Gamethread: Wild at Flyers (12:00 p.m.)

very disappointing -

• i would have played Fleury today, no matter if he wanted his show in Pitts. he can go 3 games in a row. oh well. 
• i think i'd try MJ with Zuccy and Kap or (Foligno with Zuccy and Kap) ; MJ's O zone entrance is the best in the team and he'll bring more speed to L1. 
• what philly did is what each central team will do and do much better = physical dominance
• foligno was good! trenin and freddy were horrendous and i am sorry foligno has to play with them. 
• mitchkov was great. those comps to kap and kuch seem to be spot on. exciting prospect. 

 

You knew it was coming. Momentum lost. Woulda been nice to get the expected win more than a win against FL teams. At least to me, the losses to Philly or Arizona last year were sad.

It immediately brings back the memory of Wild streakiness. 

Scoring five goals isn't the problem. A PP goal earlier woulda been nice or some poise after scoring helps but you can't give up seven and expect to win games in the NHL. SW Florida duffer-league, sure but NHL teams who concede seven are gonna lose. Six, for the sake of argument if you don't count the EN.

Rossi was terrible in this game.  Constantly getting pushed off the puck and knocked down.  Looked very slow.  Gus should have been pulled after the 1st.  You could just see it wasn’t going to be his day.  These are the games you can’t loose if you want to be a good team.  

Also our penalty kill still sucks

^^^

Yes, winning solves everything. By that I mean the Wild has problems when they depart from their game plan. They came in thinking they were entitled to something against an outmatched team on paper. 

Consistency, ya know.

1 hour ago, mnhockeyfan03 said:

Rossi was terrible in this game.  Constantly getting pushed off the puck and knocked down.  Looked very slow.  

Although I missed Rossi, did see several other Wild players completely physically dominated, particularly Brodin, Chisholm, and even Zucc.  Each time the Wild tied the game, you can read the look on Tort's going from AYFKM to ".... more attack".  Simply put- the east coast teams are build for more offense, and it was on full display today.  I won't put all the blame on Gus today, as much as I'm not his fan, as our defense needs to adapt play style to different teams' attacks.  Zucc looked out of position multiple times.  The SOG after 1 was crazy.  Still very early in the season, and their ability to recover from the goal deficit shows potential.

7 hours ago, Dango said:

This is the kind of game we might take lightly ,  got to play like were playing Dallas , Winnipeg , Vegas , etc  .

 

And Gus did. 😕

Shitshow!!! Did the team go out Friday night and close the bar down? 

Doubt it but it reminds me a bit of the Seattle game. Poor start and a sloppy defending plus the standard NHL referee BS that the Wild run into about every 4th/5th game. Remember when Brodin went to the box for getting slough-footed? I've been saying the Wild have to be prepared for nonsense, especially in Philly. 

https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2024/10/26/marcus-foligno-furious-garnet-hathaway-wild-loss-to-flyers/

Hathaway fined now too. 

MN has gotta figure out how to play the ugly, nasty games.

Gus was really bad.  Ouch.  

It was a wakeup call. Tough hockey is tough. Ogie, NoJo, Rossi, Lauko, and Knudi all had poor stats from the game. Not really showing anything for shots, hits, and especially points. NoJo a -2 along with Rossi and Marat.

You know what that tells me? Young, undersized Euros and neck-beards/neck-protecters ain't cut'n the Mustard in Philly or come playoff time. The playbook is out for the Wild, same as it always was. Discourage, the little skill guys and you got em. 

Now the Wild fought for it and got ripped by the refs but that's the kind of adversity you need to mentally prepare for on the road. The Euro crew needs to get the right mindset. MN's NA guy Foligno and sandpaper-Swede Ek got on the board. 

Like the Seattle loss, MN could have had the win or at least a point scoring five times. Getting shelled by the Flyers tells me the Wild have some of the same old tendencies. Need more NA style players IMO.