Gamethread: Wild at Stars (7:00 p.m.)

1 minute ago, bisopher said:

Listening to the Dallas feed, the Wild have gone 6+ periods across three games without a goal so far....

Who ya got in the draft lottery?

Well, Chicago will be in the "lottery" again, so I do not like the Wilds chances.

1 minute ago, WheelSnipeCelly said:

3 shots vs 13 this period...not good

Just terrible unwatchable hockey...yet here I sit.

Another nugget from the Stars feed...

13 of the Stars' last 19 games have been decided by a goal. Call tonight #20, and three of the seven non-close Stars games will have been blowouts of the Wild unless something changes. 

Sure, should have been a penalty on Middleton, but since when have they called cross-checks in the back. Our franchise if any is sensitive to that topic.

Wallstedt is actually the only reason the score isn’t even more lopsided to be honest. 

In other news pwhl Minnesota is beating Toronto 2-1 halfway through the 2nd.

Here lies Beavis the Wild. He They never scored.

Nothing has changed about our locker room culture. We let are superstar get cross checked every game by division rivals. We hang are stud goalie prospect out to dry. Just skating for a paycheck. Nothing has changed . There is no excuse either. Dallas has injuries and playing good. We just make excuses and don’t show up. 

New drinking game anytime Nojo passes backwards when the team is rushing, or Folino passes back to the point when he’s standing next to the net with the goalie laying on his stomach spread eagle

Meanwhile, Creed was spotted singing at the local Applebee's...

Edited January 11 by WIWild

Wild remembered how to score!

I was worried we were never going to score again...whew! Hoping that opens the flood gates!

Rossi! So close there.

25 minutes ago, Cole_Train said:

Wallstedt is actually the only reason the score isn’t even more lopsided to be honest. 

Reviewing the goals against, they're not the worst. Just hard to watch the Wild be so predictable against certain teams. Always the snot-nosed little brother to somebody in the Central.

And Dallas scores again...

Sigh

Now 5-1

Ooof...any word on the returns of Brodin, Kaprizov, Sprug, and Gus? I thought I read somewhere on here that some of them are skating on their own again?

Marchment is a helluva player in my book. He was very good before Florida but not really appreciated. Then Dallas jumped to get a hard-battling big guy who can score. Guerin goes with Elite Swedes and placeholders. Despite grit video PR stunts. 

Pavelski is another one who was too old when he signed. That was an incorrect assumption as he continues to be a productive center til age 40. MN meanwhile, is going with sum of parts not even as good as Dallas on paper. The Stars top 4-5 guys and #1 grit-guy are above the Wild's best no matter how you spin it with the exception of #97 who gets pounded nightly. 

Perfect my negative comments are at least making me look correct to my chagrin.

Do you think Faber yelled "four" on Boldy's tally??? 

Hartman scores on the (checks the script) 5 on 3 powerplay, is that allowed?

A power play goal?? What?

Edited January 11 by WheelSnipeCelly

Grit-goal coming at ya!

Still think Hartman's signing is fine. He and Zuccarello have pretty much done what we've expected. 

What can you expect when the whole season has played out without 3-4 top players for one time or another. 

Midds caught below the dots in the O-zone before Robertson scored.

Fred fails to play the body at the blue line and Dallas Elite Swede given an easy shot from <50'. 

Not gonna get the job done with that kind of detail in your game...

Good grief! NHL boys, not peewees...