Icechipper

All star ballot voting begun. Hunt for d?

What time?

Chirp Marchand. That's all I got. "Hey Marchand, did you get tested for rabies. ..?!

You forgot Colton Gillies.....

So what's the emergency?

Those who know Dave Tippett know that his team's lockerroom is all eyes at attention when he enters the room. There is a time to play (tape balls, boom boxes and pranks) and a time to get ready to play, and you had better recognize the difference if you want to play tonight. The GM might determine if you are in the lineup, but Tippett gets to decide if you see the ice.

Dubnyk with a solid defensive squad in front of him is pure gold. Not flash like Stalock but squares to the shooter/situation. As long as Suter Spurgeon and Brodin read the play he is money. Wild weakness right now is forwards not being effective helping clear the zone. For all he gets dissed and dismissed here, Rask is effective in not fleeing the zone until we have possession. Koivu too plays big in our zone. Again and again I've said, this team is at its best winning 2-1, 3-2. And they can do that. But they cannot try to win 6-5. Look at Toronto. Babcock had a scary array of goal gunners and just got fired because he couldn't get them to protect their end of the ice.

Most coaches I know ride the hot goalie as long as he's healthy. And a big league stopper like Dubnyk gets that and supports his partner. These guys usually share space in the lockerroom. There is competion, yes, but that takes place in practice. Coaches, mainly on-ice assistants, get a good feel for who's is hot and who is not, in practice and in the training room, in conjuction with training staff. That's why I earlier wondered if Dubnyk might be playing through a nagging injury. Groin pulls can be particularly chronic and are treated with massage, ice, heat and gentle stretching but mostly with some rest of that muscle group. Long story short give the crease to Stalock until he stumbles or needs rest and a night off. We need to keep both playing to maintain their value to the organization. Consider the Devils and Corey Schneider, whose play has dropped to point he passed through waivers this week.

With Don Cherry out somebody has to fly that fashion flag.....

Was only able to watch the 3rd period. Appeared to me that the Wild were content and relieved to take the NHL participation point. Yeah they came back from a deficit, but the X is our home rink. Contrast that with the Vikings on Sunday. They gave the opposition a lead, played angry then turned on the guns and in effect said, "We got this. Hold my beer," and not for a moment took the proverbial foot off the gas.

Don Cherry says Finlanders are ******* on the faceoff and should be required to wear the poppy on their sweater when playing in Canada.........OK OK just making a little joke there. I am American whose grandparents emigrated to the Red River Valley from Ontario. If Trump sees this I may be deported to Canada......

True some big Russian winger tried to board Wild bus after the game?

Who? Is he a player or a playright?

I always thought he was a blowhard know it all who ran down Europeans and Americans like they were stealing jobs from Canadians. His rockem sockem videos glorified fighting while doctors and others began to recognize it as basically barbaric (even though even the most docile and timid among fans still shoot out of their seats for a brawl, but that's another story.....) I kind of think that as a supposed expert and promoter of the game, he seemed to enjoy tearing down more than building up. Yeah, patriotism and respect for veterans is to be lauded, but not jammed down our throats, be it Canada or the United States.

Didn't Dumba get time with Suter last season?

Check out the trash talk over at the Kings page.......pullin' your leg. No posts since 2018. Yikes!

Hey Blues were worst in league last Christmas.....ah, who's kiddin who here....they dumped Yeo-Yo-Yo and found a money goaltender. Plus they had OReilly. And Tarasenko......and, ok, bad analogy, can't fault a guy for looking for silver linings.....

Ouch. You had to bring up Burns......

Alex Henry. Blast from past. Realist Jaques Lemaire often deployed this chugalong defenseman as a fourth line winger. ...

Bill Guerin says all is hunky dorry. Picture Ek throwing tape balls at Suter, Greenway locker-boxing with Parise, Fiala blasting Katy Perry on the boom box, Donato filling Koivu's shoes with shaving cream and Kunin throwing cold water on Zucker while he showers...crazy kids...all this camaraderie must be a laugh riot!

There is another Winnipeg Zajac in the league but he is a young defenseman...

Given his relatively young age, he is really part of the future d core, he and Brodin serve as a balance and hopefully solid professional example between the vets (Suter Spurgeon Hunt Parise Foligno Staal Koivu) and a group of guys barely old enough to drink (EEk Donato Fiala Soucy Greenway Donato) So who exactly is that No. 1 center you would target? Taylor Hall? Malkin would be cool but he's hurt and we'd be giving up youth and potential for another vet. Way this season is going Wild should be trading for picks and prospects. Intriguing idea you float but I think dumping Dumba would come back to bite us. Would not be surprised to see Wild pick up a Vet on waivers (Spezza?) for center depth. Or, how is Sturm doing down on the farm?

Check the stats on that game. Embellishment roughing boarding elbowing. Good players in that league but also some ass clowns with zero respect for the game or their opponent.

Conundrum. They can't play the send down for "conditioning" card with Stalock. I do wonder if Dubnyk might be struggling with a nagging injury (groin?). If we lose two more out West, especially if we allow 4-plus per game, I predict we will see a change. Spitballin' here but are there any NHL-veteran tenders we might target?

Can't believe this thread has endured for 6 pages.....................