2024/2025 NHL/WILD Offseason-Season-Postseason Thread

  • gim
    Plymouth, MN
    Posts: 18488
    #2306213

    There’s just no way we can stay this high in the standings all year with these special teams. It’s laughable now.

    Playoff teams are going to beat the crap out of us just like the last few years if we can’t score on the pp. Although our pp did look better tonight, it was against a worse than mediocre pk team… and we still didn’t do anything.

    Winnipeg has gotta be pumped to be playing us in Winnipeg on a back to back tomorrow.

    I agree. I think they are a playoff team already but whether they can stay high enough in the division to hang with Dallas, Winnipeg, or Colorado seems shaky at best.

    There’s still a lot of season left though too. So it’s not time to pack it in.

    The good news is that the Blackhawks are on the schedule Monday. smash

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 19070
    #2306216

    Another PK fail with yet ANOTHER goal surrendered less than 20 seconds into the kill. Could the PK suck any worse?

    It was almost 2 PP goals surrendered in less than 5 seconds after clean lost face-offs, thankfully the McBain goal was overturned for goalie interference… The coaches at least tried different player combo’s on the PK vs rolling the same groups out, it worked on the first 2 PK’s, no so much on the rest of them…

    basseyes
    Posts: 2657
    #2306277

    Well nothing to see last night. Same old same old from the 1 goal wonder kids.

    Another PK fail with yet ANOTHER goal surrendered less than 20 seconds into the kill. Could the PK suck any worse?

    Hartman. Useless. Absolutely useless.

    Faber was the only thing good about last night. He was on the bench yelling at the guys the whole night trying to make something happen.

    And finally the cute no look passing us driving me crazy.

    Ug

    Wth is wrong with Hartman, he looks like he’s got his tighty whities all crusty and severally bunched up.

    Boldy, my word he has perfected the art of doing nothing meaningful for long stretches.

    The dumb no look passes to nobody has bugged me forever. Fun to watch when it works. Unbearable when it doesn’t, which is far to often.

    Spurgeon is still small. He absolutely has proven his worth on pp1, he’s earned the failure of that not being his anymore. Put Faber on the pp1.

    The 2nd, 3rd and 4th lines are darn near worthless.

    Man do we need Ek and Middleton back. They are like the big brothers of this team.

    Been a fun year and didn’t expect them to be as good as they’ve been. To even make a 1st round competitive in the playoffs they’ll have to be healthy and firing on all cylinders. The lack of any other line generating any points is brutal. The bottom lines have to start making some sort of impacts. The penalties through the skid shows how this team has to win. Five on five, with as few penalties as possible. With how bad the specialty teams are, and have been, it’s like having a burst frozen pipe for years. Arses need chewing and is unacceptable for as defensively and goalie talented as this team can be and is.

    If Boldy gets one stupid penalty in the offensive zone tonight he needs a serious arse chewing and be demoted to the 3rd line.

    basseyes
    Posts: 2657
    #2306284

    6 seconds, impressive pk.

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 19070
    #2306285

    Cough…cough…Faceoff…cough

    What a f’ing lazy stupid penalty by Merrill… Heinz needs to have some type of punishment for laziness like that…

    and the Merrill only gets 6 seconds to think about it in the box before they score…

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 19070
    #2306292

    Jesus… when Kirill is guilty of a lazy backcheck that directly leads to a goal you know were #%€$ed…

    Making this game worse is listening to Walz banter on and on…

    gim
    Plymouth, MN
    Posts: 18488
    #2306293

    Jesus… when Kirill is guilty of a lazy backcheck that directly leads to a goal you know were #%€$ed…

    LOL I was just about to post how lazy the defense was there. I think Winnipeg had a 2 on 4 and one of their 2 beat our 4 to that loose puck for the goal.

    basseyes
    Posts: 2657
    #2306294

    Simplify the game.

    Shoot the puck, get dirty in front of the net.

    They are expending to much energy passing the puck around the edges and then after a long shift with a lot of pressure and no good opportunities are exhausted after a long shift and getting torched.

    Way to much chasing the play and the puck, gripping the stick to tight and thinking to d@m much.

    The lack of scoring is getting to the whole team. It’s all in their heads. Simplify and dumb the game down.

    basseyes
    Posts: 2657
    #2306300

    14 seconds, how is that possible?

    Oh yeah, face-offs aren’t important.

    Ripjiggen
    Posts: 12409
    #2306303

    Time for a holiday break.
    Need to get back to playing strong D and good goaltending. 3 key pieces which they are missing on that front.

    For the record nobody said faceoffs are not important.

    CaptainMusky
    Posts: 24184
    #2306305

    I can’t watch any more of this crap. The 4th line is terrible. All the stupid penalties and now 2 more. Wake me up when Ek is back and this 4th line never plays and someone named other than kaprizov or zuccarelli has a shot on goal.

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 19070
    #2306308

    Jesper must be thinking why he always gets called up to play when the team is a slumping gongshow…

    Ripjiggen
    Posts: 12409
    #2306309

    If that’s what he thinks good luck being a 1A.

    basseyes
    Posts: 2657
    #2306310

    That was a rough one all the way around.

    Charlie W
    TRF / Pool 3 / Grand Rapids, MN / SJU
    Posts: 1290
    #2306314

    2024 Minnesota twins halfway through the season: “wanna see something not cool?”

    24/25 Wild: “hold my beer”

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 12156
    #2306329

    Well, at least the Wild are improving. Last night they managed to surrender not one, but two power play goals less than 20 seconds into the power play.

    What we really need is a 5th line. That would be about right for Hartman. He’s playing like a middle of the road 5th line guy.

    And can we STOP these spin passes into the middle of the ice to nobody? WTAF?

    Dan
    Southeast MN
    Posts: 4012
    #2306344

    Wally sent back to Iowa so I’m guessing that means Gus will be back soon. Very welcome news.

    CaptainMusky
    Posts: 24184
    #2306348

    Wally sent back to Iowa so I’m guessing that means Gus will be back soon. Very welcome news.

    Could just mean salary cap issues but we will see.

    Dan
    Southeast MN
    Posts: 4012
    #2306396

    I had thought about that too, send him down now, don’t have a back to back for awhile I could believe so maybe MAF starts and they save the money by not having Wally there

    Ripjiggen
    Posts: 12409
    #2306400

    They play tomorrow so Gus is back at least as a backup tomorrow.

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 12156
    #2306419

    Serial douchebag Matt Rempe gets off easy again, after completing the Douchebag Hat Trick late hit, from behind, with an elbow to the neck smashing Miro Heiskanen’s face into the glass. Only 8 game suspension? DOPS, like WTF?

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 19070
    #2306495

    Sounds like Gusbus in net tonight and Trenin back as well. I bet Ek could have played but they are keeping him out until Dallas game just as a precaution and the extra 4 days of rest.

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 19070
    #2306496

    Serial douchebag Matt Rempe gets off easy again, after completing the Douchebag Hat Trick late hit, from behind, with an elbow to the neck smashing Miro Heiskanen’s face into the glass. Only 8 game suspension? DOPS, like WTF?

    i’ve seen worse get less…

    mojogunter
    Posts: 3371
    #2306519

    This team can’t handle Ek and Middleton out at the same time. I thought Middleton started out a bit slow and was a step behind for the first 10 games, but has been really good most nights since. I hope Ek is back sooner than later. They are unwatchable lately.

    Ice Cap
    Posts: 2237
    #2306598

    Ek is spending more time out of the line up the past couple seasons. His play style is catching up to him. Injuries become nagging injuries. I think this is just going to be a thing with him where he is out for long stretches. He’s not the kind of guy who is going to change his style and he wouldn’t be nearly as effective if he did anyhow.

    Netguy
    Minnetonka
    Posts: 3371
    #2306599

    If only Stone Hands didn’t have stone hands!! whistling

    lindyrig79
    Forest Lake / Lake Mille Lacs
    Posts: 6191
    #2306649

    Why don’t we do something different with our power play? WTF?

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 19070
    #2306653

    Well, its 2 points and stopped a losing streak, but I don’t think the players will gain much confidence going down to the wire against Chicago at home…

    Loved Hartman cheating on defense to try and get the jump on an empty net attempt and then diving back into the crease resulting in the puck going right to the Hawks player who scored… his season sofar in a nutshell…

    Lets hope Ek coming back fixes the other lines too

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 19070
    #2306927

    Man… Zeev Buium is like having a 4th forward on the ice at all times… can’t wait to see him in a Wild jersey… whoever his D partner is has to be a stay at home defenseman to cover for him…

    This USA WJC team has to be one of the best ever, top talent everywhere…

    Gabe Perrault (who just scored) will forever be one of those “what ifs” for Wild fans…

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 19070
    #2306963

    Aron Kiviharjul is going to be an interesting prospect to watch, he had consensus mid-1st round talent then dislocated his knee and missed almost his entire draft season causing him to fall in the draft and the Wild took him in the 4th round.

    He’s back healthy again and captain of Finland’s WJC team… Super smart left shot defensemen but lacks size at 5’10”, plays alot like Spurgeon… he’s younger than Zeev Buium too….

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