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  1. Lonkkis
    In the future, yes. Next season? No, don't be silly. I don't have any particular expectations for the Wild next season because of the major shakeups with the roster this off-season. Heck, I doubt GMBG is even finished tweaking the roster.
  2. Lonkkis
    Was pretty shocked to see Rossi available when Wild was up. Great kid, and like the fact that he has trained since March on his physical strength and skating explosiveness. And according to several scouts, he and Lafernierre are the two most NHL-ready picks in the draft. Kaprizov - Rossi - insertsomeonehere anyone?
  3. Lonkkis
    Wild is going to sign another goalie as insurance going into the expansion draft.
  4. Lonkkis
    Guessing Guerin tries to get a No.1 center with Dumba. If he doesn't get what he wants, I can see Wild going 8 players + 1 goalie route in the upcoming expansion draft, only to protect the top-4 D's.
  5. Lonkkis
    Chuckie!
  6. Lonkkis
    The rumor is true, his ex-wife-to-be confirmed it last week to pretty much every news station over here in Finland.
  7. Lonkkis
    Trocheck has been underperforming big time the last two seasons after his ankle injury. Lost a step after that. Currently a middle six center at best.
  8. Lonkkis
    He's a great regular season coach. Playoff coach? Not so much, as his 42-48 record shows. The coaches that won the cup the past decade all have over 50% winrate in the playoffs.
  9. Lonkkis
    LTIR is really the only salvation at this point.
  10. Lonkkis
    Can't really say for sure that Koivu had anything to do with the firing, barely over 9 minutes of playtime last game, of which 2 minutes from PK.
  11. Lonkkis
    Not surprised, PIT playing an uptempo game and then there's Crosby as linemate.
  12. Lonkkis
    Guerin also has a history with Gallant from his Islanders days
  13. Lonkkis
    And I doubt Evason gets promoted from interim status, considering he's been in charge of the special teams, and we know how they've been this season. Kinda hope they hire Gallant, he's a good coach who's able to get the best out of younger players. Laviolette is good too but he tends to lose the lockerroom after a few seasons for whatever reason.
  14. Lonkkis
    Oh, don't get me wrong, like I mentioned I expected Bruce to be gone but after the season. The blame of this firing goes to the severely underperforming vets. But as it has been said by people many times before; in this business, it's easier to fire the coach than the players (especially those with multiyear NMC contracts). Sad but true. Now there's talk that this firing was done just so we won't reach the playoffs, only to drop out in the first round. It's certainly possible.
  15. Lonkkis
    Expected this to happen, though not this soon. Not that BB lost the room or anything but he didn't seem to have any solution to the lategame crashing this team constantly suffers from. Among other small things. Wondering who BG is going to pursue to hire as the next Wild head coach.
  16. Lonkkis
    Wild wanted the prospect and the pick. Chuckie tagged along because Pens needed the cap space to fit Zucker in. They have like 900k cap space now after they got Zucker.
  17. Lonkkis
    Anyone got the number to Granny's skating coach?
  18. Lonkkis
    Imagine if we would've gotten that from the Granlund trade.
  19. Lonkkis
    One or two young top-6 centers is what this team needs the most. Train our goalie prospects. We're a few years away from being contenders anyway. Trade Dumba or Brodin for a top-6 center, that's what I'd do.
  20. Lonkkis
    Looking more at what they say about Addison and watched some clips, seems like there's a chance he might become the next Spurgeon. Though it may be a few more years before that happens. Looks to me this trade was about getting the prospect and the 1st rounder, Chuckie just tags along for the ride (who still could be flipped for more prospects before the deadline).
  21. Lonkkis
    Ugh. Chuckie is pretty much Vanek lite. Good PP player but floats a lot without the puck. Frustrated the hell out of me when he played for the Habs. Atleast we got a prospect and a conditional too so it ain't bad that way.
  22. Lonkkis
    Gonna be interesting if Buff and Jets go through with the mutual contract termination. They're probably going to come after Dumba if that's the case.
  23. Lonkkis
    And Foligno scores
  24. Lonkkis
    Allen in net. It's a loss, since he's a hot goalie.
  25. Lonkkis
    NMCs can't be placed on waivers without consent.
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