Ive been saying Stalock ever since he came back from his injury. He IS the future #1 goalie in the league. The only reason he doesn’t play more is because he is Niemi’s #2. Stalock is from MN. It just makes sense.
DT
If you believe Nanne he said you’re better off signing a free agent than trading for a goaltender.
Did Lou mention if you’re better off firing a coach and GM as a pair, or just the coach first?
Just saw the clip of Yeo throwing a paddy. Where was all that emotion last night? He’s all Mr. Blank Stare / cool and collected last night and today he’s a screamer? Seems like he doesn’t know what to do so he’s doing everything and hoping something works.
Grouse
He really was in a pickle for a goaltender in the off season, like I said. The talk wasn’t who was good enough to be a #1, but more what he was going to do being handcuffed with 3 on the roster. The goaltending was good last year, despite all the rotation and injuries. The talk was more how could he move one and should they, as opposed to adding another.
Ive been saying Stalock ever since he came back from his injury. He IS the future #1 goalie in the league. The only reason he doesn’t play more is because he is Niemi’s #2. Stalock is from MN. It just makes sense.
DT
A little off topic DT, but does SSP have a top shelf goalie coach? They have produced some good goaltenders over the years.
RIP JP
Fu-Cancer
Couldn’t agree more!
Rest in Peace JP
“A little off topic DT, but does SSP have a top shelf goalie coach? They have produced some good goaltenders over the years.”
I haven’t been around SSP hockey for 15 years. Im not sure who they have had in that time. Back when I played we had a lot of in-house goalie only ice time with puck machines, ect. There was a lot of focus on the goalies. I tell my youngest son that goalies need to be the best skaters on the team. I think that was instilled in me growing up. I know during my A bantam year during skating drills if we didn’t out skate at least one regular skater with our goalie gear on we would skate extra.
DT
When it rains it pours.
Kuemper is now on the IR list with an undisclosed injury. Curry has been activated and has joined the team for tonight’s game.
I don’t know what Curry’s in-net time was over the last week with Iowa, but IMO they should start him again over the next 3 games and see what happens. Seriously, after Dallas and San J, how much worse can he do? His last start at the X was an OT loss to Winnipeg that ended in a fluke goal that he can’t be blamed for. So 3 goals against when in net against a team like the Jets? Well, we’ve certainly see worse.
The Wild need to figure out how to steal some wins over the next 5 games. It’s not going to be pretty and, in all reality this is D-Day for the Wild. Do or die. Losing the next 4-5 games would spell almost certain death for any playoff hopes that remain.
I think the players are giving it their all, I don’t think that slackers and attitude problems are the issue. Our goalies aren’t great, and that’s a problem, but I honestly think that the wild also need a system overhaul and an experienced leader that knows how to assess a team and design a system around the players we already have.
Grouse
The competition level is not there,by that I mean they can not sustain the level needed to play for any stretch of games. The hot streaks are much shorter than their consistent losing streaks.
Again the power play falls down. Out shot Chicago badly only to never be in the game. Another 2-0 start trailing in the first.
Now that Coyle seems to be playing better and, it goes without saying, Zucker is showing he is going to be a big time goal scorer in this league, where the hell is Nino? Fontaine and Haula had better games last night too, but those 2 have been missing most of the year two. Outside of goaltending, I think that is our biggest problem. The reason there was so much hope was that it looked like we had a bunch of prospects that were top notch, but the bottom 6 guys haven’t done much to boost the team.
If Schroeder plays like that every night, I’ll take him over Sutter. But Scroeder isn’t exactly knew to the league, so I hold of judgement.
This season is about as disappointing as it gets. Pretty pumped for the late season winning streak that won’t amount to anything except a lower draft pick. See how optimistic I am?
The poor goaltending only seems to mask some poor defense. Zucker’s goal last night was an anomoly. Left wide open in the slot…in fact he wasn’t even in the slot, he was directly out front. But it seems like a lot of the goals against are from uncontested shots where guys need to get in front of it or get a stick on it. They do a godo job most of the time of it, but one or 2 when they don’t each game seem to go in.
It’s like the announcers said last night that if you do not have great goalies on the team, the team will not go any where in this league. I think all players are great at what they do, but if they run into a wall that is the down fall.
GO BLACKHAWKS!!!!
Team defence has been horrible and it starts with Surer. This is it, I’m taking a break. I know the definition of insanity now, its watching the Wild over and over and expecting different results.
I’m glad Zucker worked on his defensive game because this kid is going to be 40 goal scorer some day. Talk about heart. He’s busting his ass tonight and was completely pissed about not cashing in on the penalty shot.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Yeo was fired tonight. Its coming.
Take a deep breath……….I’m worried about you. 
Was at the game yesterday against Nashville and watched tonight against the Blackhawks.
The Wild are broken. It’s not just the goatending. Yeseteday I honestly saw 1 of 3 goals that Backs realistically could have saved, the other two were botched defensive plays.
The system breakdowns in the D zone are just unexcusable, but it’s not casual mistakes, it’s constant gaps and lapses that makes you wonder what exactly the system is supposed to be.
Chicago is a great team, but again tonight the Wild’s system left constant gaps and missed coverages and the Hawks are going to capatialze on anything you hand to them. Again, Backs has to have the man with the puck, so I can’t blame him on 2 goals where the back door many is standing wide open or there’s a guy wide open in the slot with the D cover standing flat footed puck watching.
Yeo NEVER would have lasted this long in any other team in the NHL. It’s just stupid to think that the Wild’s issues have nothing to do with leadership.
Grouse
The wilds problems are deeper than just coaching, but it has to be part of it. If they fire Yeo, who do they pick up? Bylsma because of Fletcher’s ties with him? Deboer, or maybe Carlyle? I don’t really care much for Carlyle, but I think maybe he being a hard ass is what this team needs. Please don’t hire another nobody. If they hire another unknown unproven coach like the last 2, I will stop buying season tickets, and take up maybe curling. 
If they fire Yeo, I want Paul MacLean. I don’t understand why he was run out of Ottawa. They are a very young team whose talent pool has dropped over the years.
MacLean is the only name out there that interests me. Bylsma is a Yeo clone or Yeo is a Bylsma clone, which ever.
Really don’t think anything is going to happen until the off season though, unfortunately.
If they fire Yeo, I want Paul MacLean. I don’t understand why he was run out of Ottawa. They are a very young team whose talent pool has dropped over the years.
But this illustrates the point exactly. Regardless of Ottawas reasoning they were decisive. Yeo has been given way too long to figure this out.
Yeo must go.
Grouse
Look how the senators firing their coach has paid off for them. They have 42 points 41 games in. Just one point less pathetic than the wild. I wouldn’t want to be a GM in the NHL.
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If they fire Yeo, I want Paul MacLean. I don’t understand why he was run out of Ottawa. They are a very young team whose talent pool has dropped over the years.But this illustrates the point exactly. Regardless of Ottawas reasoning they were decisive. Yeo has been given way too long to figure this out.
Yeo must go.
Grouse
Yup they were 500 with MacLean and they are 500 with Cameron. Now you can argue that they didn’t go with someone who was established, but I am not interested in Ottawa’s situation and your point was that it was a decisive move, not necessarily the right move. I’m just saying MacLean is the guy I’d like to see replace Yeo.
Found this on Russo’s tweeter account…pure gold
Look how the senators firing their coach has paid off for them.
The Senators finished last year with 88 points and did not make the playoffs. The Wild finished with 10 more points and a playoff slot last season and went into the second round.
The Senators are (at worst) flying level while the Wild are spinning into the sea in flames. It doesn’t look like the coaching change was a quick fix pill for Ottawa, but it doesn’t happen that way very often anyway. At least they aren’t skidding downhill the way the Wild are.
Look at these pathetic midseason stats from both vets and young players:
Koivu – 6 goals
Suter – 1 goal
Coyle – 4 goals
Grandlund – 4 goals
Wow. Nothing to see here. Yeo has both vets and upcoming players who aren’t producing.
How much longer do you leave let the Wild plunge toward the sea in a tailspin before getting rid of Yeo? Last year they had that horrible no-goal-production slump and they managed to pull out of it just in time. Do we really need to wait until March or even (gulp) the end of a failed season to officially end the Yeo era?
Yeo must go. Yeo must go.
Grouse
Found this on Russo’s tweeter account…pure gold
That is freaking painful, but you’re right. That says it all.
To have more Wild players standing around out of position and puck watching would require an Olympic sized sheet of ice.
Grouse
WWMCD?
WWMCD?
Very little.
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