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


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    Thomas Williams

    It's a very important game against an always-tough opponent.

    The Minnesota Wild have just four games remaining to make it count and on Saturday night, they're facing a team that has always played spoiler and has been a thorn in their side for so damn long. The St. Louis Blues are coming to town.

    But thankfully, they are not going to be facing a Wild team that is down on their luck because they have lost three consecutive games. Even if they lost the heart of this team in Joel Eriksson Ek for multiple weeks. No, they are going to be fighting harder than ever because Kirill Kaprizov has returned from injury after a month-long absence.

    In addition to Kaprizov returning, Gustav Nyquist is going to be making his Wild debut, to supplement the loss of both Eriksson Ek and Oskar Sundqvist from earlier this week. It's a new lineup that might look weird, but it at least has some talent sprinkled through it.

    Projected Wild lineup

    Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
    Marcus Johansson -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Matt Boldy
    Gustav Nyquist -- Sam Steel -- Marcus Foligno
    Brandon Duhaime -- Connor Dewar -- Ryan Reaves

    Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
    Jonas Brodin -- Matt Dumba
    Jon Merrill -- John Klingberg

    Filip Gustavsson
    Marc-Andre Fleury

    Projected Blues lineup

    Brandon Saad -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou
    Jake Neighbours -- Michael Buchinger -- Kasperi Kapanen
    Sammy Blais -- Robert Thomas -- Jakub Vrana
    Alexei Toropchenko -- Nathan Walker -- Tyler Pitlick

    Nick Leddy -- Colton Parayko
    Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
    Calle Rosen -- Dmitri Samorukov

    Jordan Binnington
    Vadim Zherenko

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    1 minute ago, Tony Abbott said:

    Took me way too long to figure out who No. 28 was. 

     

    Also, who had Freddy for a 17-goal season???

    He’s been a Swiss Army knife for the team. A great pick-up and signing. 

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    Still would love to react to things though...otherwise it's like I tell my employees, if you don't acknowledge my email, it's like you're staring me in the face and just walk away. 

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    Just now, Tony Abbott said:

    The only thing that makes me feel sad about Binnington is we only have four years left to beat the shit out of him in the division.

    You think he's going to last 4 years?

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    20 minutes ago, UK_Soldier said:

    Still would love to react to things though...otherwise it's like I tell my employees, if you don't acknowledge my email, it's like you're staring me in the face and just walk away. 

    ...and that's neat that you don't like reactions...and I don't necessarily need them either, but it's weird that they'd be limited. 

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    1 minute ago, Tony Abbott said:

    I must be a sicko because I really like them.

    I think it might be me still tying them to the Stars. Otherwise I might like them? I dunno. All the more reason for the Wild to grab the North Stars colors considering Dallas doesn't want to use them. 

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    2 minutes ago, Tony Abbott said:

    There are just so many teams that have the same colors as literally everyone else that I am in favor of anything that breaks up the league's color palette. 

    Agree with that. I'm just confused in Dallas's choices. 

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    2 minutes ago, Tony Abbott said:

    I got the game on mute, is he just saying "St. Louis Blues" exclusively?

    It's what Walz does...with literally every team throughout the game...to include the Wild, which is even weirder. 

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    7 minutes ago, UK_Soldier said:

    Agree with that. I'm just confused in Dallas's choices. 

    “Originally lined with green argon tubes when it was built in the 1980s, Bank of America Plaza was renovated with LED lighting in 2013. It's this “neon green” that lights up the Dallas skyline and inspired the Stars' new alternate color.”

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