CreaseAndAssist Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Minnesota Wild (27-20-4) 58pts 4th in the Central 2.96 Goals For Per Game (22nd in the NHL) 2.90 Goals Against Per Game (12th in the NHL) 24.1% Power Play (8th in the NHL) 80% Penalty Kill (14th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 29G 33A = 62pts 2. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 19G 31A = 50pts 3. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 19G 24A = 43pts 4. #12 Matt Boldy ~ 16G 21A = 37pts 5. #2 Calen Addison ~ 3G 22A = 25pts Top 3 PIM's: 1. #5 Jake Middleton ~ 61 PIM's 2. #24 Matt Dumba ~ 54 PIM's 3. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 53 PIM's Top Goaltenders: 1. #29 Marc-Andre Fleury (16-12-3) 2.98GAA .902% 1SO 2. #32 Filip Gustavsson (11-8-1) 2.27GAA .923% 1SO Vs. New Jersey Devils (34-13-4) 72pts 2nd in the Metropolitan 3.49 Goals For Per Game (5th in the NHL) 2.65 Goals Against Per Game (7th in the NHL) 21.6% Power Play (18th in the NHL) 81.4% Penalty Kill (9th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #63 Jesper Bratt ~ 20G 32A = 52pts 2. #7 Dougie Hamilton ~ 15G 36A = 51pts 3. #13 Nico Hischier ~ 21G 26A = 47pts 4. #91 Dawson Mercer ~ 11G 18A = 29pts 5. #90 Tomas Tatar ~ 10G 18A = 28pts Top 3 PIM's: 1. #44 Miles Wood ~ 49 PIM's 2. #7 Dougie Hamilton ~ 38 PIM's 3. #56 Erik Haula ~ 37 PIM's Top Goaltenders: 1. #41 Vitek Vanecek (22-5-2) 2.34GAA .916% 2SO 2. #29 MacKenzie Blackwood (7-4-2) 3.05GAA .900% Lines: New Jersey Devils Palat~Hischier~Bratt Sharangovich~Haula~Zetterlund Tatar~Mercer~Holtz Wood~M. McLeod~Bastian Siegenthaler~Hamilton Graves~Severson Bahl~Marino Vanecek Blackwood Minnesota Wild Kaprizov~Hartman~Zuccarello Boldy~Steel~F. Gaudreau Greenway~Eriksson Ek~M. Foligno Duhaime~Dewar~Reaves Middleton~Spurgeon Goligoski~Dumba Merrill~Addison Fleury Gustavsson Evason recently admitted he feels this team is 'different' from last season. Anyone think he might be in trouble? This is going to be a really tough game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildstars95 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) well it's at that point of the season again ...but with a twist "practice" and "powerplay" in place of playoff's 5-3 wild tonight Edited February 11, 2023 by wildstars95 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseAndAssist Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 Lines for tonight from Jessie Pierce: Kaprizov~Hartman~Zuccarello Duhaime~Eriksson Ek~Boldy Greenway~F. Gaudreau~M. Foligno Dewar~Steel~Shaw Middleton~Spurgeon Brodin~Dumba Merrill~Addison Gustavsson Intrigued to see how the 2nd line works. Duhaime has been one of the better effort players the last few games. Brodin being back should help because it will probably mean less minutes for Merrill who has been mostly dogschitt the last few games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseAndAssist Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 Just now, CreaseAndAssist said: Lines for tonight from Jessie Pierce: Kaprizov~Hartman~Zuccarello Duhaime~Eriksson Ek~Boldy Greenway~F. Gaudreau~M. Foligno Dewar~Steel~Shaw Middleton~Spurgeon Brodin~Dumba Merrill~Addison Gustavsson Intrigued to see how the 2nd line works. Duhaime has been one of the better effort players the last few games. Brodin being back should help because it will probably mean less minutes for Merrill who has been mostly dogschitt the last few games. Yea I saw they practiced today too, with the scoreboard still showing 5-1 from Thursday night's embarrassment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 1 hour ago, CreaseAndAssist said: Yea I saw they practiced today too, with the scoreboard still showing 5-1 from Thursday night's embarrassment. Oh, I’m sure Evason requested it be left up to “motivate” the troops… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbgarnett Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, CreaseAndAssist said: Evason recently admitted he feels this team is 'different' from last season. Anyone think he might be in trouble? This is going to be a really tough game. In my opinion, he should be in trouble. Personally, I lean towards having a coach with experience, which is why Jacques Lemaire was my favorite. As far as Dean goes I think a lot of fans like him and it probably wouldn't be a popular move to replace him, at least not with the average, conformist fan. I personally think we should get rid of him and hire a coach with experience, such as Barry Trotz, but again, he would have to be willing to come here. In the end, I just want a coach who won't rely solely on veterans to fix problems and who isn't afraid to bench a veteran who isn't performing. I'm not saying Evason doesn't do that, but it seems like it's mainly Ryan Hartman who draws his attention over the other veterans. Performance should be a key factor, regardless of one's status as a top player on the team. If a player such as Kaprizov is making mistakes, such as bad passes or other sloppy plays, then he should be either benched or moved down until improvement is shown. Edited February 11, 2023 by bbgarnett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseAndAssist Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 It seems like more and more fans are coming to that conclusion. If this homestand is a complete debacle, we might see the heat get rather visible at games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Fans like Dean because he swears at the refs. I don’t think he’s a particularly great coach. Wild had one of the highest point totals ever last season, they trade for a HOF goalie right before the playoffs, yet fold like a house of cards in the first round. I don’t know what the answer is, but if Dean doesn’t get of figured out soon, he certainly should be on the hot seat… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 At this point I just want to see a competitive fun game played. With Gustav in net we have a 'chance'. Wild scrape out a 4-3 win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomdog Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 I don’t think tonight would be a good time for a bad game. The result could be a ticket to the press-box or the waiver wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomdog Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Oh no! Not Wes Walz. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbgarnett Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, Tomdog said: Oh no! Not Wes Walz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Amazing when I stream the game the commercials all come through no problem, but the minute the game starts, whoops! stream breaks… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 12 minutes ago, IllaZilla said: Fans like Dean because he swears at the refs. I don’t think he’s a particularly great coach. Wild had one of the highest point totals ever last season, they trade for a HOF goalie right before the playoffs, yet fold like a house of cards in the first round. I don’t know what the answer is, but if Dean doesn’t get of figured out soon, he certainly should be on the hot seat… Evason has a decent to good winning % here so I'll give him that. I think BG won't get rid of him because he likes Dean as his puppet. You can't tell me Evason made the decision to play Fleury down the stretch and the PO's. That was all BG to validate his getting Fleury. We'll see how it goes down this stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbgarnett Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) Walz sitting there comparing Talbot's injury and Gus success as if there comparable stats. Also he was acting like Guerin was a genius for trading Talbot because he's been injured with Ott, like no one can predict an injury so Guerin didn't trade Talbot with some knowledge that he'd be injured with OTT. Edited February 12, 2023 by bbgarnett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Get Kurtz up in the booth for one more broadcast instead of Wes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 1 minute ago, bbgarnett said: Walz sitting there comparing Talbot's injury and Gus success saying as if there comparable stats. Also he was acting like Guerin was a genius for trading Talbot because he's been injured with Ott, like no one can predict an injury so Guerin didn't trade Talbot with some knowledge that he'd be injured with OTT. I hate it when broadcasters do that. Comparing apples to coconuts… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbgarnett Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 EEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 EK !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbgarnett Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Thanks Graves for leaving EEK open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 What a tip !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSOTA Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Hello all. I’m on a new schedule, 4am-1pm, so I’ll pretty much miss any game not played on a Saturday or Sunday. And West Coast games regardless of the day are probably out of the question. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, MNSOTA said: Hello all. I’m on a new schedule, 4am-1pm, so I’ll pretty much miss any game not played on a Saturday or Sunday. And West Coast games regardless of the day are probably out of the question. I appreciate these game day posts. Do some more in invisible ink! That was cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 And there goes my feed again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbgarnett Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Just now, IllaZilla said: And there goes my feed again. not sure if you have any streaming TV services but Fubo TV just added Bally sports channels like 2 days ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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