JoeMX1825 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>wormdunker wrote:</div>
I’m just gonna say this, the Hughes family is bad for USA hockey. Quinn could have played and didnt (trust me he was fine), Luke is an overhyped player and single handedly gave away the World Jr Gold due to his selfish play ( I wont ever forget his terrible play in Word Jr). And last night Jack, was Dog SH*t and was all tourney. He was a coward, he shied away from any contact more than a protestant in a whorehouse. Literally fell more than he made a play and he fell every time he was within 5′ of a Canadian player. D one coverage in OT, he glanced at 97 and covered the point. Matthews and the d were a bit to blame as well, your better off to have 2-3 guys on 97 and let the other perimeter players be open, but he jumped to the point coverage. Just sh#tty cowardly play all tourney by him. Jack was the forward version of Jarod Spurgeon. Great in regular season, but not so much in the playoffs. I agree Connor should have been in there, and no Kreider is not replacing Tkachuck any time soon. Slavin was unreal and Faber is a potential face of the league. deservedly so because he is as good a person as he is a player. It was great to see the national media finally recognize it. Dont think Team USA shouldn’t ne a bit frustrated that M TKachuck said he was good to go by the way. They needed his morale boost but if you are that injured, and they could have had another healthy forward suited up, would that have made a difference? not much good comes from jumbled lines an entire game. so it was a bit selfish by him to say he was good to go. OK thats it, GO WILD we came away healthy!

It’s fitting that i’m quoting you for this post: “This is the dumbest thing anyone has ever said in these threads”

I love the personal 180 on Mathew Tkachuk being the greatest team mate in the history of hockey to him being selfish in a span of 5 days…

Do you just read what you want to read? Whatever fits your agenda? I insinuated the decision to play was selfish. It would have been impossible to keep him out as a coach but he could have been more honest with himself for the good of the team. I did NOT say a player in Krieder, that is obviously not even close to the same level of player, was interchangeable. I did not say if Kreider played for Tkachuck it would “Not be a big loss”.

So Yeah, double down on the dumbest thing ever said on here.

I’m just gonna say this, the Hughes family is bad for USA hockey. Quinn could have played and didnt (trust me he was fine), Luke is an overhyped player and single handedly gave away the World Jr Gold due to his selfish play ( I wont ever forget his terrible play in Word Jr). And last night Jack, was Dog SH*t and was all tourney. He was a coward, he shied away from any contact more than a protestant in a whorehouse. Literally fell more than he made a play and he fell every time he was within 5′ of a Canadian player. D one coverage in OT, he glanced at 97 and covered the point. Matthews and the d were a bit to blame as well, your better off to have 2-3 guys on 97 and let the other perimeter players be open, but he jumped to the point coverage. Just sh#tty cowardly play all tourney by him. Jack was the forward version of Jarod Spurgeon. Great in regular season, but not so much in the playoffs. I agree Connor should have been in there, and no Kreider is not replacing Tkachuck any time soon. Slavin was unreal and Faber is a potential face of the league. deservedly so because he is as good a person as he is a player. It was great to see the national media finally recognize it. Dont think Team USA shouldn’t ne a bit frustrated that M TKachuck said he was good to go by the way. They needed his morale boost but if you are that injured, and they could have had another healthy forward suited up, would that have made a difference? not much good comes from jumbled lines an entire game. so it was a bit selfish by him to say he was good to go. OK thats it, GO WILD we came away healthy!

That’s awesome

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Chris Krieder is the same type of player as Tkachuk, so it wont be that big a loss if Mathew can’t go Thursday…
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This is the dumbest thing anyone has ever said in these threads. No one could replace those Tkachucks RN. You can go grab some printed stat or contract detail off contracts.com to try an prove your point but the game is not played on paper. There is NOTHING on paper that will come close to proving Kreider is as good a leader as MT. Nothing that will show the Heart that MT has. Nothing that proves he will play with Broken Ribs like MT has. You will notice how MT’s teams have been successful – at EVERY Level he has ever been. MT and BT are not playing for themselves, they are playing for their team, their Family, and USA. They pulled everyone into that game, no way Kreider ever does that. Al of that is why Kreider’s teams have NEVER produced to the end. I would add that even if Kreder showed up and performed above his normal intensity level, it would have been fueled by MT’s efforts Saturday night, because even in absence MT is a Natural born motivator.

Meanwhile Connor Hellebuyck’s brother, Chris is in 32nd at the Bassmaster open on Sam Rayburn. One good fish from upgrading quite a bit.

tswoboda wrote:

The thread was started as “is catch and release bad??” and seems like deep water and barotrauma was brought in so a bunch of people could agree that “yeah, catch and release is bad”. The deep water and barotrauma make it a completely different conversation

I’m just a little taken aback by how many fishermen here seem to feel catch and release fishing is unethical

I do not think C&R is bad, but I do know a LOT of fisherman participate in C&R over deep holes and are unaware or don’t care what happens as long as a fish swims back down their hole out of site. Heck I don’t even keep many fish, I primarily practice C&R. But with Livescope there are a lot of people that are now reaping the rewards and just don’t know that fish are absolutely dying when brought out of deep water. It may take awhile but they die.

tswoboda wrote:

the fish weren’t caught out of deep water,

PSA, It was an observation based on ice conditions this year. Perfect for seeing how many dead fish are under the surface of the ice. Which we learned are providing sustenance for big pike i guess..

Earlier in the season I was fishing a 30-34′ basin over a massive school of gills and crappies. The ice was 10″ and crystal clear. I was popping though 8-10 holes over about 200 square foot area. It was a community hole. I was stunned by the number of dead fish under the ice. Most very large crappies. No Snow and good ice coverage provided the ability to see these fish. I started only fishing the top of the school, about 15-16′ down so as not to kill any fish due to barotrauma. What we don see doesn’t hurt us but this year opened my eyes.

If that hot bite was over deep basin, I am sure you can be assured a majority of the fish pulled from deeper waters died.

Bearcat89 wrote:

Has any one seen or heard a turtle box ? I see lots of great reviews but starting at 500 bucks it’s a tough blind purchase.

AT Joes go check them out. I have a Bose Revolve, have had it for years. It has sat in rain puddles in my boat. still works great. That said those UE Booms are good too and louder if you are looking for that.

In reading this thread, I realized I do not use the ? and ! and ALL CAPS nearly enough. The use of spaces between words and ! and ? is also critical in projecting the intensity of meaning of the written word.

I am going to try this again.

In reading this thread !! I REALIZED I do not use the ? and ! nearly enough ?? The use of spaces between words and ! and ? is also critical in PROJECTING the intensity of MEANING of the written word !!!

Yeah way more impactful !! Now if you will excuse me I feel like I need to go stop traffic to hold working people from getting to work or some other ridiculous cause !?!?!

Saints would work, as in latter day. Then they could have some savage with a black hat and burlap facemask as a mascot. See American Primeval for reference.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

lost in the Kirill news is WTF is up with Brodin? Did he break his foot or not? there’s no way tissue bruising keeps a player out this long…are they keeping him out with something other than his foot?

Yes

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?