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Imyourhuckleberry Verified Member Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Quote Why Is Anyone Down On Matt Boldy? Because a poorly timed/placed pass by Johansson set him up for a big check in the 2nd game of the season and may have impacted his shooting ability for the next month or so even if he only missed 2 weeks due to injury. Boldy collected his 1st goal of the season in that 2nd game against Toronto on October 14th. Then, he didn't net another goal until November 28th. In his last 33 games played, he has 17 goals and 13 assists. If he didn't get injured, he might very well be on pace for 70+ points. He had just 1 goal in his first 35 shots on the season, through 12 games, but has 17 goals in his last 95 shots on goal(33 games). The all-star break may have helped rejuvenate him as well even if it did take a game to get him going upon the return to action--that poor showing in Chicago. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJohnson Verified Member Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Why Is Anyone Down On Matt Boldy? Because Minnesotans are grouchy a-holes. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Because if every player isn't Kaprizov, then we wish they were. Note: Kap also got shit for playing hurt or lackluster early this year. The fact is when you make $7m, you are always under a higher microscope. The real answer: fans are super crazy angsty people who want points every game, or you suck. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 No frick'n golf courses in MN over the All-Star break so yeah, he'd better practice sling'n wristers. Let's see it correlate with Wild wins and elevate some other players like NoJo maybe. We've said before, we like Boldy's potential. We just wanna see the consistency, hunger, leadership, skill together. So far, there's been some of that but not all. I've ragged on his off-season golf'n and crummy start but I think he's a good player who can be better or more consistent. I harp on NoJo or Rask in a different way which is knowing they are gonna take shifts off and fail to engage. With Boldy, it's more of an expectation and hope that he takes the next step to become an elite NHLer. I wouldn't say he's languishing but he's not a rookie anymore. More consistency, more assertive, more grit, you guys know what I'm talking about. Be harder to play against especially when it's Dallas, Vegas, Boston, Florida, Colorado, NYR, etc. but when it's the Yotes, Sharks, or Ducks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 15 minutes ago, Citizen Strife said: Because if every player isn't Kaprizov, then we wish they were. Note: Kap also got shit for playing hurt or lackluster early this year. The fact is when you make $7m, you are always under a higher microscope. The real answer: fans are super crazy angsty people who want points every game, or you suck. Yes. Boldy was going around the opposite of Happy Gilmore all Summer and sure as shit, he came out playing hockey like Chubbs. One gimp arm and everything. Now I didn't see Boldy wearing any goofy sweaters but it was pretty bad. Let's hope he's remembered his identity over the last few weeks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Verified Member Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Because he played a small non battle game in playoffs last year . He started this year playing small and not battling with his size . However either did his team. They seemed to believe all there pr about being a playoff team and thought kappy would will them to playoffs. They forgot the hard work part . I think Boldy is a good player. Consistency makes you great. He’s young and getting his man strength. So I’d cut him some slack. However next year his training wheels are off and it’s time for him to be a pro in his consistency . The wild definitely need him to take another step. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sviginak Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 “Because Minnesotans are grouchy a-holes.” I have found this to be very true of half or more of the commenters on the Athletic. Article after article the same people coming back to negatively comment on the same old things. (Hint hint, we already heard you, please don’t keep repeating yourself!) If the comment number is over 100 I know it will be a brutal slog getting through the negativity, A negative assessment of poor play in a game is expected. But it is Trade Spurgeon, trade Mojo, Trade Foligno, fire the new coach, fire the GM, fire the owner, we deserve better! It is way out of hand in my estimation. Maybe Joe Smith is starting to play to his audience on the Athletic. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I agree. There's too much bitchin on here about the people pitching. Just because some people complain, it doesn't mean they are all wrong all the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Need4speed99 Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 4 hours ago, FredJohnson said: Why Is Anyone Down On Matt Boldy? Because Minnesotans are grouchy a-holes. Go to any towns that have "passionate" fans they make us look like choir boys in comparison... and that is NOT even debatable. Hopefully people are getting fed up with mn sports and expect more. What championships does any mn sports team have? 87 and 91 twins and THATS IT. maybe the fans should require more of the owners, gm, and coaches. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will D. Ness Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 If everybody could cannonball into the NHL like Faber then it wouldn't be that special. I don't think it is fair to compare Boldy or Rossi to Faber. Typically it takes a little time for young guys to find their game and I think Boldy is just doing that. The one thing I would criticize Boldy and Rossi for is the thin skin. They are a little fragile when things go south and get distracted and crawl into a shell it seems. It's mostly a confidence issue I think. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJohnson Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Need4speed99 said: Go to any towns that have "passionate" fans they make us look like choir boys in comparison... and that is NOT even debatable. Hopefully people are getting fed up with mn sports and expect more. What championships does any mn sports team have? 87 and 91 twins and THATS IT. maybe the fans should require more of the owners, gm, and coaches. 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisopher Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Well, he's already got an assist tonight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKwildkraken Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 It's pretty simple. Boldy plays better when he plays with Ek and Kaprizov. When he's skating with Nojo, well not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1GKappa97 Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Yeah I think Boldy will be fine. I was on the Athletic the other day and somebody hilariously suggested that we should've kept Fiala and traded off Boldy instead. So I had to compare their stats and can confirm Boldy is blowing Fiala's age-22 season out of the water. The guy can be a special player. Of course, when you're a special player you also need to be a consistent player or fans/media get on you. Let's be honest, we know that Boldy can be a nightly scorer. I don't think its unfair to hold him to that standard considering what we've seen from him since he's been in the league. Whether it was unlocking Fiala's game or throwing the team on his back last season with Kaprizov out, we know he has it in him. I can see some of the Stone comparison for Boldy. I think what separates them the most right now though is Stone just has that clutch gene where when his team needs a goal, he steps his game up another notch pretty consistently. Not that we haven't seen Boldy do that (that Devils game last year was epic) but he certainly hasn't developed that consistency yet. Once he gets that, there's going to be far fewer complaints about him and we can all go back to hating on guys like Freddy Gaudreau or Marcus Foligno 😄 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1GKappa97 Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 7 hours ago, AKwildkraken said: It's pretty simple. Boldy plays better when he plays with Ek and Kaprizov. When he's skating with Nojo, well not so much. No Kaprizov necessary even tbh. Just having Ek at the net the distract the goalie and draw attention away from the wings is enough for him to ramp up production. Similar to how we've been reluctant to separate Kaprizov and Zuccy, we should take the same tact with the Ek-Boldy combo. The BEEK line is pretty epic though. I just think its too much talent on one line! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Agreed the Wild need better balance in the FWD lines. Duhamel, Dewar, AHL guys, etc. just don't chip in enough and NoJo sucks. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Nice game last night from Boldy. His post All-Star break hot streak makes me think he should do the same preparation and effort to be dialed-in from the start of the season. Golf when you retire... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imyourhuckleberry Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Another strong Boldy game. Wild are now 1 point back from 9th, and 3 points back from 7th/8th. Kings have a few games in hand in that 7th spot, but they've somewhat been in free fall for the last month and a half(4-9-6 in their last 19 games, which is a .368 points percentage). Kings were playing like a top 2 team in their first 31 games, then seemingly morphed into Columbus. After the Kings got ahead of Buffalo 3-1 in the first period on January 24th, Buffalo scored the next 4 goals to win it 5-3 and Buffalo followed that up by crushing the Kings 7-0 last night. We'll see Saturday if the Wild can corral Buffalo's offense and come away with a W. Wild lost 3-2 in their first matchup with Buffalo back on 11/10/23. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJohnson Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 13 hours ago, Need4speed99 said: Hopefully people are getting fed up with mn sports and expect more. What championships does any mn sports team have? And thanks for providing evidence. 😋 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up North Guy Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 15 hours ago, Sviginak said: “Because Minnesotans are grouchy a-holes.” I have found this to be very true of half or more of the commenters on the Athletic. Article after article the same people coming back to negatively comment on the same old things. (Hint hint, we already heard you, please don’t keep repeating yourself!) If the comment number is over 100 I know it will be a brutal slog getting through the negativity, A negative assessment of poor play in a game is expected. But it is Trade Spurgeon, trade Mojo, Trade Foligno, fire the new coach, fire the GM, fire the owner, we deserve better! It is way out of hand in my estimation. Maybe Joe Smith is starting to play to his audience on the Athletic. It depends on the periodical, but HW is certainly one of the few where you can read the comments, think and have a conversation. I have taken to never read the comments on the Athletic and Star Tribune. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up North Guy Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 11 hours ago, AKwildkraken said: It's pretty simple. Boldy plays better when he plays with Ek and Kaprizov. When he's skating with Nojo, well not so much. He is not alone in that case. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up North Guy Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 3 hours ago, B1GKappa97 said: I just think its too much talent on one line! Or too little on the other lines. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I'd rather have a talented line than none of them right now. If Kaprizov/Ek/Boldy+Faber prove unstoppable on most nights, then the other scorers don't have to do much. However, that's where players like Rossi, Zuccarello, and hopefully Khustnutdinov can come in and chip in on those off nights. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy the poor boy Verified Member Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) 15 hours ago, Need4speed99 said: Go to any towns that have "passionate" fans they make us look like choir boys in comparison... and that is NOT even debatable. Hopefully people are getting fed up with mn sports and expect more. What championships does any mn sports team have? 87 and 91 twins and THATS IT. maybe the fans should require more of the owners, gm, and coaches. How about dem Lynx!! And the new women's pro hockey team is likely going to win multiple championships. Leo should get some pointers from those teams. Edited February 15 by Willy the poor boy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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