside the net.
Merril had to cover both the slot and net front guy because our forwards were just standing there doing nothing.

Of for sure. It’s not just the defensemen.

Boldy line catching fire again.

That was a bomb. I sure hope they can squeak this one out. Would an ugly but hard fought win. Should probably be 5-2.

Talbot looking better. we need this

Crazy how he just flips a switch at the end of a game.

Here come the important draws…

JoeMX1825 wrote:

Here come the important draws…

Wild lost every draw the last 1:53…

It’s a W. I think it’s safe to say at this point our faceoff % isn’t going to be getting better.

We will certainly take the win but the struggle was real.

Necessary comeback win, bleeding hopefully stopped (we’ll see, still lots of warts on our game right now) Kappo likely in tomorrow night, Talbot is on thin cracky ice mentally….

Joe I know you watch them close and I was the whole third because I thought you might comment. Yes some are definitely on our center, but our wings get either blocked out or just stand there every time. If you know you are on the losing end more times then not move your arse and get to the dot and to your point. If you win it d zone worse that happens is it’s a battle in the corner.

Ripjiggen wrote:

Joe I know you watch them close and I was the whole third because I thought you might comment. Yes some are definitely on our center, but our wings get either blocked out or just stand there every time. If you know you are on the losing end more times then not move your arse and get to the dot and to your point. If you win it d zone worse that happens is it’s a battle in the corner.

I’ve said this before. It’s not all on the centers. The wings are not doing a good job at all on faceoffs

Ripjiggen wrote:

Joe I know you watch them close and I was the whole third because I thought you might comment. Yes some are definitely on our center, but our wings get either blocked out or just stand there every time. If you know you are on the losing end more times then not move your arse and get to the dot and to your point. If you win it d zone worse that happens is it’s a battle in the corner.

for sure the forwards need to do their part better on 50/50 feet draws, but most of those losses at the end were clean pull backs to the D (I didn’t get a chance to watch the entire game)…the reason they are lost so clean is all due to technique, it just seems like most of the time Hartman just says “F it” and just swipes at the drop…the other thing is if they are routinely getting worked over on draws, they should just be just trying to tie up the center from the start, forget the puck… it just boggles the mind they keep repeating bad choices over and over… they got away with it tongiht, but it will come back to bite them in the a$$ down the road in important games…

Oh yeah end of game they were clean and agree they need to tie up. Even then the wingers stand there like they are going to tie up instead of just going straight at the guy who is getting the draw. Hartman was there best faceoff guy heading into that final two minutes.

I thought we decided face offs were a non starter and didn’t factor in the games outcome. I think Evason even scratched all those plays off the face off Darby drew up.

Hopefully Kaako does better in net tonight. Like Joe said we need to give him a string of like five to six games to see where he’s at. We sure know where Talbot is at. That game last night would have been a loss against a lot of other teams. Deano loves Cam though and if this were not a back to back it wouldn’t surprise me if he got the net again. But I suppose they have to keep throwing him out there to see if he can get it back because he’s going to be a must show in the playoffs.

KK is trying to see if he can take over games on his own. He tried to dance through the D at least twice last night rather than finding a open spot and look for the pass. Hopefully Hartman has got his confidence back and stays on a roll. Boldy again probably our best forward on the ice.

Lots of upsets around the league last night. Colorado loses to the Yotes again! Yotes have their number!

Calgary lost to Montreal too…

Kirill has been dancing the last few games, he looks like he’s about to go on one of his scoring streaks again… Boldy needs to dial back the “must pass to Fiala” switch a bit and start shooting more.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

Calgary lost to Montreal too…

Kirill has been dancing the last few games, he looks like he’s about to go on one of his scoring streaks again… Boldy needs to dial back the “must pass to Fiala” switch a bit and start shooting more.

I’d really like to see KK pull of one of those McDavid types of rushes where he skates through 3 or four defenders and top shelf’s it on the doorstep. Just to know he’s got it in his arsenal. But I think there’s only one McDavid when it comes to that he is probably the most slippery puck handler I have seen. There were a couple times last night I hollered at Boldy to SHOOT! and he’d pass off to Fiala who was screened or had a bad angle. I think Boldy will come around on this. He’s still the new kid and wants to defer to the vets.

Ice Cap wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>JoeMX1825 wrote:</div>
Calgary lost to Montreal too…

Kirill has been dancing the last few games, he looks like he’s about to go on one of his scoring streaks again… Boldy needs to dial back the “must pass to Fiala” switch a bit and start shooting more.

I’d really like to see KK pull of one of those McDavid types of rushes where he skates through 3 or four defenders and top shelf’s it on the doorstep. Just to know he’s got it in his arsenal. But I think there’s only one McDavid when it comes to that he is probably the most slippery puck handler I have seen. There were a couple times last night I hollered at Boldy to SHOOT! and he’d pass off to Fiala who was screened or had a bad angle. I think Boldy will come around on this. He’s still the new kid and wants to defer to the vets.

yep, Kirill had a few stick handle through 3 guys and snapshot from the top of the circle rushes, eventually he’ll start scoring on some of them…he had one speed rush where Zucy fed him up the gut but he mishandled the hard pass, he would have been in alone had he caught it.. I’ve really liked his game the past 4-5 games when the rest of the team has been terrible…

You’re spot on with Boldy wanting to make the vet Fiala happy, i’m sure the coaches will take him aside on morning skate and let him know he needs to shoot more…

lol, watching the 9 minute replay of last nights game Talbot actually tried to save the deked shot from hitting the back boards he was so out of position…

There were so many turnovers last night that directly led to goals…Philly handed us that game…

I’d guess Benn is in for Merrill tonight…Merrill was really bad last night and has been lately, needs a pressbox game…

Ice Cap wrote:

I thought we decided face offs were a non starter and didn’t factor in the games outcome. I think Evason even scratched all those plays off the face off Darby drew up. <img src=”//www.in-depthoutdoors.com/wp-content/smilies/icon_lol.gif” alt=”lol” class=”wp-smiley

We did and they didn’t.

Ripjiggen wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Ice Cap wrote:</div>

I thought we decided face offs were a non starter and didn’t factor in the games outcome. I think Evason even scratched all those plays off the face off Darby drew up. <img src=”//www.in-depthoutdoors.com/wp-content/smilies/icon_lol.gif” alt=”lol” class=”wp-smiley

We did and they didn’t.

Good one!

Ripjiggen wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Ice Cap wrote:</div>

I thought we decided face offs were a non starter and didn’t factor in the games outcome. I think Evason even scratched all those plays off the face off Darby drew up. <img src=”//www.in-depthoutdoors.com/wp-content/smilies/icon_lol.gif” alt=”lol” class=”wp-smiley

We did and they didn’t.

saved a screenshot of this post

If they did it probably would have been ten rip as they got destroyed on the dot.
Make sure you go back and take a screen shot of what was actually said to. 👍

Guessing some of you guys watch the games on BSN. Is it just mine but the wild games always seen to glitch or studder. It dont on t wolves games or if i watch on the nhl network. Thought maybe it was the new tv in the garage but went in the house and checked and same thing.

JEREMY wrote:

Guessing some of you guys watch the games on BSN. Is it just mine but the wild games always seen to glitch or studder. It dont on t wolves games or if i watch on the nhl network. Thought maybe it was the new tv in the garage but went in the house and checked and same thing.

Ive noticed that too and thought it was just directv. Glad someone else is seeing it. I was going to call Directv and have them check my dish out.

mahtofire14 wrote:

Sure hope they can find their offense. That’s been the worst part of this.

A little (AKA “a lot”) more D and goaltending wouldn’t hurt. Edmontoning it by giving up 4-5 goals a game makes it a lot harder than it needs to be.

Ripjiggen wrote:

Bronwell: My 14-year-old daughter used his old sticks and his old elbow pads when he would get new ones. I’d just take his old stick home: “Ash, you got a new stick.” She’s like, “Ah, sick. I don’t have to cut it or anything.”

Some of the better quotes from the Athletic piece on Spurg….

I’ve taken my kids to Wild open practices when you could still do stuff like that. IMO, if you really want to appreciate how good Spurgeon is, you have to see him in person from ice level.

1. He’s absolutely tiny. I don’t believe he is my height 5’11”, even when he is wearing skates AND a helmet.

2. He’s absolutely as quick as a cat both in F and R. After practice, he was still on the ice when the Whitecaps womern’s team came on. He stayed on a little to skate with them and while he is very close to their size, he is easily twice as fast, probably faster yet. I look at him and the first impression is how did he not get crushed like a beer can in this league? It’s because nobody can get that close.

3. He’s the nicest guy. At practices, I don’t think the players are supposed to talk to the audience. He does all the time and he’s certainly a fan favorite, probably because it’s a little easier for the kids to identify with him.

Greenway is actually quite funny at practice as well. A lady was standing right at ice level and she said to the guy that was with her, “I don’t think Greenway’s shot is that hard.” He turns around and says, to her “We can still hear you. I mean we’re right HERE.”

So Spurgeon goes and gets some Wild person and they’re all on this lady’s case and they put her behind the glass dirctly behind the goal. Greenway starts cranking away with pucks right over the crossbar hitting the glass at head height and this lady sreams every time. It was really funny.

My dad is having that problem with comcast. I am not with comcast. 🤷‍♂️

5’11”?
He is listed at 5’9” I have stood right next to him shaking his hand and he ain’t taller than me and I’m 5’8 on a good day.
I dwarfed zuccarello.😂

I have a good family friend that was in a prospects camp with Spurg. He played for the bulldogs. They were in a scrimmage setting and Spurg came late for whatever reason. My buddy turns to his D partner and says is that one of the coach’s kids or something?
He said Spurg came out and walked guys and put up 5 goals in the next 20 minutes. My family friend just graduated from UMD and was no slouch.
Said it was incredible how easy he was walking very skilled players.
They were all like HTF is this guy.😂

Not sure if it was the same camp mentioned in the article or not.

Ripjiggen wrote:

He said Spurg came out and walked guys and put up 5 goals in the next 20 minutes. My family friend just graduated from UMD and was no slouch.
Said it was incredible how easy he was walking very skilled players.
They were all like HTF is this guy.😂

Not sure if it was the same camp mentioned in the article or not.

Its absolutely incredible just how good these guys are. I was on an outside rink in the Bloomington area way back in the day and Bobby Smith came on the ice. He had been retired for a few years already but he just toyed with us. It was actually quite funny and he was having a good time with it.
You just get no appreciation for how good they are unless you are on the ice with them or standing at ice level.