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Pewterschmidt Verified Member Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Best case scenario wall-e proves he can be a #1 giving bill options with Gus BEFORE bill over pays and over terms Gus with a lifetime NMC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Strife Verified Member Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Wally and Gus both look decent to start the season. The major thing is 2-3 goals per game and mitigating the weird 4-7 goal ones that are bound to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Stanley Cups Verified Member Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Wally would need to have an unbelievable season for the Wild to let Gus depart via trade or UFA, which seems unlikely at this point. If the Wild are entering the win now window of contending, we're going to need both Gus/Wally, but especially Gus, you don't roll the dice on your number true 1 goalie option, letting a 27 yr old go in favor of an unproven 22 yr old. If Gus starts well enough, I hope the Wild extend him before Xmas. After investing in $17M in KK97, Gus is looking like the Wild's best option as starter for the next couple years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCheatachu Verified Member Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, Citizen Strife said: Wally and Gus both look decent to start the season. The major thing is 2-3 goals per game and mitigating the weird 4-7 goal ones that are bound to happen. Cal Petersen looked decent to start the season, the only guy between the pipes that stood out in a bad way was Hlavaj. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCheatachu Verified Member Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 2 hours ago, 0 Stanley Cups said: Wally would need to have an unbelievable season for the Wild to let Gus depart via trade or UFA, which seems unlikely at this point. If the Wild are entering the win now window of contending, we're going to need both Gus/Wally, but especially Gus, you don't roll the dice on your number true 1 goalie option, letting a 27 yr old go in favor of an unproven 22 yr old. If Gus starts well enough, I hope the Wild extend him before Xmas. After investing in $17M in KK97, Gus is looking like the Wild's best option as starter for the next couple years. The wild defense has had a habit of making good goalies look great. We've never had a guy like Oettinger/Vasilevskiy/Hellebuyck/Bobrowsky who have nights when they're unsolveable. We've made good goalies look great by an aggressive backcheck with defensive minded forwards and employing guys on the back-end who are defense-first guys who don't get caught cheating in the offensive zone. I remember about a year ago on this board, there were plenty of voices who wanted to jettison GusBus into the sea after his '23-'24 season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imyourhuckleberry Verified Member Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago -- Athletic Quotes today -- Quote Yurov has steadily progressed during camp but hasn’t produced much offensively or had a “wow” moment. Hunter Haight had a really good camp, but he’s probably going back to AHL Iowa as long as Nico Sturm is healthy. Sturm, who has dealt with a back issue during the preseason, practiced fully Thursday and is expected to make his debut Friday. Quote Jack Johnson, on a PTO, isn’t in the lineup again Friday, which could be an indication that they Wild have decided they aren’t signing him, assuming Brodin doesn’t have any setbacks. The Wild could call up Matt Kiersted or Carson Lambos as a seventh D if they wanted. An interesting wrinkle is that former Wild prospect Daemon Hunt, sent to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the Jiricek trade in November, was placed on waivers by the Blue Jackets on Thursday. Will Minnesota put in a claim? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imyourhuckleberry Verified Member Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 22 minutes ago, MrCheatachu said: I remember about a year ago on this board, there were plenty of voices who wanted to jettison GusBus into the sea after his '23-'24 season Which had a bit to do with Addison & Mermis being really poor NHL defenders and Gus struggling with those guys on the ice. Healthy defense makes a big difference, and Spurgeon out caused an enormous drop off that season. Merrill wasn't dynamic, but he's way above Mermis and people were routinely unhappy with Merrill's hockey skills. I was one of the voices highly supportive of Gus. He was taking the vast majority of tough matchups against high quality offenses that year, and battling against some awful defense and some bad bounces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Stanley Cups Verified Member Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, MrCheatachu said: The wild defense has had a habit of making good goalies look great. We've never had a guy like Oettinger/Vasilevskiy/Hellebuyck/Bobrowsky who have nights when they're unsolveable. We've made good goalies look great by an aggressive backcheck with defensive minded forwards and employing guys on the back-end who are defense-first guys who don't get caught cheating in the offensive zone. I remember about a year ago on this board, there were plenty of voices who wanted to jettison GusBus into the sea after his '23-'24 season GusBus would be highly sought after in a very very thin goalie market this offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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