hf101 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Iowa finished third in the Central Division and will face the second-place Admirals for their first playoff appearance in Des Moines. Obviously, this is huge for not only the Iowa community but also for the Wild organization. The Wild will open the postseason at home for the first playoff games in franchise history before traveling up to Milwaukee for potentially three games. The full schedule is below. Game Date Time (CT) Arena Game 1 Sunday, April 21 4:00 p.m. Wells Fargo Arena Game 2 Tuesday, April 23 7:00 p.m. Wells Fargo Arena Game 3 Thursday, April 25 7:00 p.m. UW-M Panther Arena Game 4* Friday, April 26 7:00 p.m. UW-M Panther Arena Game 5* Monday, April 29 7:00 p.m. UW-M Panther Arena * if necessary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 3 hours ago, hf101 said: Iowa finished third in the Central Division and will face the second-place Admirals for their first playoff appearance in Des Moines. Obviously, this is huge for not only the Iowa community but also for the Wild organization. The Wild will open the postseason at home for the first playoff games in franchise history before traveling up to Milwaukee for potentially three games. The full schedule is below. Game Date Time (CT) Arena Game 1 Sunday, April 21 4:00 p.m. Wells Fargo Arena Game 2 Tuesday, April 23 7:00 p.m. Wells Fargo Arena Game 3 Thursday, April 25 7:00 p.m. UW-M Panther Arena Game 4* Friday, April 26 7:00 p.m. UW-M Panther Arena Game 5* Monday, April 29 7:00 p.m. UW-M Panther Arena * if necessary Are they ever going to sign Kirill Kaprizov? His season is over he could always join them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starofthenorth Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 1 hour ago, OccamsRazor said: Are they ever going to sign Kirill Kaprizov? His season is over he could always join them. Kaprizov just won the cup there now is the time to bring him and his teammate to the state of hockey. The GM better not sit on his hands for too long or those guys will become strangers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 4 hours ago, OccamsRazor said: Are they ever going to sign Kirill Kaprizov? His season is over he could always join them. They may be able to sign him if Leipold makes a "congratulatory" gift to CSKA Moscow for winning the Gagarin Cup...otherwise the Wild may have to wait until 2020... And even though his season is over, he was not listed on the Iowa Wild reserve roster, so even if the Wild sign him tomorrow, he would be ineligible for the AHL Playoffs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 24 minutes ago, IllaZilla said: They may be able to sign him if Leipold makes a "congratulatory" gift to CSKA Moscow for winning the Gagarin Cup...otherwise the Wild may have to wait until 2020... And even though his season is over, he was not listed on the Iowa Wild reserve roster, so even if the Wild sign him tomorrow, he would be ineligible for the AHL Playoffs... I see he is under contract for next year so yeah no dice...the KHL and NHL don't have a transfer agreement like the SHL and Liiga. Oh well maybe after next season is over.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 6 hours ago, Starofthenorth said: Kaprizov just won the cup there now is the time to bring him and his teammate to the state of hockey. The GM better not sit on his hands for too long or those guys will become strangers. Agree. They both(Kaprizov and his teammate Svetlakov) should be sign first of all and as soon as possible by the Wild organization. Time was already yesterday, but we did not use it in time. Both played and are still playing for the best club in entire KHL,and having a much much better experience and a higher professional level than players in AHL. No doubt that the level of AHL stays third after NHL and KHL levels in a world hockey range. Bigger arena there in comparison to our arena size, is not a big deal. Real professionals accommodate to it pretty fast. And they did play at international competitions in a smaller arenas. Examples, Radulov, Kovalchuk, Ovechkin, Tarasenko, Datsyuk and many others Russian players as well as players from other European countries also previously played in a bigger fields than in US. I did not see a big difference. The main problems for them here - different culture, different language, different style of life, home sickness. If they will pass them successfully then they will be able to show their talent in full if they have it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 13 hours ago, OccamsRazor said: I see he is under contract for next year so yeah no dice...the KHL and NHL don't have a transfer agreement like the SHL and Liiga. Oh well maybe after next season is over.... Like I said, if Leipold made a congratulatory "gift" to CSKA Moscow, they may be persuaded to release him from his deal. But yeah, I think the earliest we see Kaprisov is the 2020-2021 season... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starofthenorth Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 55 minutes ago, IllaZilla said: Like I said, if Leipold made a congratulatory "gift" to CSKA Moscow, they may be persuaded to release him from his deal. But yeah, I think the earliest we see Kaprisov is the 2020-2021 season... Leipold better not be cheap and should make a sizable gift as soon as possible! These guys could help make up for the severe lack of scoring, talent, and depth currently on the wild and may help save the team's non-rebuild rebuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 1 hour ago, IllaZilla said: Like I said, if Leipold made a congratulatory "gift" to CSKA Moscow, they may be persuaded to release him from his deal. But yeah, I think the earliest we see Kaprisov is the 2020-2021 season... Sorry I'm not following. What kind of gift? A bribe of some sort? What can you get a russian? A bottle of Jack Daniel's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 21 minutes ago, OccamsRazor said: Sorry I'm not following. What kind of gift? A bribe of some sort? What can you get a russian? A bottle of Jack Daniel's? I'm speaking (typing?) tongue in cheek. I'm guessing a sizeable monetary contribution to CSKA Moscow's "Youth Development Academy" or a large monetary donation to "upgrade the scoreboard at CSKA Arena" would be what it takes to pry Kaprisov out of the final year of his contract. Vegas just signed Nikita Gusev, but he had to give back signing bonuses and contract incentives that he already earned in order to leave his contract early. Plus he's 26 and his SKA St. Petersburg contract expired the end of April 2019. Kaprisov is only 21 and has a full year left on his deal. Gonna take a bigger crowbar to get him out of his contract than the one used to get Gusev out of his... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild.source Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 This topic has gone off the rails. By the way go Iowa Wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/22/2019 at 2:58 PM, DevinWieser said: This topic has gone off the rails. By the way go Iowa Wild. Agree. Back to the topic. Good news - Iowa Wild team just finished a second game against a very tough team Admirals with a second win in a row( 6:1) on our home ice. What is impressing me the most - nice scores for us in both games(7:0 and 6:1). 13 goals into the opposite net and just 1 goal into our net are pretty solid statistics. Goaltending is an outstanding too so far for us on 63 shots towards our net in 2 games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Kind of interesting what happens when players actually shoot the puck at the net instead of worrying about "Who should I pass it to?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild.source Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Agree, the Iowa Wild are doing pretty well the playoffs. It is good when you shoot the puck at the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Everyone was saying the Wild needed to make the Playoffs to give they young guys a taste of Playoff hockey. I’m glad they missed the Playoffs and the young guys are doing this in Iowa. They’re playing with a bunch of guys that are fighting every night, not a bunch of prima donnas who fold up like a house of cards whenever a team gets physical with them... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Looks like a bit of a hiccup last night. Ads take game 3 with a score of 3-1. Be interesting to see how these guys respond. Do they curl up in the fetal position or do they dig deep and knock the Ads out of the series on the Ads home ice? Nice to see Kyle Rau score again... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Greenway a disappointment Donato effort seems to be lacking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 On 4/27/2019 at 1:49 PM, Bear said: Greenway a disappointment Donato effort seems to be lacking Agree, they should step up and not only them. The entire team should. Score in those series is 2:2.Tonight is a last crucial game in that round. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildstars95 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 wild win wild winnnnn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 32 minutes ago, wildstars95 said: wild win wild winnnnn Wow, Iowa WILD WIN the first round series!!! By beating Admirals on the road with a score 2:1 during the last game and moved to a second round. Hammond stopped 26 shots towards our net out of 27. Cal O'Reilly and Belpedio put 2 goals into the Admirals net. Next round(first 2 games) we will play in Chicago against Wolves on Wednesday and Thursday(May 1st and 2nd). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Good for the Baby Wild. They did something the parent club hasn’t been able to do for four seasons. Win a playoff series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 It’s nice to see players that want to be out on the ice instead of going through the motions great win now let’s win the second round. Maybe some of the players in minny will get the drift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Bear said: It’s nice to see players that want to be out on the ice instead of going through the motions great win now let’s win the second round. Maybe some of the players in minny will get the drift. Honestly, I think it was a great season for Iowa just getting to the Playoffs, especially after the eight game losing streak at the end of the season. Anything after is frosting... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Your right they played hard all year they deserve to be in the playoffs. Hopefully they can keep it going it would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megawild Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 So, is there someplace you are able to watch these games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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