CreaseAndAssist Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Wild vs. Blues Game Preview Minnesota Wild (4-9-0) 8pts 7th in the Central 2.31 Goals For Per Game (29th in the NHL) 3.46 Goals Against Per Game (23rd in the NHL) 17.8% Power Play (20th in the NHL) 81% Penalty Kill (18th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #12 Eric Staal ~ 4G 5A = 9pts 2. #16 Jason Zucker ~ 4G 4A = 8pts 3. #77 Brad Hunt ~ 4G 3A = 7pts 4. #46 Jared Spurgeon ~ 2G 4A = 6pts 5. #20 Ryan Suter ~ 2G 4A = 6pts Top 3 PIM’s: 1. #19 Luke Kunin ~ 19 PIM’s 2. #38 Ryan Hartman ~ 10 PIM’s 3. #36 Mats Zuccarello ~ 8 PIM’s Top Goaltenders: 1. #40 Devan Dubnyk (2-6-0) 3.65GAA .885%SP 2. #32 Alex Stalock (2-3-0) 2.49GAA .914%SP 1SO Vs. St. Louis Blues (8-3-3) 19pts 1st in the Central 3.07 Goals For Per Game (17th in the NHL) 3.00 Goals Against Per Game (13th in the NHL) 26.1% Power Play (4th in the NHL) 81.4% Penalty Kill (17th in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #57 David Perron ~ 7G 8A = 15pts 2. #10 Brayden Schenn ~ 10G 4A = 14pts 3. #90 Ryan O’Reilly ~ 3G 11A = 14pts 4. #17 Jaden Schwartz ~ 1G 10A = 11pts 5. #27 Alex Pietrangelo ~ 5G 5A = 10pts Top 3 PIM’s: 1. #57 David Perron ~ 12 PIM’s 2. #19 Jay Bouwmeester ~ 8 PIM’s 3. #70 Oskar Sundqvist ~ 8 PIM’s Top Goaltenders: 1. #50 Jordan Binnington (6-2-3) 2.52GAA .918%SP 2. #34 Jake Allen (1-1-0) 4.17GAA .849%SP MNSOTA wrote up the game preview, I'll be on the post-gamer. The Blues played last night against the Blue Jackets and won in OT. If the Wild are smart they'd attack right away and try to tire them out. But knowing our guys...we'll probably look more like the team that played the night before. Its a home game and the Wild need points if it wants to even attempt at keeping pace with anyone else before it goes back on the road (again) this week. Enjoy and discuss... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Pretty sad the Wild’s best scorer (Staal) wouldn’t even make the top five on the Blues. Seems like the first period isn’t the problem with this team. It the second and third periods. This is a game that can get them on the winning track again, but I’m not sure that’s the best solution for this team any more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxrattle Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 I think I'm going to need this to survive this game: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey-78 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Tank, tank, tank! And it's easy since the players with the most ice time can't do anything. Koivu is god awful slow and has never been keen to score, now he only wants to make sure the opponent doesn't score 5 on 5 and he can bump his stats on PP. Suter teaches the young kids how to save energy. Parise; with very limited options in the offensive zone. He can't: - create his own shot - can't get by a D-man 1 on 1 - can't create scoring chances for his linemates - dare I say pretty low hockey IQ. When he's on the ice on OT the puck is like a live hand granade to him, he just wants to get rid of it...fast. - his shot, especially slapper, is very average or has it ever been good... whatever, it doesn't matter, he can't get shots on goal He can: - whack the puck in from close range - hustle - score in the shootouts 5 more years of these qualities at $7.5 mil. a year. Seriously... At the time Fletch made the right move, he went after big names. Now Parise's deal is backbiting the Wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyShelf Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 3 hours ago, Hockey-78 said: Tank, tank, tank! And it's easy since the players with the most ice time can't do anything. Koivu is god awful slow and has never been keen to score, now he only wants to make sure the opponent doesn't score 5 on 5 and he can bump his stats on PP. Suter teaches the young kids how to save energy. Parise; with very limited options in the offensive zone. He can't: - create his own shot - can't get by a D-man 1 on 1 - can't create scoring chances for his linemates - dare I say pretty low hockey IQ. When he's on the ice on OT the puck is like a live hand granade to him, he just wants to get rid of it...fast. - his shot, especially slapper, is very average or has it ever been good... whatever, it doesn't matter, he can't get shots on goal He can: - whack the puck in from close range - hustle - score in the shootouts 5 more years of these qualities at $7.5 mil. a year. Seriously... At the time Fletch made the right move, he went after big names. Now Parise's deal is backbiting the Wild. Which contract is worse in your opinion? The Suter deal or the Parise deal? For me, I just cannot stand watching Suter act like he deserves all his TOI and coasts constantly, with the old limp wrist shot and the purse swing at a player breaking away. Parise is a bit of a little bit@h, but at least he doesn't coast. I also loathe Klyde. This question is like asking whether you want to be eaten by an animal, burned to death in a fire, or by drowned via waterboarding - there just aren't many palatable options herein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 For as much bitching as people do about the Wonder Twins, at least Suter is more or less living up to his contract. Parise is not. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 5 minutes ago, IllaZilla said: For as much bitching as people do about the Wonder Twins, at least Suter is more or less living up to his contract. Parise is not. And BOY there is lots of bitching... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonkkis Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Allen in net. It's a loss, since he's a hot goalie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonkkis Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 And Foligno scores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Jeez, go make the bed and miss all the action... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Oh this game is going to get out of hand real fast... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Scary thing is the Blues played last night. And went to OT... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Well, they played hard for 5 minutes and then ran around like headless chickens for the next 15... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Holy Christ, the game breaker scored... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 If the wasn’t the most disjointed power play I don’t know what was...but I’ll take the goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyShelf Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 And, Fenton's gamebreaker/healthy scratch made a PP appearance. Perhaps, we are going to see some change to the monotony of Parise, Koivu, Zucker, Suter and Dumba/Spurgeon? Would be nice to change PP1 up once in awhile. It's not like we have such a stellar group on PP1 that we could not implement a rotation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyShelf Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Parise with his first A of the season in game 14 ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 That was a BS overturn. Parise's jersey touched Allen's.....I've seen MORE contact with the goalie where a goal stood. These, however, are the sorts of things that happens when a team isn't playing well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Only a Wild player can be run into by the goalie outside the paint and be called for goalie interference... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyShelf Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Team Apathy is when your message boards have 15-20 minutes of no banter consistently during a game (when we are winning), and 6-7 total attendees against a long-time rival and recent NHL champ. CL must be proud of current team interest...... I feel like there is an echo on this board. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 1 minute ago, EmptyShelf said: Team Apathy is when your message boards have 15-20 minutes of no banter consistently during a game (when we are winning), and 6-7 total attendees against a long-time rival and recent NHL champ. CL must be proud of current team interest...... I feel like there is an echo on this board. Hey, I was carrying on a conversation by myself for a good ten minutes... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, IllaZilla said: Only a Wild player can be run into by the goalie outside the paint and be called for goalie interference... What's the over/under on whether Allen claimed Parise passed gas on him and therefore constituted goalie interference? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 1 minute ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said: What's the over/under on whether Allen claimed Parise passed gas on him and therefore constituted goalie interference? I’m sure by now Zach’s breezers are pretty ripe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllaZilla Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 I think someone should ask Anthony Lapanta when Robert Thomas was drafted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, IllaZilla said: Hey, I was carrying on a conversation by myself for a good ten minutes... Were you agreeable and polite with yourself? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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