Protec Verified Member Posted December 17, 2024 Share Posted December 17, 2024 11 hours ago, mnhockeyfan03 said: Vegas is 8-2 against playoff teams in the west. The Wild are 2-6 If you look at those games individually, it paints a totally different picture. Overall I agree with the facts you're using and the argument is solid if we only look at the results on paper. Other than Edmonton shelling the Wild, the rest were closely contested or with stretches of the games Minnesota was in control. The Wild have beat a lot of good teams and almost all the teams they should beat to earn their solid record. Dallas beat Washington last night, the Wild lost to Vegas. Edmonton is on a tear, and Winnipeg doesn't look as invincible with nearly ten losses despite leading the league today. The top ten teams could beat one another any given night. When the Wild get healthy again, they could just as well beat the Kings, Knights, or Oilers, and lose to NJ or Carolina? It's not critical right now that they start trading or panicking whatsoever. Top 3 at Christmas with injuries everywhere isn't bad territory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnt Toast Verified Member Posted December 18, 2024 Share Posted December 18, 2024 On 12/15/2024 at 8:35 PM, mnhockeyfan03 said: even would trade Faber to make that happen as against these big west teams he has not played well either. Boldy also should be on the table I agree the Wild need to add those top 6 players to compete against the best teams and win regularly. It’s going to take some time and trading existing important pieces isn’t going to get us anywhere IMO. I’ve stated that the Wild should be building steadily towards 2027. I’ll take any playoff series they can win until then but that’s where my greatest expectations lie. If they can save enough cap space for this trade deadline I believe a top 6 player will be added. Beyond that I think Yurov is our next addition moving forward. I wonder if some of our developing defenders in Iowa could be trade chips, that’s cool with me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Gump Worsley Verified Member Posted December 19, 2024 Share Posted December 19, 2024 They're 4-4 with a negative point differential in December. And they've now lost 3 of their 4 while managing to get utterly destroyed in 2 of those games. That makes "regression-proof" a hard sell at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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