CreaseAndAssist Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Wild vs. Kings Game Preview Minnesota Wild (22-20-3) 47pts 5th in the Central 2.84 Goals For Per Game (21st in the NHL) 2.91 Goals Against Per Game (14th in the NHL) 22.3% Power Play (8th in the NHL) 84.5% Penalty Kill (4th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #11 Zach Parise ~ 19G 22A = 41pts 2. #64 Mikael Granlund ~ 12G 27A = 39pts 3. #12 Eric Staal ~ 13G 16A = 29pts 4. #20 Ryan Suter ~ 5G 24A = 29pts 5. #9 Mikko Koivu ~ 6G 21A = 27pts Top 3 PIM’s: 1. #36 Nick Seeler ~ 39 PIM’s 2. #17 Marcus Foligno ~ 31 PIM’s 3. #29 Greg Pateryn ~ 29 PIM’s Top Goaltenders: 1. #40 Devan Dubnyk (17-16-3) 2.71GAA .911%SP 1SO 2. #32 Alex Stalock (5-4-0) 2.77GAA .896%SP Vs. Los Angeles Kings (18-25-3) 39pts 8th in the Pacific 2.26 Goals For Per Game (31st in the NHL) 2.96 Goals Against Per Game (17th in the NHL) 14.3% Power Play (27th in the NHL) 74.3% Penalty Kill (30th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #11 Anze Kopitar ~ 13G 18A = 31pts 2. #23 Dustin Brown ~ 11G 15A = 26pts 3. #8 Drew Doughty ~ 4G 21A = 25pts 4. #19 Alex Iafallo ~ 10G 12A = 22pts 5. #77 Jeff Carter ~ 9G 13A = 22pts Top 3 PIM’s: 1. #13 Kyle Clifford ~ 35 PIM’s 2. #6 Jake Muzzin ~ 31 PIM’s 3. #9 Adrian Kempe ~ 30 PIM’s Top Goaltenders: 1. #32 Jonathan Quick (8-11-2) 2.85GAA .904%SP 2SO 2. #36 Jack Campbell (5-9-0) 2.21GAA .930%SP 1SO Sorry for the late publishing of this. I got it ready to go this morning but forgot to post it here. MNSOTA wrote up the game preview, I will be on the post-gamer this evening. I have zero idea what to expect from this team. If they lose this one...and look bad / tired / lazy...you might see a lynch mob make its way to the X tonight. Enjoy and discuss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey-78 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Do we see another suck ass performance back-to-back? Against another bottom feeder? Make some changes, BB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rottenrefs Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I'm in my proverbial 'what the hell kind of game will we see tonight' mode for the umpteenth time since Leipold bought the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreaseAndAssist Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Kings broadcasters are doing the game for NBC Network. FYI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 they must not like ours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSOTA Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Bear said: they must not like ours Well then they have something in common with the fans, because we don't like ours either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild-in-Va Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I’m watching on NBC since I’m out of the area and even they are giving props to suter. Granted I’m a newby in watching hockey and trying to understand the game in detail, but I get frustrated with #20 not checking, not keeping the puck in the zone, lazy skating, etc. I think maybe he does things I don’t notice or can’t appreciate since I’ve never played and then I think he’s just over hyped. So can you all help me understand what the fuss is all about? Why does he get the attention and the $$$? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rottenrefs Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Tonight's Pork - O'Rourke Los Angeles Kings at Minnesota Wild – 8:00 EST REFEREES Corey Syvret #42 Dan O’Rourke #9 Games 18-19 15 42 Career Games 16 1103 First NHL Game 4/4/18 10/2/99 Birthplace Millgrove, ON Calgary, AB Goals/Gm 6.5 (9) 6.0 (24) PP/Gm 3.5 (5) 3.4 (8) Penl/Gm 4.5 (2) 4.3 (6) PIM/Gm 10.7 (5) 10.0 (7) % of Penl on Home 44.0% (36) 48.0% (20) More Penl on Rd % 25.0% (3) 7.0% (17) Home Win % 63.0% (8) 68.0% (5) Home Rec. 5-3 17-8 OT/SO Games 63.0% (1) 16.0% (30) Calls by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 2018-19 22% 35% 43% 27% 45% 28% Team Records 18-19 17-18 16-17 18-19 17-18 16-17 LAK 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 5-1 1-4 MIN 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-4 2-2 LINESMEN Shandor Alphonso #52 Steve Barton #59 Games 18-19 42 33 Career Games 286 1175 First NHL Game 10/17/14 11/1/00 Birthplace Orangeville, ON Vankleek Hill, ON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 19 minutes ago, MNSOTA said: Well then they have something in common with the fans, because we don't like ours either. exactly correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSOTA Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Holy moley.....NBCSN has set the bar at the lowest position possible for a Mikko Koivu stat......he's scored 10 or more goals for 10 consecutive seasons. Um, but we're PAYING him like he scores 30+ goals a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rottenrefs Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, Wild-in-Va said: I’m watching on NBC since I’m out of the area and even they are giving props to suter. Granted I’m a newby in watching hockey and trying to understand the game in detail, but I get frustrated with #20 not checking, not keeping the puck in the zone, lazy skating, etc. I think maybe he does things I don’t notice or can’t appreciate since I’ve never played and then I think he’s just over hyped. So can you all help me understand what the fuss is all about? Why does he get the attention and the $$$? You're on the mark. Why do they give him props? Other than a grand illusion to keep ignorant Wild fans interested... Suter and Parise each landed a big payday with the Wild, at the request of Parise. Parise's wife is a local gal (as is he) and he wanted to play here. He played alongside Suter in the Olympics and the two have huge crushes on each other. Parise more so than Suter. Why do I say that? Because in the Free Agent market Suter had great value, but to get him here at Parise's request, Parise gave up some of the money thrown at him - to Suter so they both could ink a deal. Those two were the great hope Leipold got behind to rectify this team. Trouble is they were both good players, but Zach has been injury prone and Suter is what he is... Half the best defensive tandem (formerly of Nashville) of Shea Weber and Ryan Suter. Wild management saw huge 'diamonds in the sky' with Suter, loving his (cough cough cough) offensive skills as a defenseman. Trouble is though, Suter hardly knows which end of the puck needs to go in the net let alone be offensive minded. Leipold though, glossed over as he was, has molded and sold Suter as a wonder-ment. He's great defensively but on offense, well, it's taken half a dozen years 'molding and nurturing him' as an offensive defenseman. So for a few years the Wild's Power Plays, with him installed at the point, totally sucked ass. So, he and Parise (behind former head coach Mike Yeo) hired Adam Oates to come to one of their practices and teach them how to do PP's. And in past years with Mike Yeo as head coach, all these 'core players' (insert all the head-strong, spoiled, ego maniac older veteran players of recent years) would throw all the younger players, left without a clue... Under the bus whenever the team crapped the pot because none of the 'core players' ever needed to hold themselves accountable. Since both of them make more money then um, their former head coach, a GM, several assistants, half a dozen busted free agents... They have more say in the club than anyone, other than the owner Craig Leipold, who is probably still hoping to buy a basketball team but pulled up shy of that and bought his second NHL hockey team. Note how after he said he was losing his ass as Nashville's owner... After he left the team has flourished. So Parise, Suter and Koivu (who's the only remaining 'piece' this club still has since Leipold bought the team and granted him two more huge deals) are pretty much cash cows for Leipold to market and take to the bank. Which is why no one nationally believes in this team because other than being nothing but smoke and mirrors in Minnesota, the ONLY real players who had heart, courage, tenacity, a love for the game... They've dumped or thrown in the back of the bus. There's more but that's a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSOTA Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Man, I really hate national broadcasts because we don't get the shot clock on the screen all game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rottenrefs Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 They just displayed SOG LA 3 MN 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild-in-Va Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Thank you for the write up, that really helps put it into perspective. Like anything else, there’s always more behind the scenes politics than we’ll ever know, but what you’ve said really makes sense to me. Thanks again for the education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I'm cleaning out the cat box... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rottenrefs Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Someone needs to tell the Foligno - Ek - Nino line they can't score by continually play the boards behind the net, get in front of the net. Take shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rottenrefs Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, Wild-in-Va said: Thank you for the write up, that really helps put it into perspective. Like anything else, there’s always more behind the scenes politics than we’ll ever know, but what you’ve said really makes sense to me. Thanks again for the education. But, but... I could be wrong! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSOTA Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, IllaZilla said: I'm cleaning out the cat box... I think I'll stick watching videos that de-bunk flat earthers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild-in-Va Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Greenway and stall seem to be clicking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rottenrefs Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 SOG LA 3 MN 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 minute ago, MNSOTA said: I think I'll stick watching videos that de-bunk flat earthers. I'm not watching that clown show on ice...I'm just here for the scintillating conversation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rottenrefs Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Two quick saves by Stalock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 8 minutes ago, rottenrefs said: Someone needs to tell the Foligno - Ek - Nino line they can't score by continually play the boards behind the net, get in front of the net. Take shots! Maybe Granlund needs to teach them his way cool lacrosse goal technique so they can score from back there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rottenrefs Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Ring the bells, clap your hands, scream and shout... Mikko Koivu had a shot on goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 How is this not too many men on the ice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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