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The Wild should now be cognizant that they won't win NJ playing half-decently. Somehow I have this negative feeling for this game. I'll guess it's a clear Wild loss for a change, 4 - 2 NJ win.

https://www.capfriendly.com/cost-per-point/2022/season/all/all/all/costpergoals We are doing pretty well. Hartman 7th, Sturm close by. We will be needinh players who deliver despite low pay.

That's maybe the one thing I am most worried about right now (the second being is Kahkonen capable of lessening the work load for Talbot). Playoffs are such a different world because of the way the refs change their interpretation of the rule book. We really don't how well the Wild is able to play in that environment. But as you and the commentators said or at least hinted at, the last few games have given promise that they might stay competitive.

Yeah. Hockey is a team sport. Pair Granlund with Forsberg/Duchene and the points start coming. I'm also pretty sure that if one manages to find suitable & capable line mates for Fiala, the goals/points will start piling up. What I am not so sure about is if the Wild has those players or near-future- prospects that would bring out the best in Fiala.

That's playoffs hockey.

Sloppy playing here and there but a clear win.

I think eventually we will need to pair Kap with a natural goal scorer for him to be at his best.

Well. A game they must play to get the points. I believe they will play. Wild win 6 - 2

Well put. I'll leave it for those occasions. If I hear a 9 with a Koivi connection, I'll just turn it upside down to 6. Then it's pretty accurate - in Finnish grade schools the grades are ranked from 4 to 10. The third lowest rank 6 is much closer to Koivu's career being appreciated with the retirement of the number. You need to be almost perfect to have your number retired.

https://www.nhl.com/wild/news/koivu-jersey-retire-313/c-328296504 How embarrassing is it to have Koivu's number retired... It's like they want to have mediocrity immortalised. 2/11 playoffs series lost, no wins even in the second round, "led" the team as a captain when the room was taken over by a country club attitude. The fans having to look at that hovering over the ice. Maybe it will work as motivation in a roundabout way: "we were once so bad, that we even had to retire that. We never want to experience something like that again". I think I'll retire number nine from my vocabulary. I'll just count to ten like "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 omit/vomit 10".

Agree, definitely no trades if not really sure that the team would get better by it.

For me "going sleeping" is like going fishing: I hope to gain the biggest fish in the lake during my dreaming. That is, one night see a dream where the Wild is lifting the Stanley Cup and drinking ambrosia from it

Have a great night, going sleeping now !!

Wild win!!!

Greener can't get one

Again

So close

Really good PK

Crosscheck or boarding missed there

Duhaime should have kept his cool there. Definitely not a good moment for PK time right now. Offensive zone penalty as well.

Kap to Hart!!!

Benn's played well.

Lordy. So close

It's our PP. It's a momentum killer and an anti-enthusiasm jigamajig. It sucks the life out of any living creature.

Boom