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  • Gamethread: Wild vs. Blue Jackets (7:00 p.m.)

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    Thomas Williams

    By Thomas Williams -

    The Minnesota Wild are not looking very good, right now. Now an even 2-2-0 to start the season, the wins have not felt very good (except maybe the shutout win against the Panthers in the very first game) and the losses have felt terrible. Both losses come against teams that managed to score seven goals against this supposedly defensively elite team.

    Now, the Wild host the miserable Columbus Blue Jackets. Their 2000 expansion partners are not supposed to be winning many games this season, but this team, through their multiple successful drafts and some free agency fortitude, have some power players.

    Johnny Gaudreau is leading a group of forwards that could reach their potential at any time. And even their blue line ain't that bad with Zach Werenski, Damon Severson, Ivan Provorov, and young phenom David Jiricek.  This could be kind of go either way, even if Columbus is not supposed to be good.

    When: 7:00 p.m. CT
    Where: Xcel Energy Center
    TV: Bally Sports North
    Radio: KFAN 100.3

    Projected Wild lineup

    Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
    Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Sammy Walker
    Marcus Foligno -- Marco Rossi -- Frederick Gaudreau
    Patrick Maroon -- Connor Dewar -- Brandon Duhaime

    Jonas Brodin -- Calen Addison
    Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber
    Dakota Mermis -- Jon Merrill

    Filip Gustavsson
    Marc-Andre Fleury

    Projected Blue Jackets lineup

    Johnny Gaudreau -- Boone Jenner -- Kirill Marchenko
    Jack Roslovic -- Adam Fantilli -- Alexandre Texier
    Kent Johnson -- Cole Sillinger -- Emil Bemstrom
    Justin Danforth -- Sean Kuraly -- Mathieu Olivier

    Zach Werenski -- Damon Severson
    Ivan Provorov -- David Jiricek
    Jake Bean -- Erik Gudbranson

    Elvis Merzlikins
    Spencer Martin

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    By Thomas Williams  

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    Been There Done That
    13 hours ago, UK_Soldier said:

    Kinda looks like that's what they thought...and that's rich given how they've played this year. 

    When half the squad has a no move or no trade clause, there's really no urgency to perform is there? Just show up, get paid, grab a beer with the boys. Rinse and repeat. Thanks BG.

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    My favorite part of the game was the MN announcers repeatedly talying about how young, fast and skilled the Jackets are. Which was obvious and correct. Just wish they could say the same about the home squad.  Ugh. Thanks BG.

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