Kalisha Turnipseed Verified Member Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 View full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) The emergence of Rossi as a scorer eases the need for Khus to "need" to be that guy. However, I'm all for another guy coming in and storming through the gates. If he does, amazing. If he takes awhile, that's fine too. The Wild need replacements in many areas, and if he's half as good as Rossi and Faber turned out to be, the Wild just solved a scoring problem. Edited January 8 by Citizen Strife 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnfaninnc Verified Member Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Of course my main concern is going to be his weight/strength. However, his play in the K would suggest that we do not have up to date measurables for him. Speed can't be taught, and if he can wriggle free and turn on the jets, that could be exactly what we need. I certainly hope there are some players who can keep up with him. I'd hate to have him off to the races and have to circle the net while others come rolling through. Players in the K are big and strong, and he's been successful in that league. I have no doubt he will transition well in the N. We've been waiting for a long time, but just as a reminder, let's say we hit on him, Rossi and Hunt would make 3 players from the 2020 draft class. I don't even think that the 2020 class was the best one we've drafted. To me, 2022 was the best one we've had. Just to review a little: 2 more seasons of Zuccarello, 1 more season of Johansson (who has a full NTC meaning, he can head to Iowa), 3 more seasons of Hartman. On D, we could see 3 slots open up if Merrill heads to Iowa. I don't know if Lambos will be ready by next season, I think that was the hope. It certainly looks like Peart won't be, he's having a terrible year and I think he's hurt. Honestly, this is an important offseason for O'Rourke. He's got to have a Rossi type of offseason, and if it doesn't happen this year, he's probably an A player going forward. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pewterschmidt Verified Member Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Rossi looked like he was a member of the lollipop guild against Dallas’s big D. I hope khuz has grown taller AND wider since the picture I saw during his draft year. Stramel and Rasmu can’t come soon enough 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pewterschmidt Verified Member Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 First off Dallas is a damn good ice hockey team Second, the wild looked like the gutless, heartless post lemaire years. Shortage of heart and skill tonight. Really hard to watch tonight. Heard a smattering of boos after the buzzer. OCL getting nervous. Third, couple bright spots were hunt and Raska. I haven’t seen Raska play much, but what I’ve seen I’ve like so I’d like him to get more TOI The young man’s got a lot of jam to his game. This bunch is more than a 97 and 46 away from being playoff relevant 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rohn Verified Member Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Another smurf. Sits at -6 with one goal in his past 10 games. Rossi bulked up but could not compete against the Dallas big guys. The little Russian is 21 and not a driver of offense in an inferior league, not a patty-cake league, but AHL level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pewterschmidt Verified Member Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Has anyone seen Zuccy and Khuz in same room together. Maybe Zuccy is a Russian double agent. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJohnson Verified Member Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Marat Khusnutdinov Has What It Takes To Be A Top Center What is this "Top Center" I am hearing about? (Did I pronounce it correctly?) I see other teams with them but I thought the Wild dismissed it as a fad 20 years ago. 😳 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnfaninnc Verified Member Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Just in case anyone was wondering, Sochi (Dino's team) is currently in last place in their division. When they traded for Dino they were in the hunt but have fallen on hard times. Good news is he might even be able to fit in a couple of games with the Wild this season (after the K regular season is complete). It burns a year of ELC, but, it gets him over here for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 21 hours ago, FredJohnson said: Marat Khusnutdinov Has What It Takes To Be A Top Center What is this "Top Center" I am hearing about? (Did I pronounce it correctly?) I see other teams with them but I thought the Wild dismissed it as a fad 20 years ago. 😳 That's that mythical thing that gets paid $8-11m per season to score tons of points and take the lion's share of attention when a team either does or doesn't do well. There was a guy named Eric Staal who presumably was that guy for like a season on a super cheap contract, making the rest of the team look stupid by comparison...but maybe it was a mirage. Some guy they traded for called Hanzal ended up being the REAL 1C. At least that's what I think happened. I blocked that half season out of my mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnfaninnc Verified Member Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 (edited) 5 hours ago, Citizen Strife said: That's that mythical thing that gets paid $8-11m per season to score tons of points and take the lion's share of attention when a team either does or doesn't do well. There was a guy named Eric Staal who presumably was that guy for like a season on a super cheap contract, making the rest of the team look stupid by comparison...but maybe it was a mirage. Some guy they traded for called Hanzal ended up being the REAL 1C. At the end of the buyout years, we've got 4 things that must be figured out: Pay Kaprizov again, should be somewhere around an extra $3.xxm Pay Rossi, assuming he continues to improve Pay Faber Pay The Wall, Goose2 might also be up for a raise? Salary cap will be higher, and we'll have a lot of money to play with. Not every team will be so cap friendly. If I were a UFA coming into that season or a season away, I'd be looking hard at this franchise because they could pay me. If we luck out in this draft and find someone in the Mo Seider class, that would leave room for one splash at center. Where oh where could we find one of those guys? It might require a deal similar to the Fiala deal, where we give up a 1st and top prospect? Edited January 10 by mnfaninnc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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