we can joke with each other and disagree on things, but this reply is just uncalled for imo…
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So are most of yours.

CaptainMusky wrote:

I guess besides wormdunker I’m failing to see who is really blasting his skating. At the time of the trade that was talking from pundits but I haven’t seen or heard much lately. I think you are being the old man who yells at clouds.

Read again. Try using two eyes and put the bottle down or bong

Will you find the video in the D zone of the penalty he took vs Nashville? I think Nashville scored like 8 seconds into that PP. He got walked in the d zone corner, I didn’t grab the video when it happened and flaunt it here because I thought anyone with half a brain would see that and realize that was a moment his footwork issues were evident. He struggled there. You just provided a highlight of what everyone knew was/is his strength pre trade; Offense, where he dictates where he is going and does not need to react.

The knock pre trade was d zone foot work, big man, tight space, tracking quick direction changes, reactions to all that. I like him, I like his upside. I do think he is a little rough in the d zone as was reported, but he is not nearly as rough as I thought he would be and has improved with ice time he has been given. AN has already worked to improve his skating. The future is so bright for Wild d. I cant think of another d corp that has transformed more in a short period and has potential to be elite than the wild, its exciting.

Ripjiggen wrote:

Wrapped it in cling wrap then duct taped it. Now thinking pool noodle and ship it. It’s close to snapping in half would like to keep it intact and see if I can get a still shot of it getting slashed. They gave away two sticks at the end and he got one. Actually pretty cool Avs fan said he could take his seat along the tunnel. So thank you to that guy.

Team was pretty jacked up heading up the tunnel after the game. They were chirping a bit.

Dad is now checking flights to Utah.

find a local hockey shop and pay them to ship it, then when home take it to Integral hockey and get it repaired.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>gim wrote:</div>
With the opponent being the defending western conference champs at mostly full strength, who have won 7 of 8, on national TV, this has the potential to get out of hand quickly. And everyone will see it too. Buckle up

another good game to evaluate Jiricek’s skating ability… I think it’s been over blown sofar…

He has overactive feet when transitioning, what takes a great skater 1-3 strides to accomplish, he needs 4-5. It looks frantic vs smooth. Specifically referring to change of directions and/transitioning back to front vice versa. Its very noticeable if you compare his mechanics to Brock, Spurgeon or Brodin, not so much with the wild d-core he has played with. He also seems to spend more time on the ice, off his feet. But overall he has worked hard and has NOT been why our d core has struggled.

Marat is being throttled back. He is also doing everything he can to not make mistakes. He is passing too much. Someday the cuffs will be taken off.

Not going to argue the 4th line guys lack of productivity but i also dont think it can be overlooked how little they have hurt the team. Last night they were exposed because we dont have any puck moving d out there with them. Pucks got reversed on the way out of the zone or the breakout pass never occurred leaving them in a vulnerable spot. Bogo had particular issues with the puck and Middleton and Chisolm struggled too. I think they were trying to do too much to make up for the missing starters. Back to the 4th line, I would much rather have their safe low offensive production than a Duhaime. The Wilds biggest issue when the Duweys were here was odd man strength situations, a lot of them!

Duhaime avg’d 64 games 12 points and 77 pims, he is still on a similar path with Wash. Dewar avg’d 57 game 19 pints and 33 pims. Shaw 30 gms 3 pts and 30 pims. Lets remember some names: Petan, Luchini, Beckman, Khaira, Walker, Raska.

2025
Devin Shore has one point, 3 PIMS over 24 games.
Jones 0 points 10 PIMS in 25 games
Marat 41 gms 4 points and 12PIMs.

Gonna stop regurgitating stats but Lauko and Trennin aren’t near the damaging numbers that dewys/beckman/sahw were.

Given the $15 mil cap issue, i think the 4th line is doing what is needed of them given their limited capabilities on ice. They arent getting the Wild into trouble. The record speaks it.

speculation is not allowed on this thread.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

oh man, I might need to take another look at the 2026 WJC ticket packages even with those ridiculous prices…

2026 Group of Death announced with USA, Canada and Sweden all together!

Better yet you may want to apply for GM and Coach.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

omg, you guys are a bunch a nancys…. lol

Ignorance is bliss. Apparently.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>wormdunker wrote:</div>
Steve “Killer’ Miller (Gopher Coach) made the call to put Zeev and Hutson together end of 1st. He literally won the game with that decision.

wouldn’t exactly be thinking outside the box to combine your 2 best offensive D-men when you’re down by 2 goals with 2 periods left, but I get it…

There is a huge risk reducing the effectiveness of the other two pairs, they were all young players. Thinking it is an easy decision, is easy the day after, from a keyboard. Carle didn’t think of it. Listen to his post game. Gave all credit to Killer. The first flip was last shift of first period. different game after that.

gim wrote:

Good info wormdunker, well played. I agree with the post.

What cannot be overlooked is that there are 9 players from the State of Hockey on this roster coming home with a gold medal. And an assistant coach.

Steve “Killer’ Miller (Gopher Coach) made the call to put Zeev and Hutson together end of 1st. He literally won the game with that decision. Go look for footage of the USA 2nd goal. The d men on the bench turned and shoved killer celebrating, their real time reaction acknowledged that he made that call. Then Carle confirmed post game Killer saved the game. Bottom line it is a team game. Everyone contributed.

gim wrote:

The two Boston schools have generally been national powers for many years, but the star quality they’ve kicked out (and recently have) seems high end for sure. I don’t see BU winning a natty this year, but BC certainly could. They easily could have won last year too, but ran into a hot Denver team coached by yours truly, David Carle.

every year there are young players and old (second and sometimes third year) players on the team. This years crop of second year players were eastern based. last year they were all young and played lesser rolls. last years roster was carried by stronger, older western players with a mix of eastern. Opposite if this year. It is cyclical. I could go deeper but college teams are often based on rolls promised at commitment. Eiserman committed to U of M buy had a family issue that made him change. don’t think that he was going to be handed high minutes based on our current roster either. With 9 Minnesota’s in the support roster, expect it to flip next year. Ps Nelson and Ziemer were outstanding, may be contributed more than Leonard did last year. both will be back along with 7-8 more Minnesotans next year. In a one and done scenario a coach will ride his old guys every time, especially given they have all been teammates forever.

PS Buium is from CA, Augustine from MI,

Wake up earlier. Don’t crowd people. Fishing is as much about getting away from people as it is catching fish.

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>lindyrig79 wrote:</div>
Huh?
Can’t tell if you are being an azz or not. So I’ll bite my lip.

I think he was more or less making a joke of how gopher hockey fans would leave the game early to beat the traffic not all that long ago.

Prioritize hockey over all else…. what’s the harm of losing a little sleep when you have a potential cup winning season on-going. Also traffic beaters bug me, was insinuating going to bed early is similar. All about Priorities…. a few minutes in traffic to acknowledge a good effort or needing an extra cup of coffee the next day, its worth it….

lindyrig79 wrote:

Wish I would have seen it. Just got too late for me.

I bet you beat the traffic too.

the tech they are building into the 40 is pretty special though, game changer.

Why are you blaming Cabelas for being a smart retailer. They have likely expired their ability to make Vexilar buy back all the gods they purchased last year and are sitting on a surplus. Ice fishing retail is risky business due to seasonality. Last year we had no ice. Flashers and other big ticket items did not sell through. Thus everyone has a ton of old inventory. Vexilar also had amassed a ton of inventory thus all the clearance sales at their factory store and retailers. Given they are already offering a $150 rebate on that 38, does that tell you anything? A. they have a large margin on it to begin with if they can give $150 off the top, B. they need to incentivize it to sell over the $399 FLX30s that are being dumped, C. the Technology is being run into the dirt. I am not a fan of Cabelas but you certainly cant blame them for being smart business people. When you have 2 gallons of Mile in the refrigerator, do you go to the store to buy more?

Of all the carts and all the horses in this Thread, this is the one you choose to hook yourself up to?

Apparently Basseyes needs to replace the Team USA Management and coaches because they have obviously not taking Boldys softness and lack of Hockey sense into account….WOW. Criticize one of the best players ON THE BEST team in the NHL….. Soft? One major reason the Wild are successful this year is because they are staying out of the box. When dumb Sh*t is happening they have been coached to let it go. So often Boldy is laughing at opponents as they do dumb crap. We dont have the likes of Hartman, Moose, Dewar, Duhaime and that broken kneed fire hydrant taking stupid penalties anymore. Everyone it following a plan and it is working great.

What did you want them to do? The new tech requires quad processors and they eliminated all the dongles. The Helix series has been in existence 4 generations. I cant think of another series of fish finders (Aside from FL8) that has existed longer than Helix.

This information has been known for almost a year. Clearance sales and discounts reflect inventory reduction to prepare for it. So this should not be a surprise to anyone.

You will find every bit of information you need on cool hubs on Bassboatcentral.com. They are not complicated. My original cool hub oil lasted 18 years. someone backed into one of them and I changed them all out. Easy process. You have to first determine exactly what version you have then start researching. My most important advise is to replace the spindle sleeve when/if you need to change out race. seal and bearings. The spindle sleeve is seldom changed b many. it can groove and be the primary source of infiltration/leak. f you dont know the sleeve prevents the spindle from wear. It is a great design but has to be changed out in order to maintain oil bath hub effectiveness when you overhaul.

Mine seems to be a visit to Thorne Bros or Joes to replace the lures bit off my previous trip.

tswoboda wrote:

I didn’t see a second of the game but just watched the recap so I know exactly what happened. My expert analysis is the sharks are a real bad team and Celebrini is real good. Half the Wild players had a point – Hartman was one who didn’t and he had a goal and assist taken away by offsides challenge haha tough night

Oh also saw a PP1 goal and 3-3 on the PK – special teams are back???

JoeMX1825 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>wormdunker wrote:</div>
Crickets….not sure what the fanboy crap is about but waaaay off track. You must be thinking about your best friends and that time you asked flower to sign your underwear. The back.

You should just sit this one out…its ok…

Has your keyboard ever ran out of ink? Asking for a friend (the ido community)

Crickets….not sure what the fanboy crap is about but waaaay off track. You must be thinking about your best friends and that time you asked flower to sign your underwear. The back.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

Anybody else notice Flower thought about shooting for the empty net at the end of the game last night and then quickly realized it was only a 1 goal game at the time…too funny…

He wants a goal bad before retiring…

As usual NOPE you were the only one. Better add it to column ZZ.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>wormdunker wrote:</div>
You seem pretty close to it all, you should go ask Hedman, Mac and Lilleberg (ROCKED Numerous Times) if they felt those two had ZERO impact last night. Cernak got abused by Foligno and Trennin as well. All of these guys forced passes that they normally do not attempt, they spent time in the corenre getting pressed trying to fish am move pucks out of the zone. Zone exits against both Florida and TB were positively affected by the heavy shifts of the 3rd line. You concentrate on dollar’s and stats. They open the ice for others, they put doubt and fear into large men’s minds, the next line has freedom because the D dont know who is coming at them from behind. No stat or analytic measures fear and the benefit it has on the ice. I can tell you the locker room knows what they are doing and how it provides space on the ice for them. There is a reason the post game chain says HARD on it and why the guys that have gotten it thus far have gotten it.

Don? Don Cherry is that you? You must have just finished watching Rockem Sockem Hockey Volume 78… They’ve been noticeable for 2 games (Seattle and Tampa) after that crickets…go read any non-fanboy review of their games or their 7 game season start and the 3rd line is mentioned as mostly a nothingburger sofar, especially Trenin… I wonder how “Hard Necklace” wins gets mentioned during contract negotiations?

I don’t read any FAN BOY Reviews except yours. I do so because it is humorous but only for a couple posts then its laughable. Go sort your spreadsheet.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>tswoboda wrote:</div>
What’s the issue? That they’re not scoring and getting points?

They’re not getting scored on, they’re not giving anything up 5v5, they’re playing in the o zone, and they’re the only physical presence on the team.

They just didn’t do anything for 5 of the 7 games sofar, they were invisible… if they played every game like the Seattle game, nobody would bring their game up as needing to be better…some offense is absolutely required, but I don’t expect much… They are obviously paid more to provide some offense though, you can find guys anywhere who can forecheck for the league minimum…

Again, its nitpicking an area needing improvement for a team without a regulation loss, but if you had to choose 3 guys on the Wild right now who need to be better than they have been, who would you pick outside of Foligno, Trenin and Freddy? Maybe Ohgren, but he’s a rookie playing 6 minutes a game…

Marat and Lauko have been much more impactful game after game imo…

You seem pretty close to it all, you should go ask Hedman, Mac and Lilleberg (ROCKED Numerous Times) if they felt those two had ZERO impact last night. Cernak got abused by Foligno and Trennin as well. All of these guys forced passes that they normally do not attempt, they spent time in the corenre getting pressed trying to fish am move pucks out of the zone. Zone exits against both Florida and TB were positively affected by the heavy shifts of the 3rd line. You concentrate on dollar’s and stats. They open the ice for others, they put doubt and fear into large men’s minds, the next line has freedom because the D dont know who is coming at them from behind. No stat or analytic measures fear and the benefit it has on the ice. I can tell you the locker room knows what they are doing and how it provides space on the ice for them. There is a reason the post game chain says HARD on it and why the guys that have gotten it thus far have gotten it.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

Jojo even blocked a shot last night, that should tell you everything about Hynes getting guys to buy in this season sofar…

Even with this exceptional start, there’s still several issues they need to improve on to get even better!

Foligno, Trenin and Gaudreau are MIA sofar… Trenin signing looks like a huge mistake, I just don’t see anything he brings to the table?

It looks like we’ll finally get to see what a full season of “Dialed in Kirill” looks like…Art Ross here he comes!

What are you watching? Foligno and Trennin have been good. They have a role and it is NOT to score goals. 17 crushed on the forecheck constantly last night. 13 was all over pucks. Have you played? do you know what it feels like to be trying to retrieve a puck as a defender KNOWING one of those guys is about to try to put you in the front seat? Zone exits are impacted adn the puck stays deep. IT happened all night last night. Freddie is not impactful but Foligno and Trennin have been forecheck machines. Don’t you have a cap hit to worry about?