MN Wild 2019-2020 Official Thread

Wild put up 7 on Dallas?? Who are those guys??

Love that it was against Dallas!!

Well, that’s what happens when you get caught driving a stolen hockey team.

Total end to end domination from the Wild. Just a terrific game on both ends, Staylock was just fun to watch all game.

Jamie Benn is a total asshat and the Wild made him look like a complete chump the whole game. He was chirping at Greenway from the opening faceoff like he’s some kind of superstar, he needs to quit running his mouth and work on his game a little. What a terrific whiff he had, did you guys see that one? He almost put himself in traction with that miss. Nice slapper, Benn, shame about the puck, eh?. Then Soucy scored over the top of him. After that he just folded up his tent, he was invisible the rest of the game.

Dallas was just a hot mess on ice last night, clearly, they had showed up to collect an easy win on their way to yet another early playoff exit. This team is a collection of bad attitudes and slackers.

Staylock was having almost too much fun back there in goal.

Grouse

Can we please keep riding the hot hand in goal with Stalock. I do not think Dubs is quite right in the head after he took a leave to deal with the health issues with is wife.

I wish nothing but the best for Dubnyk and his wife and don’t wish that on anyone. However, I think this team plays differently with Stalock in net. More confidence in him and the D jump up in the offensive zone more which is a huge boost for our offense.

Totally agree about Stalock and I like Dubs but not like he was playing great last year either.

Heartbreaker last night. I was watching the score on the NHL app the last few minutes. Got withing 10 seconds left and put the phone down to urine before getting into bed thinking worst case scenario wild get 1 point. After the pee I went to plug the phone in and saw the final score.

If they lose wednesday to the worst team in the league, BillyG will start putting players out on the front lawn of the Excel Energy Center with a “Everything 1/2 off” sign…

hop307 wrote:

Can we please keep riding the hot hand in goal with Stalock. I do not think Dubs is quite right in the head after he took a leave to deal with the health issues with is wife.
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Well the hot hand wasn’t too hot last night. That goal with 4 mins left was a must stop and he didn’t stop it. Soft goal, he got burned at the wrong time 5 is a lot of goals to let in in one game.

Problem with comparing Doobs to Staylock is sample size. Staylock looks good one game, then he gets lit up like a Christmas tree for 5 goals…

Grouse

I just wish Stalock would play the puck less. That 4th goal was ridiculous and one that Dubnyk is usually good for seemingly every game. What a gut punch.
The team does have some resiliency though fought back each time after going down a goal. They dont go away easily. The Panthers are a VERY talented team and Soucy/Pateryn did NOT look good last night defensively. 1 more game and then a long layoff. That could be good or it could be bad.

I don’t think a long lay off for the Wild right now is a good thing. They are playing pretty well right now in comparison to the rest of their season. That fourth goal was a bad goal for Stalock last night. Other than that we probably leave the building with a win against a top offensive team in the league.

I too wish Stalock would stay put in the net at times and not play the puck quite as much and I think he’s working on it as it dosen’t seem he does it as much as he has in the past. But then again you don’t want him to change his game to much. I think the team as a whole plays better when he’s in net.

They way things are lining up right now it’s going to be a battle for the Wild to make the playoffs and I’m betting they miss again this year. Waiting to see what Billy G. does with this team will be interesting and how long does he wait.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

If they lose wednesday to the worst team in the league, BillyG will start putting players out on the front lawn of the Excel Energy Center with a “Everything 1/2 off” sign…

BB’s time may be up, I am not calling him out as a bad coach it’s just that this team is so consistently inconsistent. Far to many streaks and not enough progress
Changes seem likely.

jeff_huberty wrote:

BB’s time may be up, I am not calling him out as a bad coach it’s just that this team is so consistently inconsistent. Far to many streaks and not enough progress

Not going to happen. Gurin better have enough experience and smarts to know that if a team can’t win with Bruce behind the bench, then it ain’t the guy behind the bench that’s the problem. The “worst” thing that can be said about Boudreau is his teams can’t get past the conference finals. Well… so you’re criticizing a guy who has consistently gotten teams to the point where they are 1 of 4 teams left playing… That’s praising him with faint damnation.

There are coaches out there with VASTLY more talented rosters that are underachieving far worse than Bruce and the Wild with the roster of basically generic players and bad draft miscues that past GMs have stranded us with.

It also leaves out there the question of OK, who else are you going to get? I guess Mike Yeo might consider another head coaching gig… Or speaking of coaches who can’t get a REALLY talented team even as far as the conf finals, Peter Laviolette isn’t really doing much right now…

The #1 problem with the Wild has been the guy sitting behind the GM desk. You fire Burce, you improve this team not one iota. The problem is bad trades stripping us of draft picks, bad draft picks with the few we’ve had left, and sideways trades causing distraction and line disruptions.

Lastly, before we fire coaches what, exactly is the Gurin strategy for which we’re shopping for a coach to execute on? Is it developing younger on-roster players? Fire sale rebuilding? Get more with same? What are we trying to do here?

Grouse

Glad I gave up watching the Wild a few years ago I don’t have to give a poop. BTW not that anyone cares I quit watching cause Dubnyk sucks.

JEREMY wrote:

Glad I gave up watching the Wild a few years ago I don’t have to give a poop. BTW not that anyone cares I quit watching cause Dubnyk sucks.

We’re happy for ya.

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TheFamousGrouse wrote:

Lastly, before we fire coaches what, exactly is the Gurin strategy for which we’re shopping for a coach to execute on? Is it developing younger on-roster players? Fire sale rebuilding? Get more with same? What are we trying to do here?

Maybe recycling washed up coaches? That seems like a good route.

biggill wrote:

We’re happy for ya.

Didn’t know you spoke for everyone but thanks I appreciate you being happy for me. That’s very nice of you.

biggill wrote:

Maybe recycling washed up coaches? That seems like a good route.

So which young, inexperienced, unproven up-and-comer would you hire?

Do you think that Yeo would have turned things around if he’d just have been given 3 more years of on-the-job training? Didn’t seem to work out that way when he was handed the helm of the Blues and then took the team all the way to the bottom before getting fired.

Grouse

JEREMY wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>biggill wrote:</div>
We’re happy for ya.

Didn’t know you spoke for everyone but thanks I appreciate you being happy for me. That’s very nice of you.

I allowed him to speak for me too so that technically makes it a “we”.
You dont give a crap yet took 25 seconds out of your day to comment. Says volumes.

Actually I really like the Wild but I was bored at work and everyone gets their undies balled up so easy seemed like an easy way to get a laugh and pass some time. Thank You. Now four more hours. Ugh

I totally agree with you grouse. Hiring another Yeo isn’t any better route.

The conversation 4 years ago was which washed up big name coach we could land. Hitchcock was at the top of the list. Where is he now?

I was just mocking that discussion, not you.

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

ot going to happen. Gurin better have enough experience and smarts to know that if a team can’t win with Bruce behind the bench, then it ain’t the guy behind the bench that’s the problem. The “worst” thing that can be said about Boudreau is his teams can’t get past the conference finals. Well… so you’re criticizing a guy who has consistently gotten teams to the point where they are 1 of 4 teams left playing… That’s praising him with faint damnation.

Food for thought:
As For Guerins former Organization;
Michael Therion gone after going to Stanley cup Finals
Dan Bylsma gone after winning the Stanley Cup

As for other organizations;

Barry Trotz (yes he left) they did not want him back!
Scotty Bowman
Mike Babcock
Joe Quenville
Daryl Sutter

There is no Loyalty to past performance when it comes to NHL Hockey Coaches
So yes Coach BB is not in Guerins long term plan.

Russo doesn’t seem to think B.B. will continue to be the coach.

lindyrig79 wrote:

Russo doesn’t seem to think B.B. will continue to be the coach.

Yeah, he realizes just like BB does that any new GM wants to find their guy along with BB understanding that is the case.
I really hope BB continues on for a while. He isnt the problem and there is no no brainer available coach out there.

Multiple sources say Pens absolutely crapping themselves trying to do a deal for Zucker. No Pens player mentioned as target of Wild interest. Wild asking for multiple draft picks across several years?

Grouse

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

Multiple sources say Pens absolutely crapping themselves trying to do a deal for Zucker. No Pens player mentioned as target of Wild interest. Wild asking for multiple draft picks across several years?

Grouse

Draft picks aren’t the best thing from the Penguins because with Crosby and Malkin they will always be late in the round picks, I would rather poach their known prospects and eliminate the guesswork of drafting.

All you have to look at with this club is the lack of any kind of consistency since Parise and Suter got here. Now, I’m not saying it’s their fault, but it doesn’t matter who was behind the bench, each year they look like the best team in the league for a couple weeks then they look like the worst for three weeks.

Until this core is gone, it ain’t changing.

wow, what a fall the mighty Redwings have taken…that was the worst NHL hockey team I’ve ever seen in my life last night…

The next few weeks should get interesting…what will this team look like when the dust settles?

Typically long rests are the death of this team. We will see what happens this time. Won 3 of last 4, but that one loss was devastating. They will have 11 days to get their heads reset. 5 pts back, should have been 3, that is how damaging that one game was. They would be 4th in the Central and games in hand over the two teams closest below them.
They still will benefit from a home heavy schedule once back so that should hopefully help.
It seems as though Guerin is content at least keeping Boudreau through the season and assess the coaching situation after the conclusion of the season which I think is good. I really like Boudreau, but this roster needs some changes and we will have to lose some good players to actually get better.
If the team takes off I honestly dont see Guerin as a buyer, but we all know changes are going to have to happen before next year so I think he is going to move someone like Zucker and then that will allow them to not scratch guys like Donato and better flexibility to maybe give Mayhew a longer look to see if he is just an AHL superstar or can play at the NHL level. He has already beaten his scoring record from last year. He deserves a shot.