MN Wild 2018-19 Official Thread

Oh wait, I do understand. Mn sports fans.

Seems like every player you guys complain about had a good game…on the second night of a back to back.

mplspug wrote:

I’ve seen 2 Wild games and I don’t understand the negativity. Especially this Early.

Maybe you should’ve watched 3 games.

mplspug wrote:

you guys

Is official. The curse is over.

Does this mean Tampa is now cursed? Time will tell.

That 3rd period was the best I’ve seen them play this year, super fast forecheck, quick passes, speed through the neutral zone, etc…

They did get lucky in OT as tampa controlled it most of the time and Stamkos didn’t snipe his chance, but 4 points out of a tough back to back is awesome!

That Tampa goalie is an absolute monster, looked comical how big he is in pads…

Was at the game last night, I kept saying as well how big TB’s goalie is.

One of the better, more exciting games I’ve seen in person. I knew a back-to-back, with the second coming against the Bolts, would be tough. I didn’t have real high expectations with Stalock in goal and when they went down 3-1 in the 1st I though it could be a real boring game, but they fought back every step of the way. I couldn’t believe when I looked up at the scoreboard in the 3rd and the Wild were out-shooting them.

Real fun game and a good 2-game stretch for the Wild.

Well, Wild fans how’s the KPS Salary Sucker Index doing today?

Let’s see. Suter had 3 points including 2A and 1G against Dallas. Oh, and the goal was the game winner. Of course, Dallas is a slacker team loaded with lightweight talent, so this is probably no big deal.

And that too-small-to-play-in-the-NHL guy Parise managed a paltry 1 G and 2 points, yes it was only the dagger goal to crush the Texass Team Rustlers hopes right at the end. But I swear I read his lips after that goal, he said, “That’s what you get for driving a stolen hockey team.” Surely that has to be worth something?

And let’s see. Pee Wee Parise nets another goal last night. Again, not much of an accomplishment against the Tampa Bay Little Sisters of the Poor who, really, couldn’t beat one of the better Squirts teams from Mexico’s B League, but still, at least he found a way to continue leading the Wild in points.

Other than that, it’s the usual Wild chant as the season continues to go to hell. Say it with me now Wild fans: We allllllll gonnnnaaaaa die…..

Grouse

The Wild came out in the first period and watched the Bolts play hockey for the first period just like the rest of the 18001 fans.
Poor Stalock looked like he was still doing pregame drills, he kept the Wild in that game or it would have been another blow out.It was quieter in the arena for the first two periods than a Sunday Mass.
Wild can play with any team for one game, their problem is they take portions of the game off.
They are a one game trick pony that would have Zero chance against the Bolts in a seven Game series.

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Agreed.

Put a marginal goalie on the team and you’d see how great this team really isn’t.

C’mon Minnesota sports fans. Let’s all do the Minnesota chant. A one and a two and a three…

Weeeeeeeeeeeee
allllllllllllllllllll
gonnaaaaaa
die!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grouse

Aren’t the Wild 4-2-2?? And you guys are calling them the worst team on ice? Maybe I don’t get how this works, but I think more wins than losses is good right? We really need a WTF smiley!

Reading through this thread the vast majority of criticism was based around the first 3 games and rightfully so… The team started each game slow and lethargic and the powerplay was an absolute mess, both valid points…The team has finally started catching upto the level of play that Dubs was playing at from the start and that has resulted in a winning streak…

If you can’t see that the team playing now looks 100% better than the team that started the season (when we complained) then you need to re-watch those early games…

bottom line, the team looks to be back on track, so lets enjoy it….

sticker wrote:

Aren’t the Wild 4-2-2?? And you guys are calling them the worst team on ice? Maybe I don’t get how this works, but I think more wins than losses is good right? We really need a WTF smiley!

No, no, no. You really DON’T get it.

You’re describing how it works with NORMAL hockey fans, in NORMAL markets.

This would be a lot easier if I had a white board to draw, but just for you Sticker, here’s how it works:

To the Typical Minnesota Sports Fan (TMSF), unless you have a straight-up, 100% guaranteed-to-win-the-whole-enchilada team, then winning is NOT good enough if you’re not absolutely good enough to win enough to win the whole deal.

See? It all makes sense, logically-like.

Or to put it another way: We all gonna die!!!!!

Grouse

JoeMX1825 wrote:

If you can’t see that the team playing now looks 100% better than the team that started the season (when we complained) then you need to re-watch those early games…

bottom line, the team looks to be back on track, so lets enjoy it….

I couldn’t agree more. Let’s look ahead. We have 2 more home games this week before going on a 7, yes, 7 game road trip in 12 days, 2 back-to-backs. That will be the real test this early in the season. Those first 3 BAD games will be overlooked by me if the Wild can come out of that trip above .500

I do agree on some of the bickering too. Mainly the point that they really haven’t played a full 3 periods. I’m hoping that they can get themselves together and come out of this road trip in the top half of the division!

IceNEyes1986 wrote:

We have 2 more home games this week before going on a 7, yes, 7 game road trip in 12 days, 2 back-to-backs.

How on Earth does this scheduling seem to always happen to the Wild? They have already had 2 back to backs, both with travel in between and the opposing team sitting idle the night before. Jets have had a 5 or 6 game home stand now we go on the road for 7 games in 12 nights?
We have had long stretches of no games, 4 days this week. Really strange scheduling for sure.

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

To the Typical Minnesota Sports Fan (TMSF), unless you have a straight-up, 100% guaranteed-to-win-the-whole-enchilada team, then winning is NOT good enough if you’re not absolutely good enough to win enough to win the whole deal.

Does TMSF use the same all mighty insights to coach RAH Rah and his boys?

Bottom line is we are 8 games into an 82 game season and the sky is already falling. Just don’t look up for a while chicken little(AKA JH)

sticker wrote:

Bottom line is we are 8 games into an 82 game season and the sky is already falling. Just don’t look up for a while chicken little(AKA JH)

The issue is not the 82 game season. when the seasons are over
It’s the first round flops year after year.

jeff_huberty wrote:

Wild can play with any team for one game,

The regular season and just getting to the playoffs is more than enough for all you casual hockey fans who can’t seem to understand that’s how really good teams, fans and franchises measure greatness over the decades, with dare I say epic first round performances and exits. Someone should right a book about Minnesota fans love and defense of mediocrity as not only being acceptable, but also it’s virtues and moral victories. Row row row the boat towards the shore of educated, tranquil tepidity.

basseyes wrote:

Someone should right a book about Minnesota fans love and defense of mediocrity as not only being acceptable, but also it’s virtues and moral victories.

I don’t get how you make the jump between saying that winning and making the playoffs is good with a “defense of mediocrity”?

have never heard a Wild fan say that losing in any round of the playoffs was just fine, the goal was just getting there, moral victory etc.

So it’s better to go into epic fail mode and be a cellar dweller team for years and years UNTIL you finally have that 100% guaranteed to win it all team, and then fine, ok, let’s make the playoffs now and then it’s a sure thing? I’m not sure how a team is supposed to pull that off, to win in the playoffs you have to make the playoffs and then if you don’t win it all, then nothing was accomplished?

So you’re saying that since there’s absolutely no way in your judgment that the Wild can win a second-round playoff series, they should just tank the rest of the season?

Grouse

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

So it’s better to go into epic fail mode and be a cellar dweller team for years and years UNTIL you finally have that 100% guaranteed to win it all team, and then fine, ok, let’s make the playoffs now and then it’s a sure thing? I’m not sure how a team is supposed to pull that off, to win in the playoffs you have to make the playoffs and then if you don’t win it all, then nothing was accomplished?

There are windows for teams to make the playoffs and be competitive with a reasonable opportunity to advance to and win the Stanley Cup.
Those windows are squeezed by Age by Salary Cap and draft choices.
If you can not move new talent from your Minor leagues to the NHL
then continue to rely on players who have been unsuccessful, the results will remain the same.
Unfortunately,Fletcher did not draft or develop enough players who could help this team improve. So he follows that up with trading high draft choices for short term 3rd and 4th line rental players.
The end result is the Window for this team to compete for a championship is nearly closed, their minor league Iowa team does not have NHL ready talent.
Kunin? yes, but who else is there?
That chance to even make the playoffs is also closing.
Might as well start now and get what talent or draft choices you can before the playoffs start.
Let Fenton build his own team and hope they move the talent level forward not backwards.

Not saying they should tank, but it’s glaringly obvious this team has no playoff grit.

Slumps.

Taking to many periods off.

Riding their goalies.

It’s basically the same group, with lukewarm results. Role players are shuffled around and same results with this nucleus.

Injuries happen to every team.

Bad puck luck happens to every team.

Past history is totally indicative of future results with this group.

The cupboards are pretty bare.

This fun ride of one and done’s is just about over, cause the pantry, freezer and cellar are empty. Once the contracts expire or are more tradable, there’s going to be some lean years. And we took a chance on some very mediocre players. Now it’ll take them way longer to get any forward motion because the wagon was hitched to too many rentals to gel with a marginal group of “stars”.

Not saying to tank it and all is lost but it’s time to sit and let the vets rest more, with less minutes and see what the rest of the team has for talent and give them more opportunities, experience and ice time, so if they get to the playoffs we aren’t hoping something drastically changes with this teams core that tends to be barely competitive in the first rounds.

Fact and history is this team doesn’t do well with playoff pressure, do you really see that changing, especially with the age and injuries to the so called “megastars” on this team? Sorry, but I don’t and have been watching Minnesota pro hockey since the north stars didn’t have to wear helmets.

The hit to Stahl in the face last year sums up my feelings about this team, that was bs and there was absolutely nobody that had any push back to that. Not saying they should of retaliated, but they curled up in the fetal position and quit. Head cases, they all know it and there’s something completely mentally off with this group.

basseyes wrote:

Someone should right a book about Minnesota fans love and defense of mediocrity as not only being acceptable, but also it’s virtues and moral victories. Row row row the boat towards the shore of educated, tranquil tepidity.

Someone should write a book about those who know better than the GMs about what they’re doing wrong.

What the hell is wrong with just watching hockey and cheering for the home team? Why does every move or lack there of have to be about championships? Why do I have to be mocked for living in the present? Can’t a guy just reminisce about the last game and look forward to the next one without being mocked for drinking the cool Aid?

I agree. Lots of Monday-morning GM’s on this website for all MN sports. I’m guilty of it too, I think every one of us at one point makes comments like that. But damn I agree, why not just live through what we’re living through right now? The Wild had a bad start i.e. what THREE games? I think beating Dallas on the road, flying home and beating a good team like the Bolts with our backup goalie not giving up was a very good thing, and that was only two games. After a not-that-great start I think they’ve been playing fairly well and we’ve got about 74 games to go. I would absolutely love to see the Wild advance beyond round 1. But at this point in October, all I can do is enjoy what I’ve got.

biggill wrote:

What the hell is wrong with just watching hockey and cheering for the home team? Why does every move or lack there of have to be about championships? Why do I have to be mocked for living in the present? Can’t a guy just reminisce about the last game and look forward to the next one without being mocked for drinking the cool Aid?

The owner has clearly stated that winning the Stanley Cup is the objective.
The overall recent history of this team clearly shows there is a talent/performance/chemistry deficit. It was only 5-6 months ago when the same group of players fell flat on their faces for the 5th year in a row.

Does the team have to blown up? NO.
Does this team need to be shaken up? YES

I’m in the same time period of Basseyes, I have been watching hockey since the N-Stars played at the Old Met,the ST.Paul Saints at old auditorium, the Minnesota Moose at the civic center.

I have seen the same results over and over time and time again.
“My patience has worn thin, I admitt it”. I want my MTV!!!

I WANT MY STANLEY CUP!

You guys go get your cup. Just lay off the guys that just want to watch a hockey game.

You’re starting to sound like a bunch of whiny Vikings fans.

The Wild are horrible, tied for 4th in a terrible division and 5 teams in the entire NHL have more points than they do.
Wrap your head around that folks. Tied for 4th in the Division, yet only 5 teams have more points than them at the start of this week?
They have been playing better lately and certainly have been getting the benefit of great goaltending, but it takes a bit to get going each season.
I have high expectations for Greenway. I think he has all the makings of a monster in this league if he unleashes his fury. If he bulks up a bit he could be our version of Byfuglien. I don’t think he needs to get that big, but he needs to be much stronger on his skates. He does a good job shielding the puck with his long arms.

CaptainMusky wrote:

I have high expectations for Greenway. I think he has all the makings of a monster in this league if he unleashes his fury. If he bulks up a bit he could be our version of Byfuglien. I don’t think he needs to get that big, but he needs to be much stronger on his skates. He does a good job shielding the puck with his long arms.

I too, am looking forward to watching him grow this season. The first few games I kept saying he’s gotta use his body and get to the front of the net with the puck. The last two games I feel Greenway did a great job and doing that. There were a few times I think he should have scored when coming out from behind the net. He was getting position on the D during the Star’s game and driving to the net. With a little more size and stronger skates he could be our Byfuglien.

Kirill Kaprizov update – Through 20 KHL games this season he has 9 goals and 6 assists for the #1 team in the league…

With our salary cap situation as it is, he’ll be the biggest impact player we’ll be able to add without making major changes to our roster…sadly he’s still 1 1/2 years away…