Nope just feels like an overprotective parent who thinks everyone is a “hater” against their little johnny david

Joe you made it seem like it was impossible to match up since they were in Denver – explaining it like a child was to hopefully help you understand how they were able to keep the bottom pair away from Mackinnon

Not sure how we got here but I’m sensing some serious youth hockey parent energy when it comes to Jircek

^^^Can’t tell if that’s at me?? I thought I was agreeing with you

Or maybe it has something to do with both Mackinnon and Jiricek on ice for 1 (ONE) D-zone faceoff. Wild clearly matching up Faber and Middleton against Mackinnon, and Bednar just putting him out for every O-zone faceoff like usual

Nice name drop! and the ducks signed him 4 x $3m

Ok then I guess just keep vehemently defending him here to a bunch of dudes who also like him and want to see him succeed

And I wouldn’t say WD is exactly blasting or hating – just pointing out and explaining examples of why the kid needs to work on his footwork.

Again I’m not seeing all these Jiricek haters just waiting to cut the guy down. Maybe in Columbus but I’m not sure that city even knows they have an NHL team right now. Really never saw any hate from Wild fans, just hope and optimism – maybe some more cautious than others.

Tough for Jiricek to get embarrassed by Mackinnon when he played all of 2:18 against him. Middleton played 17:28 against him. Almost like there might be a reason for that.

jimmysiewert wrote:

I really, REALLY struggle when we cancel school all day – but we still have all practices and sporting event games/matches on this afternoon & tonight. Priorities??

Where is this?

For our district if the day is cancelled or early out due to weather then all activities are cancelled

So who’s that 3rd pair for the playoffs? I assumed Jiricek, and who’s on the left side then?

The clunky feet and skating was always in reference to his defense, so I think showing that highlight to prove your haters wrong is pretty funny. I’m a little out of the loop lately but not seeing all these Jiricek haters – where they at? Maybe I wanna get in on the told ya so fun too

I’d watch the Project Farm guy’s review if I was looking for another. Bought a few Golo brand (i think ??) based off his videos in the past – they’re cheap, I’m cheap so it’s good. Definitely not the best jump pack out there but have worked perfect every time I’ve needed them. Mine are stored cold as well but a couple minutes inside my shirt and it’s warmed up ready to go when needed

grizzly wrote:

We are down in south Texas about 10 miles from Mexico and 32 degrees here and car and deck is covered in ice. Crazy weather

Oh man I was on the beach in South Padre a couple weeks back and we had 40s, rain, and wind almost every day. Then last weekend north of the border with the -40 windchill. Can’t get away from it this year.

LOL showing that highlight as a ‘told ya so’ on his feet being good defending… nice. No one ever questioned his offense

So he’s replacing Bogo in the lineup then, right? Does Jiricek kill penalties? 3rd pair of Jiricek and Chisholm in the playoffs? Doubt that happens.

Thought Merrill had one of his best games in a Wild sweater yesterday – he might actually get claimed off waivers. The last thing this injury riddled team needs to do is give NHL players away. Depth on defense is a great problem to have heading into the back half of the season and playoffs. I say keep em all available.

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

I have what you kind of mentioned with the tape on my spud bar. 3 strips of 2″ wide black gorilla tape spaced 2″ apart gets you in the ballpark up to 12″

gim wrote:

I think some players should just take 10 days off instead and recover from nagging injuries.

Yeah 90% of the league is doing that. I think some players want this tournament more than the NHL does – not really a pr stunt. A pr stunt is the typical skills comp and allstar game

poomunk wrote:

My fear having another 6.5 around is mistaking it with the creedmoor ammo, especially when my son starts shooting that one. I have to imagine a prc round through the creedmoor rifle is probably not good for the shooters health.

Don’t think you could get the cartridge in the chamber, but yeah that would still suck being without ammo.

Growing up in shotgun territory, rifle cartridges are wild to me. Shotgun it’s ok do you want 12 or 20 – rifle you get about 5 gazillion options to choose from. There’s dozens of great cartridges in this “less than a .30-06 and more than a .243” category that will all do 95% the same thing. Yet there’s a billion articles and youtube videos comparing that 5% difference. Keep it simple, don’t over think, and understand there’s no “best”. 7-08 is great, as is 6.5 cm, and .270, and 6.5 prc, and .308, and .25-06 ai and so on and so forth. FWIW I’m completely guilty of over analyzing and I think I watched all 1 billion youtube videos before I bought my first rifle.

Tonight could get weird, not Wild.

For a team that’s limping along through injuries, their record doesn’t really show it. 6-3 in games after Christmas when they lost Kaprizov and then the top 3 D, including 3-2 against playoff teams. The ugly stretch was the 2 weeks before Christmas when they really weren’t that injured. Now they’re 7-3 in the last 10 games.

gim wrote:

Sheesh Bucky, feeling optimistic are we?

fishthumper wrote:

I like how everyone is talking about the Vikings next game and even beyond that, like tonight game is a given

Set the hook, Bucky. You got em

JoeMX1825 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>tswoboda wrote:</div>
Big drop off from the 3rd to the 4th line this year

Sadly, it’s not that big of a drop if factoring in TOI between the two lines…

If all you want to do is look at their point totals then OK sure have fun with that

There’s a massive difference between the Foligno/Trenin 3rd line and whoever has been playing on the 4th line. Foligno/Trenin pair are relied on against the other team’s best and haven’t given up anything all year. Wild have a shut down physical line the coach can trust for the first time in 3 years and the results are showing.

Not sure how to complain after they get 2 points against SJS and keeping it close against VGK without their top 3 defenseman. They can’t break a puck out or have a clean neutral zone to save their lives right now. And they’ll continue to struggle until they get a couple of those guys back. Just lots and lots of defending their own zone, which they’re doing well considering, and blocking shots and relying on their goalie.

With AHL players sometimes nothing is better than something. Those two have been scored on 6 times (5v5) in 25 games, not anything to celebrate but not losing them games either. For AHL players I’ll take it – no they won’t do anything to help win a game but just hope they can play 10 minutes without losing the game. I think the less we hear their names the better. There’s been like 6 other forwards to get games, so not sure which one you liked better but hopefully none of them are needed soon.

Yes Lauko brings energy and speed and can fight and kill penalties, just like Duhaime and Dewar did. But like WD said that “something” can come at a cost. For reference Lauko’s been scored on 10 times (5v5) in the same amount of games as Jones and Shore.

Big drop off from the 3rd to the 4th line this year – no surprise the team with $15m dead cap doesn’t have any depth.

Yeah delayed penalty is the defensive offsides of hockey… free play. Used to still get the powerplay even if you scored in the NCAA, I like that rule. Blowing the whistle on a touch or possession or whatever has always been a gray area and likely always will be. And there will always be blatant missed calls too.

Officials suck in every sport at every level. Pro sports officials are also the best in the world at what they do, but they’re still going to make mistakes. No sense in dwelling on it. Never see winners crying about refs.

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

Had the battery been “stone dead” there’s no way a handwarmer would have brought it back enough to start the sled using e-start. So it wasn’t “stone dead” in the first place. And rarely is a battery actually stone dead if the sled has been running that day which will likely be the case if you need an emergency pull rope.

Hmmm maybe that’s why I said I don’t think it was even a battery thing. I’m not saying you can never clutch start an ACE, in rare circumstances it might work. What I’m saying is there was zero percent chance of it working when OP said his starter “wasn’t even clicking” and the battery was “stone dead”. That engine is 100% not starting if the fuel pump and ECU aren’t activated

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

So a 3 second search produced this video of the pull rope starting an Ski Doo 800 e-tec.

Big difference there is Etec’s are 2s and Ace are 4s – ACE engines don’t even come with a traditional pull start, and no option to add it on. Some Etec’s don’t come with electric start and are pull start only.

Emergency pull rope will do nothing if the battery is stone dead like that – still need the battery to run the ECU and fuel pump. Lithium jump pack rides in the dash compartment always, and that’s about all you can do.

BrianF wrote:

Figuring the battery was simply too cold, I removed the chemical hand warmer from my mitten and placed it on the side of the battery near the terminals. A minute later, the sled started as if there was no problem at all. We’re all a bit surprised and felt quite lucky this little trick actually worked so well. We made it back without incident and a new sled battery got ordered this morning.

Sounds more like a frozen relay or some other electrical gremlin than the battery itself. Batteries don’t go from no juice to no problem.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

we need to break this losing streak to the top Central teams tonight!

JoeMX1825 wrote:

The Wild now need to break the huge 0 for streak against the Avs, Stars and Jets…if anything just to close the narrative…

big_g wrote:

Enjoying alcohol takes some common sense and wit. Some cannot handle it and go too far. I enjoy a nice smooth buzz…

Oh sorry, I read that as those who don’t enjoy alcohol don’t have common sense and wit and can’t handle it. Silly me to think it could be they just simply don’t enjoy it

big_g wrote:

Enjoying alcohol takes some common sense and wit. Some cannot handle it and go too far. I enjoy a nice smooth buzz…

And some just don’t want to

JoeMX1825 wrote:

If so, that automatically disqualifies you from commenting further…

good lord