Lonkkis

I'm just waiting for Leipold to come to the realization that the Wild are in for a rebuild. A long one.

2 hours ago, Hockey-78 said:

How many Wild games Dom Luszczyszyn has seen? He seems to have made his predictions based on names on the paper. Staal, Parise, even Koivu were dynamite 10 years ago. Now after 5 games:

 

Staal   0 G 1 A -8

Parise 2 G 0 A -6 (and the other goal happened when he lost the puck)

Koivu  0 G 2 A -1 (lumbering out there against the Sens the whole game)

 

And the thee best D-men:

Spurgeon 1 G 2 A -7

Dumba     1 G 1 A -6

Suter        1 G 2 A -4

 

And these guys also munch most of the PP time...

 

This equation isn't a route for success. Someone needs to wake up...fast.

 

If you have a sub for The Athletic, have a read: https://theathletic.com/1019070/2019/06/14/improving-our-nhl-projection-model-ahead-of-the-2019-20-season/

A  quote if you don't: 

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It uses data from each player’s last three seasons, with each component weighted by recency and regressed to the mean individually. That means that the weight for each prior season is different for goals than it is for shots or blocks (and different for forwards and defencemen), as is the regression factor.

Granted, it's mostly for individual players, but I'm guessing he adapts those projections for team projections.

I predict about a 40-45% win rate, which is like 32-35 wins. But only if they play neutral zone trap. Only realistic way they're gonna win games, because we just don't have any proper finishers. And we have a slow team, which means we can't play uptempo games either.

Let's not kid ourselves, most players don't want to talk to the media anyhow. There's a reason most players have their cliché answers. Heck, I'd prefer Parise take his issues with the coach directly to the coach instead of blabbering to the media on "how it should be done".

Same kind of contract as Donato and Eek signed. Basically a "Prove it"-contract.

Good and fair deal nonetheless.

Nice. Liked Guerin as a player a lot and from what I've read, he's a great personality.

Hope he can steer this ship back onto a proper path.

3 hours ago, CreaseAndAssist said:

Check out this franchise confidence survey  

 

This isn't surprising...and its damning as it should be.

Did you read the latest 'Down goes Brown'-article? It's pretty comical to read because it's pretty much the truth.

On 8/2/2019 at 4:39 PM, IllaZilla said:

I found it interesting that the Hurricanes had no less than ten people scouting Niederreitter and the Wild had exactly zero people scouting Rask...

It was 10 times, not 10 people, but I digress.

If the Wild would've scouted or atleast watched 80+ of Rasks games, like they did with Staal prior to his signing, the outcome definitely would've been different. Or it wouldn't. Hard to say really after all the reports about Fenton and his personality after his firing.

7 hours ago, IllaZilla said:

Don Waddell is being bandied about...

As is Bill Guerin.

So Kessel decided to join Coyotes instead of the Wild. 

8 hours ago, sweetshot said:

You got that right! I do hope MG does better this year in Nashville--I think him getting traded really bothered him and affected his game.

And he got traded just as his girlfriend was in labour. That prolly shook things up as well.

16 hours ago, CreaseAndAssist said:

 

I am still not a fan of drafting a goalie in the 1st round.  

Can't get any worse than last years first round pick though!

7 hours ago, CreaseAndAssist said:

 

(shrugs)  The one time the Predators drafted a goalie in the 1st round it didn't turn out too well.  I think that's a smokescreen.  IMO, he better take a center or a fast, goal scoring winger.  

Don't count on it

On 5/10/2019 at 1:49 PM, IllaZilla said:

 

Because he coasts so much during the NHL season he has plenty left in the gas tank for these tournaments...

Does he? He couldn't get the puck from an 18 year old kid. 

https://mobile.twitter.com/aj_ranger/status/1127975096994320384?s=20

1 hour ago, lynxrattle said:

I don't like the idea Kaprizov might be ready to play in the NHL without first playing in the AHL. I sure hope that is the case but I think it's more like with Kapanen in the Leafs. Kapanen was definitely not hurt one bit by having to learn his new role in the AHL, and my guess is that Kaprizov needs to do a lot of learning as well.

Worked well enough for Panarin. And those two are similar from what I've heard.

4 minutes ago, Antti_Laxative said:

Sure - I care not.  But to say you are THE "resident WHA nostalgia fan" is pretty cheeky

 

And I will put my fitness up against anyone in here

Oh I'm sure you will. I'm a fat, lazy bastard and ain't afraid to admit it, so I'll pass. 

5 hours ago, Antti_Laxative said:

Wait...what?  I was a n STH'er for BOTH iterations of the Fighting Saints (one corner, row 1 knees in full view of deflected slappers coming right at the glass boards)  and one who is steeped in the history of the rebel league...for the record

 

Owner of 7 WHA sweaters

 

 

Is that your way of calling yourself... old?

23 hours ago, CreaseAndAssist said:

Stepan Falkovsky, a 6'7" defenseman with some mobility and offensive ability getting his debut with the Iowa Wild this afternoon.  

Dear lord, did they get Moses Hightower from Police Academy?

(The actor is that tall)

Also I think Fenton wants to season our goalie prospect in the minors anyway, considering that's what they did with Rinne and later on Saros in Nashville. And for the future, it's better for him to play as much as possible rather than having him as a benchwarmer in the big club.

Now, in the event that Dubs or Stalock gets injured for a few of games, then it might be a good idea to bring him up to test him in one or two games. But if it's long-term injury either one suffers, then I'd say they should bring up Hammond as backup.

The more a goalie plays at that age KK is, the better he becomes.

Just now, rottenrefs said:

 

Those of you hoping Fletcher hires Joel Quenneville at some point... Mike Yeo is available.

Oh gods, don't torture them!

Good luck! You're gonna need it...

Oh, and if you haven't already, shave your heads. It'll be better than having patches after ripping your hair off because of Chuckies shenanigans,

Temper the expectations, he's a good goalie but still young. Goalies takes the longest to fully blossom because they need the mind trained properly.

We recently had a headcase, don't want another one. Besides, he needs to beat the 3 other goalies consistently first. Maybe in a year or two.

2 hours ago, ClusterChuck said:

Hi All.

Another one from the Wild.com Titanic. I wasn't sure if I wanted to start a new forum but I guess I just missed the group

*sniffs* and the discussions. Of course looking forward to all the new people too. 

 

Ahoy, Chucky. Good to see you again.

5 minutes ago, Hockey-78 said:

Why thank you!

Aiming to raise the level of hockey IQ in discussions but if voltage works for you then that's what you're gonna get...

Took you long enough.

Welcome to the new joint FC.