Luke Sims Hockey Wilderness Contributor Posted Tuesday at 03:07 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:07 PM View full article 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 03:13 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:13 PM There's always a chance. Just don't play dumb and March to the box. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLake Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 03:17 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:17 PM No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 03:24 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:24 PM (edited) I wonder if RedLake is here just to be negative all the time. Even for the angst I have with ODC, they offer reasons why and how the team could improve someday. Even Pewter does, in his weird nickname kind of way. Not saying people can't be pessimists. There are certainly enough on this site. Just...there are levels. Call it a question of it "toxic for being toxic's sake," or legitimate frustration. Just seeing where you come from here. Edited Tuesday at 03:27 PM by Citizen Strife 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imyourhuckleberry Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 03:34 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:34 PM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLake Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 03:38 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:38 PM 8 minutes ago, Citizen Strife said: I wonder if RedLake is here just to be negative all the time. Even for the angst I have with ODC, they offer reasons why and how the team could improve someday. Even Pewter does, in his weird nickname kind of way. Not saying people can't be pessimists. There are certainly enough on this site. Just...there are levels. Call it a question of it "toxic for being toxic's sake," or legitimate frustration. Just seeing where you come from here. 25 years of being a fan, even when I lived outta state. I'll give them credit when credit is due. Honestly this team won't have a windows to compete for a Cup until the Top 6 and bottom 6 is totally revamped. Not to mention having our same elite players injured all the F'in time. This team is stumbling into the playoffs with AHL players and riding Gussy. I'm a fan but a disgruntled one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNCountryLife Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 03:42 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:42 PM Merrill has played well. But he is not a stick to stick transitional player and we need that. I am really hoping Zeev comes up and slots in. I am surprised that Chisholm is sitting so much. I thought his play has been solid. We need to be healthy. We desperately need our goal scorer (Kirill), our 200 foot momentum changer(Ek) and our shut down D (Brodin) back on the ice. Easily our top 3 players. Not sure it will be enough, but it gives us a chance. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 03:42 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:42 PM (edited) Thank you. Just one of those people trying to avoid "toxic" culture. Hope I didn't offend. I get enough of that sort of thing elsewhere (cough GameFAQs/Twitter/wrestling media) Probably why I come off as "an apologist" to a few around here. Edited Tuesday at 03:44 PM by Citizen Strife 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imyourhuckleberry Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 03:49 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:49 PM 17 minutes ago, Citizen Strife said: Not saying people can't be pessimists. There are certainly enough on this site. Just...there are levels. Call it a question of it "toxic for being toxic's sake," or legitimate frustration. Just seeing where you come from here. Red Lake has come to tell us that a team that led the NHL in points when healthy cannot compete in the playoffs, but provided no reasons for it. I see the Wild as underdogs, but you never know how things play out once playoffs arrive. I'm sure not many people expected Boston to lose in the 1st round of 2023 after posting a 65 win season, scoring the 2nd most goals and allowing the fewest goals against. Dallas and Winnipeg would be really hard matchups. Vegas and Colorado would be tough, but I suspect they could be competitive against them. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNCountryLife Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 03:50 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:50 PM Dallas played us to perfection. They locked down the middle of the D-zone in their end forcing everything outside. They easily cleared our players from net front to give Oet a clear viewing lane. They won the special teams play. That is the recipe to beat the Wild. We need an answer. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGyver Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 03:59 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:59 PM I'm usually quite the pessimist about this team. But I will now say out loud what I have been thinking for several weeks. IF they get the pieces back in place they will get out of the first round this year. I'm not going to dazzle you with stats and graphs of why I think that it's just a long time causal observers opinion. Remember you heard it here first!😊 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protec Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 04:02 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:02 PM Hard to see it right now. Colorado and Dallas got much better after slow starts. The Wild have gone the other way losing all their momentum and players. They need to just make the playoffs right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJohnson Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 04:04 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:04 PM 44 minutes ago, RedLake said: No. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJohnson Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 04:05 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:05 PM 15 minutes ago, Imyourhuckleberry said: Red Lake has come to tell us that a team that led the NHL in points when healthy cannot compete in the playoffs, but provided no reasons for it. I see the Wild as underdogs, but you never know how things play out once playoffs arrive. I'm sure not many people expected Boston to lose in the 1st round of 2023 after posting a 65 win season, scoring the 2nd most goals and allowing the fewest goals against. Dallas and Winnipeg would be really hard matchups. Vegas and Colorado would be tough, but I suspect they could be competitive against them. “No.” - Red Lake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJohnson Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 04:07 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:07 PM 42 minutes ago, Citizen Strife said: I wonder if RedLake is here just to be negative all the time. Even for the angst I have with ODC, they offer reasons why and how the team could improve someday. Even Pewter does, in his weird nickname kind of way. Not saying people can't be pessimists. There are certainly enough on this site. Just...there are levels. Call it a question of it "toxic for being toxic's sake," or legitimate frustration. Just seeing where you come from here. Doom trolling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLake Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 04:07 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:07 PM The Blues could be within 2 points of the Wild at 9:45 pm tonight. The Flames and Canucks are sniffing hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 04:08 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:08 PM Maybe. I don't think anyone here is a doom troll on purpose. I would think that 99% of people would have better things to do. But 1% of people or even .01% are complete wacko goofs. You just never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJohnson Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 04:09 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:09 PM On the defensive side of the puck: Middleton - Faber Spurgeon - Brodin Zeev Buium - Zach Bogosian Snuck a Zeev in there on me! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLake Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 04:19 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:19 PM 9 minutes ago, FredJohnson said: On the defensive side of the puck: Middleton - Faber Spurgeon - Brodin Zeev Buium - Zach Bogosian Snuck a Zeev in there on me! 😁 Jiricek over Bogosian or Chislom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Nels Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 04:21 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:21 PM 8 minutes ago, RedLake said: The Blues could be within 2 points of the Wild at 9:45 pm tonight. The Flames and Canucks are sniffing hard. The Bluesers are playing some great hockey right now 8-1-1 in their last 10 but I don’t see the Flames or Nucks catching for the 2nd WC. The Wild would have to go on a serious skid and epic collapse for that to happen. To address your other points. It’s not like Dallas blew our doors off last night. Yeah the PK blew it like usual but if Freddy chips that puck 2” further past Ranta that PP goal doesn’t happen, if Bogo gets the puck around the boards that PP goal doesn’t happen. Point is, if the Wild can play that structure from the goalie out and we get KK, Ek and Brods back at close to 100% they can hang with anybody. We’re not going to win games 6-4 but they do have it in their DNA to win 2-1, 3-2, 3-1 type games. Can they sustain it for 7 games in a PO series? We’ll see. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllicitFive Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 04:21 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:21 PM Its the whole "that's why they play the game" type of thing. Winning the cup, highly doubtful. But when healthy and if Gus (or MAF) get hot who knows what will happen. Puck luck is weird. Being as close to 100% healthy as they possibly can be can't hurt. Losing Ek hurts effort getting to the middle of the ice, Kap, well we all know, Brodin shuts down their best on many occasions. Look no further than 2019 Blues, or 2012 Kings for weird things that can happen. I will jump on the bus MacGayver is driving, if they go in fully healthy they will get past the 1st round. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Nels Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 04:22 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:22 PM 2 minutes ago, RedLake said: Jiricek over Bogosian or Chislom. He’s not going in over Chisholm since he is left handed. Over Bogo yes, I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 04:25 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:25 PM I dunno. Chisholm's had some serious brain farts in recent memory. Last night's penalty and d-zone turnover could have led to bad things. I will never forget doing that and giving up a goal a couple months back. Yeesh. Either way, I don't think he's brought back next season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforceror Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 04:34 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:34 PM 14 minutes ago, RedLake said: Jiricek over Bogosian or Chislom. Jiricek got injured in Iowa, not going to be playing anywhere. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkolWild73 Verified Member Posted Tuesday at 04:34 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:34 PM 27 minutes ago, RedLake said: The Blues could be within 2 points of the Wild at 9:45 pm tonight. The Flames and Canucks are sniffing hard. Or we could be up 6 with a game in hand 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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