Article: Jesper Wallstedt Is Shutting Out the Doubters

[Tony Abbott]

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[Citizen Strife]

Goalie voodoo, good defense, and timely puck luck (two stick lunges and a crossbar) are in the Wild's favor right now.  They win not by overpowering opponents, but screwing with the opponent "just enough" to get the right goals when you least expect them.

Winnipeg "deserved" to win, until they didn't't funny how games work.

[MrCheatachu]

Deja Vu...I remember commenters on this board suggested the Calder candidate the wild had was KK.  Kappo Kahkonen not Kirill Kaprizov.

 

 

 

[Pewterschmidt]

Goalies are goofy. Doubting Wall & Oates after last season in Iowa was a rational reaction.  Title should read: Wall to the Balls justifying his first round selection. 

[Scalptrash]

Bravo! Should be some healthy competition between those two.

[B1GKappa97]

47 minutes ago, MrCheatachu said:

Deja Vu...I remember commenters on this board suggested the Calder candidate the wild had was KK.  Kappo Kahkonen not Kirill Kaprizov.

 

lol yeah the Kaapo hype was a little ridiculous. He did have that 8 game stretch where he was on fire too though. 

Of course he was also older than Wallstedt was at this point. It'll be interesting to compare/contrast the numbers at the end of the year. Right now Wallstedt is leading the league in save% and Shutouts though, which is not a feat I recall Kaapo ever performing. 

I mean the guy has only played 13 career NHL games and a quarter of those are shutouts!!