Article: How Concerning Is It That the Wild Gave Up 7 Goals To San Jose?

[M_Nels]

41 minutes ago, mnfaninnc said:

There is a 2nd dynamic here, have Merrill and Chisholm and to some extent Bogosian, earned the right to play in the playoffs? 

Surprisingly, I am going to say Merrill & Bogo as a yes, Chisholm being the no. They all have their issues but Bogo & Merrill have actually been a decent 3rd pairing. The only way I see Zeev being a starter in the playoffs is if Mids is still injured (or Merill/Brods goes down). Think he immediately usurps Chisholm in that regard but I honestly don't see them pulling Merrill as of now, even though a lot of us think they should. 

[RedLake]

8 minutes ago, M_Nels said:

Surprisingly, I am going to say Merrill & Bogo as a yes, Chisholm being the no. They all have their issues but Bogo & Merrill have actually been a decent 3rd pairing. The only way I see Zeev being a starter in the playoffs is if Mids is still injured (or Merill/Brods goes down). Think he immediately usurps Chisholm in that regard but I honestly don't see them pulling Merrill as of now, even though a lot of us think they should. 

Buuim will play with Brodin or Faber. He will jump into the top 4 mark my words. Kid is Makar Jr.

[RedLake]

Merril has played better lately but let's be honest, would J Merril be a difference maker in the NCAA frozen 4. Buuim is miles ahead of Merril. Buuims don't grow on trees. Merril can kick back and mix drinks in the press box and watch the Zeev/Kaprizov show.

[SkolWild73]

45 minutes ago, RedLake said:

Buuim will play with Brodin or Faber. He will jump into the top 4 mark my words. Kid is Makar Jr.

I just read that Buium played over 51 minutes last night.  I know it went double overtime, but that is insane.

[M_Nels]

2 minutes ago, SkolWild73 said:

I just read that Buium played over 51 minutes last night.  I know it went double overtime, but that is insane.

Russo just skeeted that Zeev will be at the Hobey Baker ceremony tonight and that he "suspects he signs later this weekend, practices Monday and maybe debuts Tuesday"

The way I see it, if Mids doesn't play then he slots in for Chisholm regardless. If they don't pull Merrill they may rest Brodin if the Wild lock it up tonight.

[SkolWild73]

16 minutes ago, M_Nels said:

Russo just skeeted that Zeev will be at the Hobey Baker ceremony tonight and that he "suspects he signs later this weekend, practices Monday and maybe debuts Tuesday"

The way I see it, if Mids doesn't play then he slots in for Chisholm regardless. If they don't pull Merrill they may rest Brodin if the Wild lock it up tonight.

Would be nice to get him a game before the playoffs to see how he does.

[Scalptrash]

LOL, it's the Wild! Of course they're going to have a track meet with the worst team in the league. Watch, they will lose to Calgary tonight just to make it interesting. I love the optimism here, but I think deep down inside everyone knows this team is going nowhere this year.

Like every recent year, they could have benefitted much more from a higher draft pick than eeking out a brief playoff appearance. Opportunities missed. 

[mnfaninnc]

27 minutes ago, Scalptrash said:

I love the optimism here, but I think deep down inside everyone knows this team is going nowhere this year.

Like every recent year, they could have benefitted much more from a higher draft pick than eeking out a brief playoff appearance. Opportunities missed.

Well, our 1st round pick this year is Jiricek who is miles ahead of anyone on the board. There is something to be said for holding onto a playoff spot, and there are lessons for young players to learn in that. There are also lessons in playoff experience. I'd love a longer run, but am a realist and it looks like another one and done.

This is not failure in my book. It was mandated from OCL that Guerin get the team into the playoffs. Regardless of how we feel about it, that's Guerin's boss and it's important to please the boss. We had just as many injuries as we had last season, so instead of wilting, this season we got off to a hot start and have played better than we did last season. Of course, it's much easier to stave off charging teams than it is to chase them. Just about everyone who didn't get hurt had to play elevated roles, and for the young guys, that was a challenge. Results were mixed. Experiencing the challenge may be invaluable. 

Honestly, I don't think it matters if we make the playoffs and are out in the 1st round. I think we improved this season and were better. As for results, this is about where I figured we be. And this is better than the projections by the national "experts" thought we'd be. I'm calling it successful. I think we had a lot of internal improvement.

[RedLake]

1 hour ago, Scalptrash said:

LOL, it's the Wild! Of course they're going to have a track meet with the worst team in the league. Watch, they will lose to Calgary tonight just to make it interesting. I love the optimism here, but I think deep down inside everyone knows this team is going nowhere this year.

Like every recent year, they could have benefitted much more from a higher draft pick than eeking out a brief playoff appearance. Opportunities missed. 

Nope J Merril and NoJo will blow the doors off a chippy flames team. No need to send out our top guys tonight when NoJo is gonna play tough guy tonight.

[SkolWild73]

3 hours ago, Scalptrash said:

LOL, it's the Wild! Of course they're going to have a track meet with the worst team in the league. Watch, they will lose to Calgary tonight just to make it interesting. I love the optimism here, but I think deep down inside everyone knows this team is going nowhere this year.

Like every recent year, they could have benefitted much more from a higher draft pick than eeking out a brief playoff appearance. Opportunities missed. 

So a draft pick from this year (even though we traded our first this year) would have helped us when?  2027? 2028?  This isn’t football or basketball where draft picks come in a help right away.