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Article: Gamethread: Wild vs. Stars (5:00 p.m.)


Thomas Williams
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36 minutes ago, Pewterschmidt said:

This game might be barometer for Dean’s career here.  After a lackluster loss to an ordinary Sabres team, the Wild need to come out swinging against a solid stars team.  If they come out flat tonight that’s not good for Deano

 

5 minutes ago, Dango said:

This is a game where our grit has to prove it worthiness 

 

100% to both of these! Yes the Stars are the top team in the division, but the Wild need to play a full 60-min. This game will set the tone for their upcoming games in Sweden. Taking a full period off, and only registering 2 shots is not a recipe for success, nor does it scream "grit." Hoping they're able to capitalize on the home rink energy — LGW!

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57 minutes ago, Pewterschmidt said:

This game might be barometer for Dean’s career here.  After a lackluster loss to an ordinary Sabres team, the Wild need to come out swinging against a solid stars team.  If they come out flat tonight that’s not good for Deano

This is the opposite of what Deans career needed.  Won’t get fired tomorrow but BG is paying attention

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Just now, WheelSnipeCelly said:

Buhhhh, a shorty by Dallas...so many bad passes by the Wild (especially Kaprizov). That was rough to watch.

What was worse is how everyone on the Wild just watched the puck slowly slide out to the neutral zone and the Dallas player collect it. Johansson even looked towards the player and turned and looked the other way without changing direction until about 3 seconds later.

 

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8 minutes ago, Sviginak said:

Spurge, there you were three feet from Pavelski. That called for a physical hit instead of a weak missed attempt at a stick lift. 

I don't think Spurgeon saw it. It went through Fleury's legs (it shouldn't have, Fleury is awful about that).

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2 minutes ago, jgodwin17 said:

I don't think Spurgeon saw it. It went through Fleury's legs (it shouldn't have, Fleury is awful about that).

But Pavelski reached around Fleury to tap the rebound (puck that got through Fleury) in. Spurge should have closed on him when the shot from the point was taken. He is not alone, most in close goals against the Wild are by players that don’t get hit after rebounds.

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10 minutes ago, Sviginak said:

But Pavelski reached around Fleury to tap the rebound (puck that got through Fleury) in. Spurge should have closed on him when the shot from the point was taken. He is not alone, most in close goals against the Wild are by players that don’t get hit after rebounds.

I don't know about that, Pavelski basically just had one step backwards to Fleury and Spurgeon had to close a larger distance. For me the bigger issue is that Spurgeon (and Brodin) allowed Pavelski that close in on Fleury in the first place. Checking Pavelski probably isn't going to work as Spurgeon or Brodin without momentum, as Spurgeon is far smaller and Brodin is somehow worse at checking than Spurgeon.

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