Alexandron

I also would like to add for that current topic - Iowa Wild and other Wild prospects discussion.

Tell you a truth, I am getting more and more frustrated /disappointed about our team in Iowa. Especially, after the last year team’s play there – finishing the year without a character, but having a nice chance to reach in Iowa for the first time just a playoffs. I am patiently waiting for years and years without a success. But we practically do not show any results since we moved the team to Iowa from Huston . 5 years already passed. It does not sounds right. What is that means? Probably, we do not have a superb prospects with a tough character for the NHL in Iowa Wild team. If I remember , we were able to reach playoff finals in Huston and many prospects from Aeros team are still successfully playing or for our team (Granlund, Zucker, Spurgeon and etc.) or for other teams (Scandella, Khudobin, Kuemper and etc.) in NHL. As less results we are having in Iowa as less promising prospects we are going to get to the parent Wild club for years. In my opinion, for a better AHL results as well as a better evaluation/selection our new prospects for the NHL future we should see in Iowa Wild more younger youngsters like Ek, Greenway, Kunin, Mason Shaw, Lodnia, Sokolov, Khovanov, Kahkonen, McBain and etc.. Let’s insert them fast into the Iowa Wild to evaluate them quicker and to build some better chemistry among them. Or may be to look for a better coaching staff there? In conclusion, personally for me, " home grown" fruits most of the time having a better taste than traded one from other sources. .

It is going to be soon a nice important event for our team on July 10-15,2018 -  development camp with lots of players (43) including  our prospects, recent draft picks, free agents and invitees. For the first time we are going to have 2 Russian players (Sokolov, Khovanov) and 1 American with Russian roots(Lodnia) , probably, playing together for a better communications and developing some chemistry. .

Here is a link from the Wild main page:

https://www.nhl.com/wild/news/development-camp-2018-release-070218/c-299391970

and a list of players:

https://nhl.bamcontent.com/images/assets/binary/299392384/binary-file/file.pdf

I work at 7 different hospitals of Twin Cities, and using their computers. Some of them clear browsing data  immediately as soon as we leave a computer, some of them hourly and some of them daily. No other access to the internet there  I do have. Using personal cell phones not allowable because they interfere with a communication lines there. I did a bookmark  hockeyforums.net at home .

Just a small note for a new comers to our forums. I could see out of almost 300 replies we have already almost 8000 views for the link “Wild fans say hello”. By working at different locations of Twin Cities, I use their local computers to look for the hockey news and discussions regarding a Wild team. For my convenience I usually type at the Google search the word : hockeyforums.net and then click on the Wild bear logo on the top of that link or I type the word: hockeyforums.net wild instead of typing the full weblink address:

https://www.hockeyforums.net/forum/43-minnesota-wild/   which linked to Minnesota Wild -Hockey Forums just to shorten my time and avoid mistakes during typing.  

Not much I would say. Just sadly agree.,  , .

I am still thinking, that besides zero moderation it was a careful reading by the Wild managing staff, coaching staff and some Wild players of our fans messages, their view and opinions. Multiple criticizing truthful messages by fans regarding our team's performance and a consistent poor playoffs results someone did not like it and made a command to shut it down. I am sure they still will continue to read it , but on our new forum now. They did not lose much. And also troll's 218 factor may be affected their decision too.

On 5/25/2018 at 7:20 PM, pilldoc said:

A fun little topic thread discussing important dates / events in Minnesota Wild history.

The part of the Minnesota Wild history is already started in May,2018 - practically entire Wild Fan Message Board transferred to the HockeyForums.net

because of....

4 hours ago, pilldoc said:

Part 2

 

6. Dmitri Sokolov, W/C – Barrie Colts (OHL)

Ht/Wt: 5-11/220
Age: 19
Drafted: 196th overall in the seventh round of the 2016 draft by Minnesota

Another roll of the dice on a Russian player. Sokolov has tremendous offensive upside and is a dangerous goal scorer with a deadly quick, hard, and accurate shot. Despite having already come to North America, the red flags on his file was his conditioning, consistency, and compete. Common concerns among 17-year-olds, Sokolov is now 19, earned a spot on the Russian World Junior roster and has found scary good chemistry on his new team in Barrie with fellow countryman Andrei Svechnikov. Prior to the trade Sokolov wore a letter in Sudbury as an Alternate Captain showing he has made gains in his attitude towards his team and career. The Wild took a gamble on Sokolov as he nearly passed through the draft unselected, and it looks like it is going to pay major dividends.

 

7. Justin Kloos, C – Iowa Wild (AHL)

Ht/Wt: 5-9/179
Age: 24
Drafted: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota in 2017
Signed as a free agent after four years in the NCAA at the University of Minnesota.

In the final two years, he served as Captain and posted over a point per game offense. In his rookie year as a pro, Kloos has carried his offensive production over in the AHL as the team’s rookie leading scorer and the sixth overall in the AHL. Kloos even earned his first call-up to the NHL and made his debut but was held pointless. It remains to be seen if he can take the next step and produce in the NHL, but as a free agent the Wild are playing with house money, and at the very least have a quality AHL player.

 

8. Sam Anas, RW/C – Iowa Wild (AHL)

Ht/Wt: 5-8/163
Age: 24
Drafted: Signed as a free agent in 2016

Another college free agent, now in his second year as a pro, Anas had a good rookie season posting 28 points. He has already eclipsed that point total by nine points in 26 fewer games this year and is leading the team in scoring with 16 goals. This is a contract year for Anas, and he is playing his way into another two-way NHL contract at this pace. Anas is very undersized and needs to continue to produce at perhaps an even higher pace to be considered for an NHL call-up.

 

9. Ivan Lodnia, RW – Erie Otters (OHL)

Ht/Wt: 5-10/182
Age: 18
Drafted: 85th overall in the third round of the 2017 draft by Minnesota

Lodnia was the Wilds first pick in the 2017 draft, which didn’t occur until the third round. Lodnia is hot off a Championship season in Erie that culminated in a Memorial Cup appearance. Lodnia is a powerful skater and strong player in his peer group with a good, hard shot. Lodnia has taken on a bigger role in Erie this year as many of the Otters star players have graduated and his production has improved as a result. The California native will have one more year of junior eligibility remaining before he turns pro.

 

10. Mason Shaw, C – Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)

Ht/Wt: 5-9/180
Age: 18
Drafted: 97th overall in the fourth round of the 2017 draft by Minnesota

Shaw suffered a knee injury at his first NHL Prospect Tournament and has yet to play a game this season. Expected to miss 4-6 months, he is due to make his return before the end of March, and it will be a challenge for him to overcome having missed almost an entire key development season. Shaw is an undersized and speedy player that had a breakout 94 point season in his third season in the WHL as a late born prospect. Making the transition to pro next year may be a challenge, and it would not surprise if he is returned for an Over Age season after having missed most of this year.

I will add a promising good size defenseman Carson Soucy to that list:

https://www.iowawild.com/players/detail/soucy

a defenseman Nick Seeler, capable to block lots of shots, who was a surprising discovery for me at playoffs (in 5 playoff games had 2 points;+1 and in 22 games of the regular season this year had 4 points;+10).

a promising goalie prospect Kahkonen:

https://www.nhl.com/wild/news/kahkonen-signs-051618/c-298629632

and a wish/dream to have in our team  mentioned by you Andrei Svechnikov. Besides of the extreme talent in scoring and a well pair with Dmitry Sokolov, that player it seems never forgive any hits towards him and could be a real promising leader for the Wild team. We have a lack of those type of players in our team, which makes the Wild team kind of too soft/mild.

2 hours ago, Confrontational said:

 

I have everything shut off in my account settings - and still get tons of emails...  Even below this post - default is also on "notify me of replies".

Rotty explained perfectly well. I do not have any since I shut down an e-mail notifications.

On 5/23/2018 at 10:30 AM, Confrontational said:

Holy fricken emails updating me on every post...  Ahhhhh....  

 

Is that an option that I can do in my profile - or do I have to manually click the "do not notify me of replies" on every post I do...?

Confrontational, Did you fix it? Just block e-mail notifications in your account settings.

4 minutes ago, rottenrefs said:

Hard to say. A while ago Janisku7 posted on the other board. I'll send him a private message about here. He doesn't log on very often.

Or maybe a Lynxrattle?