CreaseAndAssist Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 https://thesportsdaily.com/?p=1199861 Minnesota Wild (23-12-2) 48pts 3rd in Honda West 2.89 Goals For Per Game (15th in the NHL) 2.51 Goals Against Per Game (8th in the NHL) 12% Power Play (30th in the NHL) 85.7% Penalty Kill (3rd in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #97 Kirill Kaprizov ~ 14G 17A = 31pts 2. #18 Jordan Greenway ~ 5G 18A = 23pts 3. #22 Kevin Fiala ~ 11G 10A = 21pts 4. #14 Joel Eriksson Ek ~ 12G 7A = 19pts 5. #25 Jonas Brodin ~ 5G 11A = 16pts Top 3 PIM's: 1. #21 Carson Soucy ~ 41 PIM's 2. #18 Jordan Greenway ~ 40 PIM's 3. #22 Kevin Fiala ~ 35 PIM's Top Goaltenders: 1. #34 Kaapo Kahkonen (12-6-0) 2.34GAA .920%SP 2SO 2. #33 Cam Talbot (11-6-2) 2.41GAA .924%SP 2SO Vs. Colorado Avalanche (25-8-4) 54pts 1st in Honda West 3.61 Goals For Per Game (1st in the NHL) 2.26 Goals Against Per Game (2nd in the NHL) 23.6% Power Play (10th in the NHL) 86.1% Penalty Kill (2nd in the NHL) Top 5 Scorers: 1. #29 Nathan MacKinnon ~ 14G 31A = 45pts 2. #96 Mikko Rantanen ~ 21G 23A = 44pts 3. #92 Gabriel Landeskog ~ 15G 22A = 37pts 4. #49 Samuel Girard ~ 5G 25A = 30pts 5. #72 Joonas Donskoi ~ 15G 13A = 28pts Top 3 PIM's: 1. #91 Nazem Kadri ~ 28 PIM's 2. #27 Ryan Graves ~ 26 PIM's 3. #29 Nathan MacKinnon ~ 24 PIM's Top Goaltenders: 1. #31 Philipp Grubauer (24-7-1) 1.83GAA .926%SP 5SO 2. #35 Joonas Johansson (1-0-1) 2.89GAA .898%SP 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimtown guy Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Going to miss this one tonight. I’ll be at the rink playing tonight. Last month of puck for the year We all know how good the Avs are. For some reason I think the Wild find a way to win tonight. It’s time to make a statement damnit 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alexandron Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Jimtown guy said: Going to miss this one tonight. I’ll be at the rink playing tonight. Last month of puck for the year We all know how good the Avs are. For some reason I think the Wild find a way to win tonight. It’s time to make a statement damnit Hope your prediction will be able to hear our entire team. Like Kaprizov said during Gagarin Cup finals - team first mentality for every player. Individual play is not helping a lot when the other players are not helping too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxrattle Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Sturm out, Parise in. Are they shopping Parise, or is any accountability a question of the past? If they are shopping, I pray for Parise getting a goal. For some reason I'm not too hopeful on a win here, although I'm pretty sure the Avs are not at their best today. We've been too easy for them to play against us. They won't be taking us seriously, knowing they start scoring, if they just step on the gas. It's a classic trap for them. But still I have trouble in keeping the faith here. The Wild, please help us, show a sign for fans like me, weak in faith, and win this one! At least give MacKinnon a face rub. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSOTA Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I forgot to put this in the preview, but Rossi has been cleared to start light training. While it doesn’t help in the immediate future, it’s a step in the right direction. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 3 hours ago, lynxrattle said: Sturm out, Parise in. Are they shopping Parise, or is any accountability a question of the past? If they are shopping, I pray for Parise getting a goal. For some reason I'm not too hopeful on a win here, although I'm pretty sure the Avs are not at their best today. We've been too easy for them to play against us. They won't be taking us seriously, knowing they start scoring, if they just step on the gas. It's a classic trap for them. But still I have trouble in keeping the faith here. The Wild, please help us, show a sign for fans like me, weak in faith, and win this one! At least give MacKinnon a face rub. I was thinking last game they happened to look up and see the VGK score and decided to pick it up for the 2nd period. While some teams have to "Weather the storm" by a team like the Wild at home with a crowd, The Av's seemed to just say "Let's see what they got tonight" Hopefully tonight isn't about payback for Bjugstad. That was embarrassing by itself. We don't need to fall into that trap. Frustrate, Annoy, Out hustle...score a lot...anything to show we're an actual threat. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 3 hours ago, ClusterChuck said: I was thinking last game they happened to look up and see the VGK score and decided to pick it up for the 2nd period. While some teams have to "Weather the storm" by a team like the Wild at home with a crowd, The Av's seemed to just say "Let's see what they got tonight" Hopefully tonight isn't about payback for Bjugstad. That was embarrassing by itself. We don't need to fall into that trap. Frustrate, Annoy, Out hustle...score a lot...anything to show we're an actual threat. Yes, it should be a not payback for Bjugstad, but a revenge for the last 3 losses from that team which , probably, we are going to meet during playoffs also. Avalanche supposed to understand that our team is not a simple nut. I am already thinking, that Avalanche is guessing they do not have a competitive opponent in our division to withstand them. Let's Wild to break that guess!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyShelf Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 8 hours ago, lynxrattle said: Sturm out, Parise in. Are they shopping Parise, or is any accountability a question of the past? If they are shopping, I pray for Parise getting a goal. For some reason I'm not too hopeful on a win here, although I'm pretty sure the Avs are not at their best today. We've been too easy for them to play against us. They won't be taking us seriously, knowing they start scoring, if they just step on the gas. It's a classic trap for them. But still I have trouble in keeping the faith here. The Wild, please help us, show a sign for fans like me, weak in faith, and win this one! At least give MacKinnon a face rub. I feel the barf coming up in my throat. I would take Sturm, his effort, his ability as a C, and his 'puck luck' over the Garden Gnome with an $7MM+ salary ANY FRICKEN DAY. Not a good trade-off, particularly in the speed and grit department. I hope Man Baby gets as little TOI as possible (though I would love to see him moved for a Snickers). 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 7 hours ago, lynxrattle said: Sturm out, Parise in. Are they shopping Parise, or is any accountability a question of the past? If they are shopping, I pray for Parise getting a goal. For some reason I'm not too hopeful on a win here, although I'm pretty sure the Avs are not at their best today. We've been too easy for them to play against us. They won't be taking us seriously, knowing they start scoring, if they just step on the gas. It's a classic trap for them. But still I have trouble in keeping the faith here. The Wild, please help us, show a sign for fans like me, weak in faith, and win this one! At least give MacKinnon a face rub. OccamsRazor sadly but clearly explained at the thread "top trade bite who winds up where" what we are going to have with Parise's deal. Better , probably, do not think about him and let him play as best as he can. If he will be able to place 15-20 goals for the team per season, then I will be OK with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyShelf Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Alexandron said: OccamsRazor sadly but clearly explained at the thread "top trade bite who winds up where" what we are going to have with Parise's deal. Better , probably, do not think about him and let him play as best as he can. If he will be able to place 15-20 goals for the team per season, then I will be OK with that. He is on pace for NINE GOALS at almost $8MM, and spiraling into the abyss with each game. I would like to see him wrench his back (nothing debilitating, just enough to retire for health) and go on LTIR. This would be the only positive conclusion to the Parise contract... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbgarnett Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 I am sensing an early goal tonight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyShelf Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Four on Three. If we don't score here, the buzzards will start circling our carcass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyShelf Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 When did Ryan Suter ever 'LEAD the charge...?" Dear Lord, Pants, get your head out of Suits jock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbgarnett Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Kaprizov!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyShelf Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 KAP saves our PP....AGAIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyShelf Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 AFTER a BS no-call cross check too...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClusterChuck Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 GiGi !!! ...I mean KAPRIZOV!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandron Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 KAPRIZOV PP GOALLLLL!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSOTA Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) Yay.... just finished dinner and Kaprizov gets a PP goal. Edited April 8, 2021 by MNSOTA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbgarnett Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, MNSOTA said: Yay.... just finished dinner and Kaprizov gets a PP goal. what did you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNSOTA Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Just now, bbgarnett said: what did you have? The General Tso’s chicken from Aldis, jasmine rice, and steamed broccoli. Also, I highly suggest getting an electric rice cooker, and the Zojirushi brand if you can swing it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyShelf Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 hour ago, MNSOTA said: Yay.... just finished dinner and Kaprizov gets a PP goal. AND, fortunately the Man Baby has not yet touched the ice, and Suits cleared a puck. A win for ALL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyShelf Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 hour ago, MNSOTA said: The General Tso’s chicken from Aldis, jasmine rice, and steamed broccoli. Also, I highly suggest getting an electric rice cooker, and the Zojirushi brand if you can swing it. For myself, I swallowed some acid reflux bile when I found out Sturm was out and replaced by some scrub, and my burrito began to work its way NORTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmptyShelf Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 After 7 minutes, two AHL players plus a $7MM Boat Anchor hit the ice against the talented AVs....JOY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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