M_Nels Verified Member Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 29 minutes ago, mnfaninnc said: an intensity I haven't yet seen out of these guys That 3rd period against the Canucks was the level they need for 60mins from top to bottom of the lineup. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBallofHate Verified Member Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 We will see. I will be pretty mad if I don't see Zeev, then you have STL Blues instantly pulling up gophers & other rookies & winning their way up to the playoffs 🤪. I do think it is highly unlikely that this is the year with this cast of low-ceiling vets. Wild need to keep trickling in the rookie auditions, which they did not do nearly enough (just AHL vet holdouts). They have an overly conservative coach & some bad luck (to be fair) with either injuries or timing on their rookies with HIGH ceilings. Every time I want to ream out the management I do remember.. oh yeah, that rookie wasn't available, oh yeah - they don't want to run early ELC, oh yeah - Jiri got injured. Though I'm not sure why people keep saying we have a good defense? How many playoff teams have a (-) GF/GA? Our defense is 1/2 bottom of the barrel. Chis, Merrill, Bogo really do not move the ticker for me. Giving tons of goals to bottom-feeder teams during playoff ramp-up time does not inspire confidence in the defense. But, we do match up weirdly against VGK... so maybe. That STL/WPG series is going to be something else. Those teams are going to come out of that one tenderized (STL have been drafting solid workhorses) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBallofHate Verified Member Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Is it weird that I want the 'Lanche to keep putting The BrownStars in their place? Referencing 'stupid penalties' but you have to remember the 'Gong show' of over-officiating that was that series. The Wild made Dallass fans throw a collective hissy-fit, throwing garbage on their home ice. Dime-store Kevin Spacey gets cute with the media & lobbies for more power play time... Instead of the NHL calling him out they bend-over for Spacey (DeBoer). With our fans jacked at home & more riled up than they have been in years... They immediately over-controlled our tilt by ejecting players for borderline calls. Then they have the gall to have Fu$#-face POS Brad Meier resurrected from hell to commentate on why he thought chincy-ass over-calls were ok. It would have been better to just not have BM, any Wild fan with 1/2 a memory of history would know why dredging up that panty-waste is such an added burn... No that series is not a good reference, I am not usually tin-foil hat, but that was the most greasy-tamper feel I have gotten on a series in a long time. This was a team that had top of the league power-play time all season long, getting 10/10 for Seguinesqe dives. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imyourhuckleberry Verified Member Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 53 minutes ago, LittleBallofHate said: I will be pretty mad if I don't see Zeev, then you have STL Blues instantly pulling up gophers & other rookies & winning their way up to the playoffs 🤪. Well, you won't need to be mad about that because Buium is playing in game 1. Merrill out to start the series, presumably, as I don't think they'll go 11/7 with Merrill, and Buium is taking his place next to Bogo on 3rd pairing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnfaninnc Verified Member Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 On 4/19/2025 at 3:59 PM, M_Nels said: That 3rd period against the Canucks was the level they need for 60mins from top to bottom of the lineup. You're right, but as you've pointed out, it was 1 period. We need it for 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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