Luke Sims Hockey Wilderness Contributor Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago View full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago The 4th liners and veteran forwards have earned their spots. I'm hopeful they bring a lot more to the table than a lot of the depth the team had last year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pewterschmidt Verified Member Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago BJ! BJ! BJ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outskated Verified Member Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago Jones hasn't made anything. Ohgren absolutely should be on this roster so Jones will be sent down. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago (edited) 11 minutes ago, Outskated said: Jones hasn't made anything. Ohgren absolutely should be on this roster so Jones will be sent down. Yes. Let a Top 20 pick sit on his ass all season. That'll help him. Ohgren is better off getting top line or top-6 minutes in Iowa working out some kinks so he kicks ass when Mojo is traded. Edited 8 hours ago by Citizen Strife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outskated Verified Member Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 1 minute ago, Citizen Strife said: Yes. Let a Top 20 pick sit on his ass all season. That'll help him. NoJo should be the 13th forward and scratched most nights. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago Just now, Outskated said: NoJo should be the 13th forward and scratched most nights. Doesn't solve the Ohgren situation. Lauko's got the 4th line spot on lock (and has the 3-4 preseason goals and awesome effort to show it). Hynes sees these people day in day out, and if he was going to put Johansson in the press box, he would have. He can't be sent to the AHL like Merrill can, and the Wallstedt situation precludes giving the spot to Ohgren. Excuse me if thinking Ohgren has been "good enough," but hardly such a game altering player than waiting out for an injury or trade is the worst thing. We saw it in actual practice: Ohgren is fine, Heidt and Peart and a lot of guys were not, and just giving them roster spots because they were top picks is a mistake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outskated Verified Member Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 1 minute ago, Citizen Strife said: Doesn't solve the Ohgren situation. Lauko's got the 4th line spot on lock (and has the 3-4 preseason goals and awesome effort to show it). Hynes sees these people day in day out, and if he was going to put Johansson in the press box, he would have. He can't be sent to the AHL like Merrill can, and the Wallstedt situation precludes giving the spot to Ohgren. Excuse me if thinking Ohgren has been "good enough," but hardly such a game altering player than waiting out for an injury or trade is the worst thing. We saw it in actual practice: Ohgren is fine, Heidt and Peart and a lot of guys were not, and just giving them roster spots because they were top picks is a mistake. Cool, send Merrill down and bench NoJo and put Ohgren on the 2nd line with Boldy and Ek. Ohgren is going to become a game altering player, he just needs to play. He's earned his spot and is clearly a top 6 talent. If BG was smart, he'd be looking to dump NoJo to some team for future considerations, it would free up a lot of cap space. We have some depth in IA now and can withstand a couple guys getting banged up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pewterschmidt Verified Member Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 16 minutes ago, Citizen Strife said: Yes. Let a Top 20 pick sit on his ass all season. That'll help him. Ohgren is better off getting top line or top-6 minutes in Iowa working out some kinks so he kicks ass when Mojo is traded. Agree! Send ogz to IA and ask him to be first line wing and play the #1 PP. He still needs to acclimate to the intensity level on every shift at this level. Remember Rossi’s first season when he was gliding around on his heels watching…ogz has to remove that from his game and that’ll come with the confidence he gains from dominating in the A. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago (edited) Sending Merrill down means Hunt gets 7D. There's a method to the madness. You think Guerin hasn't tried getting offers for Gus or Johansson in the offseason? If teams aren't biting, then shit happens. Ohgren isn't as good as Kap, Boldy, Zucc, Ek, Rossi, Hartman, etc: he's not the type of player to go apeshit over just because "he's not on our opening day roster boo fucking hoo." He's looked good, but getting better is a matter of time. Edited 8 hours ago by Citizen Strife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imyourhuckleberry Verified Member Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago If Ohgren goes to AHL, he should be the first call up. No question that he's a more complete player than Johansson right now. If they really want to play Johansson, Ben Jones sitting out makes some sense. I'd lean towards a semi-permanent Johansson press box seat, but the Wild may have a different plan. Wallstedt should start in the AHL, along with Hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago Apologies for the "boo fucking hoo" comment. Seemed a bit much for the stance I was trying to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imyourhuckleberry Verified Member Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago Also, that article only seems to indicate Ben Jones had made the NHL squad while Boldy was sidelined. "Hynes indicated that Jones' play has earned him a spot with the NHL squad from Saturday's practice but it doesn't mean its a guaranteed spot." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imyourhuckleberry Verified Member Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago Wild currently have 24 players on their roster, so at least 1 player will need to be sent down, and maybe 2 will. This article seems a bit premature. NHL.com does not list Hunt on the Wild roster despite him playing last night, so he could be going to AHL along with a forward and/or possibly Wallstedt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago These are big shoes to fill Benny. Wearing Prosser #39 is a bold statement. Fighting Dumba is a good start for now. Gonna need more 4th line chemistry with Knudi. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy the poor boy Verified Member Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago (edited) Rossi's gonna get paid, unless BG trades him instead...Who needs scoring. Edited 6 hours ago by Willy the poor boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outskated Verified Member Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago (edited) Little bit premature and I said in my first comment Jones will be sent down. They are keeping Ohgren because he's good....really good and he's played well. Edited 3 hours ago by Outskated 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted 29 minutes ago Share Posted 29 minutes ago And he's GMBG's guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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