Article: Kaprizov Reportedly Turns Down 8-Year Extension. Now What For the Wild?

[Citizen Strife]

The only way to know for sure if the Wild are a legit playoff team is to see them win the rounds in action.  No purpose built formula or team construction can guarantee that. 

The Wild got to the WCF once as a fluky expansion team.  The second round by gutting it out over Colorado.  Other than that, we know jack.  I would love to know what does.  Winnipeg and Hellebuyck dominate the regular season only to nearly choke to the freaking Blues.

But let me ask what they gain if they had just plain tanked instead, or do so if Kap leaves?

Ottawa, New Jersey, Detroit, Buffalo, etc.  hasn't worked for them.  The thing is there are good to great pieces of talent around the roster.  Any young pieces this year fail to impress, ok.  You can say everything Guerin tried all pretty much backfired. (Coaches, veteran trades, youth and drafting).

Kap has every right to look elsewhere, seek a shorter deal, or whatever else he wants.  The team would be far better served having Kap on the team than not.  But the team should also understand that not seeking a trade early would also be a dick move of he just wants out anyway.

Kap And Fiala's best seasons at the same time didn't move the playoff needle.  I will readily admit not knowing the answer if that didn't even work.

 

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Citizen Strife

[Scalptrash]

17 hours ago, Citizen Strife said:

I din't have rose colored glasses.  I just think anyone happy to trash a team everyday or winning internet arguments by doing so could have better things to do 

Um, you called me out by name. You don't have to reply to what I write and if you want to ignore the facts or truth, that's also your choice. Please don't drag me into your misery.

[0 Stanley Cups]

I'm still cautiously optimistic that he'll re-sign, however, since the cap is increasing another $8.5M next season that means a lot of teams have plenty of cap space if money is not the main driver and he truly wants to sign with a SC contender.  Right now, I'd be worried about him wanting to go to LA, NYR, even UTH, but I'd think the front runner would be TBL that'll have almost $28M in cap space and their core stars already locked up.

[Citizen Strife]

32 minutes ago, Scalptrash said:

Um, you called me out by name. You don't have to reply to what I write and if you want to ignore the facts or truth, that's also your choice. Please don't drag me into your misery.

What misery?  Being wrong about something on a board with 30-50 people in it?  Pretty strong word to use. Me being right or wrong isn't some great life changing event or something.  ODC's entire Persona was WHAT IF KAP LEAVES every single, fucking day.

I don't post everyday is if the Wild suck, always suck, will never get better, and (in some cases) trash the owner and GM like they are scum.

But go ahead and whine about people thinking your (and some other posters) woe is the team and the suck forever act isn't confusing and tiresome.

If anything, I only get annoyed at people when they act at extremes.  The team isn't the worst, and the team isn't the best either.  My "misery" as you call it is realistic optimism.  I actually..."like" being a fan of the team.  I actually "like" being here, and post like it most of the time.

No one's forcing naysayers to post like jerks.  That's their own choice.

 

 

 

 

Edited 44 minutes ago by Citizen Strife

[Citizen Strife]

Believe me, watching ODC post, Protec being endlessly annoyed that Rossi or Johansson were on the roster, and Dean doing whatever he does sounds like misery to me.  Being negative is one thing, but they take it to extremes that seem unhealthy.

It's not just Scalp, trust me.

 

Edited 39 minutes ago by Citizen Strife

[Will D. Ness]

19 minutes ago, Citizen Strife said:

Being negative is one thing, but they take it to extremes that seem unhealthy.

I had to pull out the block feature on this website and use it judiciously.  Sometimes I wonder if they all are the same guy.

[Scalptrash]

22 minutes ago, Citizen Strife said:

What misery?  Being wrong about something on a board with 30-50 people in it?  Pretty strong word to use. Me being right or wrong isn't some great life changing event or something.  ODC's entire Persona was WHAT IF KAP LEAVES every single, fucking day.

I don't post everyday is if the Wild suck, always suck, will never get better, and (in some cases) trash the owner and GM like they are scum.

But go ahead and whine about people thinking your (and some other posters) woe is the team and the suck forever act isn't confusing and tiresome.

If anything, I only get annoyed at people when they act at extremes.  The team isn't the worst, and the team isn't the best either.  My "misery" as you call it is realistic optimism.  I actually..."like" being a fan of the team.  I actually "like" being here, and post like it most of the time.

No one's forcing naysayers to post like jerks.  That's their own choice.

 

 

 

 

Obviously you're looking for a fight. Or maybe just sympathy, not sure. I am, by every definition of the word, a realist. I see what the Wild are, and always have been, a mediocre team that never changes. Hockey is my favorite sport and I am a fan of the Wild. I want the team to get BETTER, not just live on the fringes for their entire existence. Leipold is obviously more interested in steady revenue then seeking a championship. Am I wrong about that? If so, prove it. Billy was hired to make the playoffs every year, he's done that. But is that ALL you want from your team? Don't you want something better? What is the definition of insanity again? Again, I am a realist, I see what's going on (and so does Kaprizov), and I want something better. Is that awful?

[Citizen Strife]

Fine.  Fine.  You think I want to fight or something.

We ALL want the Wild to be better.  My point is posting every day as if the team is a poisonous, filthy waste of space that has no redeeming value and the owner and GM are incompetent is not my way of doing things.  Why even choose to be a fan of something just to be a dick about it or come off that way to members of its fan base? 

 

Moreso, does that mentality end of the team wins in the second round, third round,, SCF, winning it?  Does it end if the team chooses to tank?  It is still very possible someone will just say, "Who cares if they tank now, they'll pick the wrong guy anyway.  "Cause that's how they always are.". That's the extreme I loathe.  The thing is, that sort of thing can very well happen.

Instead of acting that way, I think about the positive.  I don't go looking for fights, cause it doesn't do me any good.  I just think, ok.  Bad game, Guy didn't sign a contract.  Oh well.  Off to work I guess.

My mantra the older I get is "rather than think about angry stuff, I think about something else that will make me happy instead.". That's how I choose to act on and off this site with the team and fan base.

If that comes off as weird or rude to you, or I misjudged you as one of those people then I apologize.