Seems to be a lot of confusion and conflicting info here. Would love more information on this bill.

I read it as restricting atv/motorized vehicles use to only designated atv trails. Right now there’s a pile of “use trails” on state forest land that aren’t officially atv trails and would be shut down by this bill. I might be completely off, that’s just my initial interpretation – I’d love to hear from someone who better understands this.

The current law is atv’s can only be used during rifle season from 11-2 and before/after shooting hours, right? That’s current, not part of the bill – right?

Probably smashed Torts over the head with his stick, happens all the time

No doubt. York got benched half way through the 1st of Torts’ last game and never played another shift. Then last night with the new coach he sat on the bench fully dressed and never played.

Yeah entries have been brutal all year, that’s the one thing Jojo is actually good at. I guess my point is having that extra forward is what put an extra guy net-front and also had the extra faceoff guy out there. Completely agree Boldy or Zuccy running point is a risk – but previous games they didn’t score on big PP opportunities and they lost anyway. So might as well be aggressive and take chances when they’re down or tied and need a goal. Add the D back in when protecting a lead.

Door is definitely wide open for Zeev if the cards fall right. Hell I wouldn’t mind if they went 7d/11f to shelter him and only play him at the right times. I haven’t seen the 4th line play in about a week anyway

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

Well the whole league has a golden opportunity. Torts is back on the head coach market after the Flyers fire his @ss with 9 games left..

Or owners, double your fun and make Torts your next GM. Act now.

Ha I hope he gets hired soon… anywhere but MN. And preferably in the Central. Top notch entertainment!

So I guess you’re saying having Freddy on PP1 was the difference maker? He’s not out there unless it’s 5 forwards

Surprised there’s not more chatter about the all forwards powerplay they used last night. Went 1-1, which is kind of a big deal in a 1 goal game. This game wasn’t much different than the last two games, except they won the special teams battle

For this team I think a 5 forward PP1 makes sense. No natural PP1 D on the roster:
Spurgeon – fine on PP2 but always drags down the top unit
Faber – plenty of chances but not getting better
Brodin – nope
Middleton/Merrill/Bogo – lol
Chisholm – maybe?? but probably not playing in the playoffs, so why put him there now

I say go 5 forwards if it’s tied or down a goal, and throw Faber out with them if they’re winning and it’s 2nd or 3rd period. I mean throwing Freddy hockey on PP1 isn’t exactly a gamebreaker but once Kirill and Ek come back it allows them to add Rossi (all around) or Hartman (net-front and right hand one timers) or Jojo (say what you want, but his PP entries are head and shoulders above anyone else) to the top unit

I went to bed at the end of the 2nd… this is depressing

basseyes wrote:

Classy by Ovi getting the whole team on the ice for Fleury. That was wicked cool.

He’s setting the standard for his farewell tour next year

Ryan Suter did the same thing with the Wild during the bubble season, but I forget who it was for. Maybe Marleau?

What a goal to end the period. The waterbug forcheck, the pass, the finish. Beautiful

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>JoeMX1825 wrote:</div>
Boldy needs to wait for Brazeau to engage his net front presence skills before attempting to pass to him on a 2 on 1…

Better yet take the damn shot and not hope that stuff does anything.

Yeah gotta know who you’re out there with. It’s like beer league, just can’t pass to some guys

5 forward PP I love it

Michigan St got upset today so Stramel would be able to sign now. Could use some bottom 6 help right now but idk if hes an upgrade. I hope he stays another year and signs after next season

Anyone watching the “OviCast” ha it’s full time iso cam on ovechkin, even when he’s on the bench

What you posted just has a completely different meaning that what was actually said, that’s all. It’s common theme, happens almost daily. Didn’t mean to get you all up in your feels

BU potted 5 in the 3rd period to make it an 8-3 blowout

Is there a difference between “they don’t look like they’re on the ice for the first time today” and “there’s no chance this was the first time these guys have been on the ice”? Because one of those things is what Russo actually said. He also said there were times Kaprizov was grimacing and holding his side and definitely didn’t look 100%. It’s like you listened to a completely different podcast

FFS Joe I’m sure they’ve both been out there every day just beating each other over the head with sticks non-stop since no cameras are around

Ha with his history against the Wild there’s probably a chance he ties it tonight.

Frozen four opening game is on now and got wild at the end of the 2nd period. 3 goals in a minute, Ohio St missed a buzzer beater by like two tenths of a second, and now tied going into the 3rd.

Ha but then we’d miss out on Joe mocking his own hot takes

Oh yeah, the buyout comes this summer. I think he’s been the most used center in all situations since the sussy. 5v5, PP, PK, end of game – he’s taking every big faceoff right now. …But they’re buying him out or paying to trade him this summer

No idea. You tell me

JoeMX1825 wrote:

…The only thing saving him this season is his NMC…GMBG could also go the waivers route and see if somebody picks him up (unlikely) or they could try to come up with an agreement to mutually terminate his contract like the Blues did with Saad and he becomes a UFA and signs a cheap pro-rated 1 year deal with a contender (that would be best case scenario)

JoeMX1825 wrote:

pointless arguing it any further, you see what you see, I see what I see… all good…

Agreed. Almost like there might be some bias there.

At least they haven’t mutually terminated his contract yet

JoeMX1825 wrote:

so he must have been trying to kick the puck then?

Exactly.

And no idea how you see Hartman kick twice ??

https://x.com/nhl_goal_bot/status/1904716330609090589

It was a puck battle with the puck in between McNabb’s feet.

I think it’s pretty well proven beyond any reasonable doubt that Hartman isn’t getting away with any “sly” or sneaky dirty plays anymore. When Bettman is going against The DoPS, you know they’re going to suspend or fine him any chance they get… DoPS absolutely loves taking his money.

Russo just read my post and confirmed on twitter, no discipline coming for Hartman… not a slew foot

CaptainMusky wrote:

Apparently Harman slew footed a dude on the JoJo goal. I missed it until the replay. No chance the league misses this. He will be out a long time this time. If they consider it a slew foot. Watching it on my PC now vs my phone it looks more like he just outmuscled him vs a slew foot, but when a guy falls backwards its never a good look.

There was a funny replay on the broadcast of Hartman jawing with the Vegas bench and pointing at the jumbotron, and you could clearly read his lips say “WATCH IT” over and over. I don’t think it was a slew foot, it was a puck battle that started with the puck in McNabb’s feet. And no one would be talking about it if Cassidy didn’t whine to the media about it. He knows they might see the Wild first round and if he could get a sussy on Hartman right now, why not.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

Somewhere a chimpanzee is starting to get an urge for some Taco Bell.

Was fun for a couple minutes, but then right back to getting cooked

lindyrig79 wrote:

Be nice to see A goal. FFS.

Does this game fall into the cooked category so far? I would say yeah, boring af to watch again too

Fanduel feed all good on the ESPN app

I’m not going to do it for random players on other teams, just did it for the Wild’s top 5 scores this year. Agree it’s going to be similar across most players – most players naturally produce less against good teams than against bad teams… duh, right. But Boldy & Rossi are by far the most guilty of beating up on the bad teams. Kaprizov and Zuccy not as bad, interesting part is Kirill’s goals are better against playoff teams, but assists are way down… and it’s the exact opposite for Zuccy. And 5th in points on the team is… Freddy lol not much to look at there.

Since the currently Wild players famously don’t have much playoff experience to look at, I was trying to do something similar to looking at regular season stats vs playoffs. Same thing typically happens there where stars generally produce less in the playoffs. But you look at McDavid, Draisaitl, Mackinnon, Rantanen, Makar in recent years and they all consistently produce at the same rate or even more during the playoffs. Compare that to the Toronto fab 5 whose production goes right in the tank every season once playoffs start.

Boldy is actually significantly worse than Rossi in the same breakdown

35 games against playoff teams: 9g-11a-20 points
36 games against non-playoff teams: 14g-26a-40 points

35 games against playoff teams: 7g-13a-20 points
36 games against non-playoff teams: 15g-19a-34 points
Not sure how this trend goes for every Wild player, likely somewhat similar but it’s pretty glaring with Rossi. He had that same reputation pre-draft in the OHL

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

30 goal guy like Rossi

That a hell of a rounding job… he has 22 goals this year, 21 last year.

Go get Elias Pettersson