Article: The Minnesota Wild Have A Kid Conundrum

[Tony Abbott]

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[MNCountryLife]

Hynes Quote: "If they're ready to play, they'll play"

That isn't really true now is it.  It's a bit of a lie by Hynes.  There is an old business saying: "You don't get fired for hiring IBM" .  The quote fits what Hynes is doing.  He has young players that are ready... or are close to providing equal value.   He is choosing to play the Vets because it's a safe choice and makes it less likely to place him on the hot seat.  

While the ceiling for Nojo is high, the floor for Nojo is very low.  In just 4 games he has shown us both sides.  Is Vlad playing bad?  I don't remember him doing anything that cost us but he isn't shining either.

I know I would like to see Haight and Jiricek get back in the lineup soon though.  We need them to see minutes.

[MNCountryLife]

On back to back nights we should be playing guys that sat the night before.  Fresh legs make a difference.  

Edited 2 hours ago by MNCountryLife

[Pewterschmidt]

"It's the age-old NHL coaching conundrum: Ceiling vs. Floor. Maybe you're not impressed with Tarasenko's start, or think that Johansson's contributions don't live up to his role. But they provide a floor. Coaches want to know what they're getting"

While i hate that Hynzy is playing journeymen, go-nowhere veterans over our prospects in the name of his own hide, this quote above helps me understand the levers Hynz is pulling in his brain.  

[Kato AK]

Maybe instead of burying the rookies on the fourth line for 9 mins a night, spread them out with veterans for better development and a rookie mistake is more likely to be covered by a veteran than another rookie.

Go back to the pre-season line of Ogre, Ek, Tank. Maybe do NoJo, Hartman, yurov.

There are options.

[NoJoSux]

The Wild have dipshit coaches and management. Opened the game last night with a NoJoism. How the eff does an NHL coach or manager think this guy should play L2 in the NHL after a hundred proofs that he sucks. Blatant, obvious, assbaggery out there. NoJo frickin sucks! Let me illustrate. 

 

[NoJoSux]

23 minutes ago, Kato AK said:

Maybe instead of burying the rookies on the fourth line for 9 mins a night, spread them out with veterans for better development and a rookie mistake is more likely to be covered by a veteran than another rookie.

Go back to the pre-season line of Ogre, Ek, Tank. Maybe do NoJo, Hartman, yurov.

There are options.

Waive NoJo, option 1A. Do it now...

[NoJoSux]

[Citizen Strife]

I do think Hynes will see the work they put in.  It took a few games to get their feet under them, but it could be Ohgren and Yurov feed off each other better as players together than with veterans.  Neither Ohgren nor Yurov felt that way with Ek or Tarasenko, but I wonder if that's more Tarasenko's issue than theirs.  

Jiricek is more a victim of circumstance.  Unless they want to either shunt Brodin's minutes to cover Jiricek (no way in hell), Middleton/Jiricek (eh....), or Buium/Jiricek (God help us), he's the odd man out until Bogo is traded or there's an injury.

Let's not sugarcoat it, Buium brings something so undeniable they put up with his shit.  The others don't have that.

If Ohgren and Yurov together play better than separately, that would be an interesting thing to find out.  Solving that second line (Hartman maybe) is the only other issue.

 

 

Edited 2 minutes ago by Citizen Strife