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

jack klusa wrote:

Well I think the other thing is that LA had all of these prospects at the time that were in consideration for return, Turcotte, Kaliyev, Clarke…
Considering that Turcotte is a center, I wanted him in return . We really got their best prospect out of the bunch… kind of goes to show how much fluff is in all lot of these team prospect pool rankings

I’m pretty sure Faber was ranked as the Kings # 4or5 prospect at the time? (1-Byfeld, 2-Clarke, 3-Turcotte 4 – Kaliyev?) but nobody (including the Kings) figured Faber would provide the amount of offense he has sofar in the NHL, it’s one of those rare late developing traits every Head of Scouting dreams about with their picks finding…The Kings had the #1 prospect pool at the time and i’m pretty sure Faber wasn’t at the top of the Wild’s wish list as Turcotte/Pinelli/Kaliyev were probably preferred (the Kings weren’t trading Clarke) but I believe Turcotte was in the middle of yet another concussion recovery (I think he’s had 4 since he was drafted and alot of folks thought his career was done, but he’s finally healthy this season and playing well for the Kings) so that scared the Wild off and they weren’t in any position to demand anything from the Kings, so they went with another need, RH Defenseman who can skate. Safe to say it worked out pretty well

gim wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>CaptainMusky wrote:</div>
KK on LTIR. Capt circumvention here we come!

He was in the running for MVP/Hart too. Not anymore.

It’s backloaded. He is skating right now and is on track to be coming back soon. It was a move financially to get enough guys to go on the road trip.

Well that’s good.

Lauko and Faber back tomorrow, Kaprizov, Brodin and Spurgeon didn’t make the 2 game road trip…

Well at least I get to watch Farber in Denver.

Let’s Go Farber!!!

Kinda crazy Kaprisov was initially day-to-day and now has been out almost a month? Will be good to get him back.

Sounds like Yurov will be signing with the Wild this Spring. Maybe that was already known… not sure

lindyrig79 wrote:

Kinda crazy Kaprisov was initially day-to-day and now has been out almost a month? Will be good to get him back.

Sounds like Yurov will be signing with the Wild this Spring. Maybe that was already known… not sure

Kirill has been a full participant in recent practices, his return is imminent…

Where did you see the Yurov signing news? He’s expected to sign, but never count on Russians signing until pen meets paper….

Nvm I found the story – https://x.com/thergmedia/status/1880223587136860362?s=46&t=uoRWUp28rKzoSODmtmr3Lw

The Wild would actually prefer if he couldn’t sign this season due to a calendar technicality or his KHL team not releasing him early from his contract vs the Wild saying no, that way he doesn’t burn a year of his ELC and the Wild don’t look like the bad guys…

Russo put out a new article on The Athletic and one thing he mentioned is that the Wild staff had to sit Kirill down and tell him that he needs to cut back on how much time he spends at practice and spend more time giving his body some rest… Sometimes he stays an extra hour after practice messing around…. That’s gotta be the first time that conversation was ever had with an NHL player, let alone a superstar!

Lauko said his return tonight is perfectly timed so he can fight Zach L’Herouix (the kid who slewfooted Spurgeon… so expect fireworks early tonight…

JoeMX1825 wrote:

Lauko said his return tonight is perfectly timed so he can fight Zach L’Herouix (the kid who slewfooted Spurgeon… so expect fireworks early tonight…

He said that? That’s awesome.

Anyone watch the gophers tonight? Sounds like some awful officiating according to the radio guys. Wondering how bad it really was.

Saturday Fight Night!

How about the swagger Jiricek has taking the shot on a 2-1 with Boldy! Confidence isn’t a problem with him…

Pretty tough to miss Dumba these days!!

3 fights in the 1st period. My kinda hockey game!!

lindyrig79 wrote:

3 fights in the 1st period. My kinda hockey game!!

Crazy start.

What a teammate, that Faber is. Sticking up for 23 and 46 at the same time.

Great welcome back to the NHL game for Ohgren, 11 minutes of icetime, -4… ouch..

Sweet pillow fights and then the Wild get worked on the scoreboard.

Another really good weekend for Charlie Stramel, it will be interesting to see what the Wild does with him this offseason… Do they sign him or does he play his Senior season and could turn into a UFA like Jack McBain did?

Nice assist by Ohgren.

Jiricek has an absolute bomb of a shot.

Jiricek absolutely robbed at the end of the 1st…

Goalie got a standing ovation after save. Good first both teams are flying.

Thought they played a really good first period, defensively. Holding the Avalanche at home to 4 shots is a win thus far.

Another beauty from Blackwood. Colorado having a good goalie makes me uncomfortable

tswoboda wrote:

Another beauty from Blackwood. Colorado having a good goalie makes me uncomfortable

X10!

Mackinnon is just to much fun to watch! D@m he’s good!

Holly David!

Biggest W of the season sofar… another big game by Jiricek! and Ohgren with a sneaky good game…

Let’s hope we get The Thrill back this week!

Can we put the regular season beating the avs narrative to bed.

What a fun game. My wild games just got more expensive. Apparently my kid is a road warrior.

Got a game used Boldy stick with a big slash mark. No idea how to get it home in 1 piece.

Nice Rip! Way to break the cycle for us!