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

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    Thomas Williams

    By Thomas Williams -

    The time has finally come. The Minnesota Wild will be playing a normal, regular season game that actually means something. No more looking for development or seeing what hot prospect will make the jump -- the lineup is set and we are seated.

    To open the 2024-25 season, the Wild are hosting the Columbus Blue Jackets. All throughout the buildup to this game and what will be present throughout it, is remembering Johnny Gaudreau. It is impossible to really put into words just how emotionally taxing playing this hockey game will be for the visitors, so we don't think we should estimate or really spill a whole lot of digital ink on that aspect of tonight's game.

    For the Wild, this roster isn't a whole lot different from last year's. We have the same guys in slightly different roles (like Rossi being on the top line to open the season), and a couple new guys providing some solid foundation like Lauko and Trenin. Other than that, it will be Classic Wild Hockey from here on out for the next several months.

    It all starts tonight. We are as pumped as ever.

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

    Projected Wild lineup

    Kirill Kaprizov -- Marco Rossi -- Mats Zuccarello
    Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
    Marcus Foligno -- Ryan Hartman -- Yakov Trenin
    Jakob Lauko -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Frederick Gaudreau

    Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber
    Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
    Jon Merrill -- Zach Bogosian

    Filip Gustavsson
    (Marc-Andre Fleury)

    Projected Blue Jackets lineup

    Yegor Chinakhov -- Sean Monahan -- Kirill Marchenko
    James van Riemsdyk -- Adam Fantilli -- Kevin Labanc
    Mikae Pyyhtia -- Cole Sillinger -- Kent Johnson
    Zach Aston-Reese -- Sean Kuraly -- Mathieu Olivier

    Zach Werenski -- Ivan Provorov
    Jake Christiansen -- Damon Severson
    Jack Johnson -- Erik Gudbranson

    Elvis Merzlikins
    (Daniil Tarasov)

    By Thomas Williams  

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    Up North Guy
    4 minutes ago, Protec said:

    NoJo gets an assist. Dangit, do NOT begin to believe in Johansson. Ogie could have handed it off to Boldy ten-times better than that. NoJo will be dropping his stick and water-ski backchecking before you can say Elite Swede. The highlight shows him fanning on the one-timer. Getting the primary assist on a cycle-pass is not sweet. Boldy unassisted more like it. 

    Don't forget the NoJo no shot, shot attempt. He only taped 3 inches of his blade and needed five.

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    Protec
    3 minutes ago, Pewterschmidt said:

    Equipment manager sent him out with his street hockey stick

    Shoulda helped him pick out a beard-trimmer-buzzer type electric razor and explain how it can't slice your jugular.

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    Pewterschmidt
    Just now, AKwildkraken said:

    I hate to say it, but I thought nojo had good effort that period.  The fan on the one-time sucked though.

    Easier prediction in history: NoJo finds a pulse during contract year 

    he’s always finding new ways to be annoying

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    UK_Soldier
    7 minutes ago, Pewterschmidt said:

    UK SOLDIER IS HERE!!

    Present and accounted for. I'm mostly just a game thread guy...so no game threads (which there weren't for most of last season) and I probably won't be around. 

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    Protec
    2 minutes ago, AKwildkraken said:

    I hate to say it, but I thought nojo had good effort that period.  The fan on the one-time sucked though.

    First game of the year, okay we'll give NoJo a little wiggle-room. If he starts swinging his stick, and coasting though I'm ready to unleash the memes.

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    AKwildkraken
    1 minute ago, Pewterschmidt said:

    Easier prediction in history: NoJo finds a pulse during contract year 

    he’s always finding new ways to be annoying

    I know, I know, I know.  

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    Protec
    Just now, UK_Soldier said:

    Present and accounted for. I'm mostly just a game thread guy...so no game threads (which there weren't for most of last season) and I probably won't be around. 

    I tried to start em last year but it was only under the Forums tab. Many times it was just me and somebody ripping on NoJo. 😄

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    UK_Soldier
    4 minutes ago, Protec said:

    I tried to start em last year but it was only under the Forums tab. Many times it was just me and somebody ripping on NoJo. 😄

    If I would have known I would have participated...and participated on ripping on NoJo. Kinda frustrated with the gamethread situation last year in that it was more or less promised when they transitioned here. If there are none, I won't read the articles. If there are gamethreads, I'm more likely to read the articles. 

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    UK_Soldier
    13 minutes ago, Pewterschmidt said:

    Easier prediction in history: NoJo finds a pulse during contract year 

    he’s always finding new ways to be annoying

    He's a contract chasing POS. 

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