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  • Wild Fail To Score, Lose In Boston

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    Thomas Williams

    By Thomas Williams -

    That's Wild

    • After getting shutout in Ottawa to the tune of 6-0, the Minnesota Wild had an opportunity to overcome their scoring woes in Boston. And they did not. A 3-0 loss and now a goalless streak of two games has major questions about this team's offense being raised. [StarTribune]
    • The fourth line centered by young Marat Khusnutdinov has found their own identity. [Hockey Wilderness]
    • The Wild are the big tree that falls. [Hockey Wilderness]

    Off the trail...

    • There is a whole lot of talent heading to the 4 Nations Face-off later this month. But who is the best skater, the top stickhandler, and the best in other areas of the game of hockey? [ESPN]
    • Alex Ovechkin scored an empty-net goal with not even a second on the clock Tuesday night. He's now just 17 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's record. [NHL.com]
    • Some stars that will really cash in with the salary cap ceiling going up. [Bleacher Report]
    By Thomas Williams  

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    Pewterschmidt
    18 minutes ago, Protec said:

    The soft little Euro line.

    The consecutive consonants line.

    NoJo and the Munchkins. 

    The Scandinavian Austrian connection. 

    Rosshansson and the Norwegian Hobbit. 

    I don't know, none of that really sounds too imposing. 😃

    Ro-Jo-Lo

    The softer than Charmin line

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    Willy the poor boy
    23 hours ago, M_Nels said:

    Curious to why you thought they'd stop playing for him, genuinely asking and I don't want to sort through all your posts.

    Dean had golden opportunities to win playoff series against the Blues & Dallas and his lack of adjustments and style he brought into those games cost them.

    Just the things I've read about him when they hired him. I had heard he was not a players coach, he had little to no success at the NHL level and I believed the players liked Deano (I never and still don't buy into the 'he lost the team' BS) and they would hold that against JH a bit.

    I' really don't understand the Deano hate in MN. the guy overperformed every season except his shortened up last season. He's way overperforming in Columbus, they lost their 2 best players and were considered to be fighting for the best lottery chance at a #1 pick and instead is fighting for a WC spot.

    I disagree with the 'golden opportunities'. Both those teams were much better then the Wild and much deeper.  

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    M_Nels
    15 minutes ago, Willy the poor boy said:

    I' really don't understand the Deano hate in MN. the guy overperformed every season except his shortened up last season. He's way overperforming in Columbus, they lost their 2 best players and were considered to be fighting for the best lottery chance at a #1 pick and instead is fighting for a WC spot.

    I disagree with the 'golden opportunities'. Both those teams were much better then the Wild and much deeper.  

    I applaud what he's done in Columbus and as long as they're not playing the Wild I always root for the Jackets. 

    I do agree that Dallas was much deeper but the Blues were extremely beatable and they couldn't get it done.

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    Willy the poor boy
    21 minutes ago, M_Nels said:

    I applaud what he's done in Columbus and as long as they're not playing the Wild I always root for the Jackets. 

    I do agree that Dallas was much deeper but the Blues were extremely beatable and they couldn't get it done.

    If I remember correctly they couldn't get it done all season and seasons prior against the Blues. I'm a believer in that some teams just match up well against others. They traded foe Flower that season and T bot was having a good year, but they went with Flower, I think that came from the top (BG). The players were upset about it and I think that set the tone. 

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    Up North Guy
    4 hours ago, M_Nels said:

    I applaud what he's done in Columbus and as long as they're not playing the Wild I always root for the Jackets. 

    I do agree that Dallas was much deeper but the Blues were extremely beatable and they couldn't get it done.

    Remember Deano was always ragging the refs to the point that the players were following suit. The team needed to be very disciplined to have a chance and they lost that resulting in way too many penalties. With the refs pissed the Wild were never going to get the benefit of any doubt.

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