Alexandron Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Hope we are able to have a win over this team. Here is a pretty fresh preview regarding this game tonight. In my opinion, they should place Firstov instead of defenseman Merril in a predicted 4th line: https://www.milehighhockey.com/2024/4/9/24125320/preview-the-avs-are-hoping-to-get-the-last-laugh-against-minny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseAndAssist Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Why Firstov? He's just finding his groove with the Iowa Wild. IMO if any young forward that is deserving of a call up right now, its Mikey Milne. He's fast, he's got energy and I think he could do as much as Lucchini or Shaw can and probably moves better than both of them. But I only watch just about every Iowa game so what would I know? Minnesota Wild (37-31-9) 83pts 6th in the Central 3.01 Goals For Per Game (20th in the NHL) 3.13 Goals Against Per Game (18th in the NHL) 21.5% Power Play (15th in the NHL) 74.3% Penalty Kill (30th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 41G 48A = 89pts 2. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 30G 32A = 62pts 3. #12 Matt Boldy ~ 26G 35A = 61pts 4. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 11G 49A = 60pts 5. #7 Brock Faber ~ 7G 36A = 43pts Top 3 PIM's: 1. #5 Jake Middleton ~ 77 PIM's 2. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 72 PIM's 3. #24 Zach Bogosian ~ 59 PIM's Top Goaltenders: 1. #32 Filip Gustavsson (19-17-4) 3.07GAA .900% 3SO 2. #29 Marc-Andre Fleury (17-13-5) 2.87GAA .899% 2SO 3. #30 Jesper Wallstedt (1-1-0) 3.52GAA .879% 1SO Vs. Colorado Avalanche (48-24-6) 102pts 2nd in the Central 3.71 Goals For Per Game (1st in the NHL) 3.05 Goals Against Per Game (15th in the NHL) 24.6% Power Play (6th in the NHL) 81.7% Penalty Kill (8th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #29 Nathan MacKinnon ~ 48G 85A = 133pts 2. #8 Cale Makar ~ 19G 65A = 84pts 3. #27 Jonathan Drouin ~ 19G 34A = 53pts 4. #13 Valeri Nichushkin ~ 26G 24A = 50pts 5. #7 Devon Toews ~ 12G 35A = 47pts Top 3 PIM's: 1. #42 Josh Manson ~ 81 PIM's 2. #20 Ross Colton ~ 59 PIM's 3. #29 Nathan MacKinnon ~ 38 PIM's Top Goaltenders: 1. #40 Alexandar Georgiev (37-17-4) 2.96GAA .899% 2SO 2. #60 Justus Annunen (7-4-1) 2.24GAA .931% 2SO Lines: Colorado Avalanche Drouin~MacKinnon~Lehkonen Parise~Mittelstadt~Nichushkin Duhaime~Colton~Trenin Cogliano~Wagner~Kiviranta D. Toews~Makar Girard~Manson J. Johnson~Walker Georgiev Annunen Minnesota Wild Kaprizov~Rossi~Zuccarello M. Johansson~Eriksson Ek~Boldy F. Gaudreau~Khusnutdinov~Hartman Shaw~Lucchini~Merrill Middleton~Faber Brodin~Bogosian Chisholm~Mermis Gustavsson Fleury Wallstedt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomdog Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1 hour ago, CreaseAndAssist said: But I only watch just about every Iowa game so what would I know? As I don’t, can you tell why Sammy Walker got such a short tryout this year? He kind of tore it up in preseason and got a 2 game tryout on 2 different lines, probably a total of 14 minutes in 2 games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 Sincerely, I want all of them to have a nice tryout here. And for Milne , and for Firstov (I have a very high respect to this player), and for Walker. Maybe they will fit very well in the main club? But not Merrill (defenseman) to be a part of the 4th line for the game that means not a lot for both teams. And Johansson should not be in a 2nd line, but should be a Khusnutdinov's tryout. Gaudreau and Johansson played plenty of games this season. Maybe they should sit and think how to be more productive for helping the team? Like Evason did with Parise. Without a nice tryout we will never know who fits well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildstars95 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 tonight's match vs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 Can we give to the Wallstedt a bigger tougher nut - Avalanche tonight? Just to see how good he is against that team, against MacKinnon, Macar, Rantanen.... Another goal for the team, which doesn't mean a lot - to finish the season with 40 wins and at least with 90 points. Ours 37 wins and 83 points don't look too good for the fans. Plus build a chemistry, chemistry and again chemistry in remaining 5 games. Can's believe that next season we will see only in October. Such an enormously long break is patiently waiting for us. We didn't have that for the last 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild.source Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 1 hour ago, Alexandron said: Can we give to the Wallstedt a bigger tougher nut - Avalanche tonight? Just to see how good he is against that team, against MacKinnon, Macar, Rantanen.... Another goal for the team, which doesn't mean a lot - to finish the season with 40 wins and at least with 90 points. Ours 37 wins and 83 points don't look too good for the fans. Plus build a chemistry, chemistry and again chemistry in remaining 5 games. Can's believe that next season we will see only in October. Such an enormously long break is patiently waiting for us. We didn't have that for the last 10 years. I feel like giving Wallstedt a chance would be good for him, and possibly his confidence, bit I don't know if he is ready for THAT kind of challenge, especially against a team that is near the top of the division/conference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 (edited) Usual battle with NHL66 to get going with away games. Has our game started yet? NM...Turned on the radio to find out Yes... Edited April 10 by ClusterChuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 11 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said: Usual battle with NHL66 to get going with away games. Has our game started yet? I am listening on a radio too. Gustavsson is in the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 0:1 now as soon as I mentioned Gustavsson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 MacKinnon placed a goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 2 minutes ago, Alexandron said: MacKinnon placed a goal. 2 PP's in the first 5 minutes will do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 2 hours ago, wild.source said: I feel like giving Wallstedt a chance would be good for him, and possibly his confidence, bit I don't know if he is ready for THAT kind of challenge, especially against a team that is near the top of the division/conference. Gustavsson is in the net. Not sure if he is ready for that challenge too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 2-0 now… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimtown guy Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Thankfully they will be eliminated tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 0:2. MacKinnon placed. His 49th this season. Time to Gustavsson to be changed. I do not think he is ready for that game. Wallstedt should be in the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 1 minute ago, Jimtown guy said: Thankfully they will be eliminated tonight I think we were eliminated long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Kap !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 KAPRIZOV!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 4 minutes ago, Alexandron said: 0:2. MacKinnon placed. His 49th this season. Time to Gustavsson to be changed. I do not think he is ready for that game. Wallstedt should be in the net. No. Wallstedt already got thrown to the wolves during that Dallas game. Build the kid up, don’t destroy him right off the bat. Gus is the one that needs to get his act together. Leave him in there. They need to lose the rest of their games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 5 minutes ago, IllaZilla said: No. Wallstedt already got thrown to the wolves during that Dallas game. Build the kid up, don’t destroy him right off the bat. Gus is the one that needs to get his act together. Leave him in there. They need to lose the rest of their games. Gus was geared to be the #1 starter so he should be playing the top teams. No reason to over work Wally at this point. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildstars95 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 the luv for mackinnon and av's by the announcers is just sickening must find alternate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimtown guy Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 14 minutes ago, Alexandron said: I think we were eliminated long time ago. Officially Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 Just now, Jimtown guy said: Officially I know, I know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimtown guy Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 14 minutes ago, ClusterChuck said: Kap !! Could you imagine where this team would be without him 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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