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  • Kirill Kaprizov Scares Every Single Wild Fan

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    Thomas Williams

    By Thomas Williams -

    That's Wild

    • Halloween was almost an entire month ago but that didn't stop Minnesota Wild star Kirill Kaprizov from giving us a massive fright on Thursday night. Against the Edmonton Oilers, he collided knee-on-knee with Drake Caggiula and missed a good portion of the game. Thankfully, Kaprizov returned and didn't look all that banged up. Still, it was a fright. That, and more from the Wild's 5-3 win over Connor McDavid. [The Athletic]
    • Marc-Andre Fleury earned the win -- and survived his early gaff to allow a far-off Leon Draisaitl goal -- in what was his 1,000th career start. [CTV]
    • Zeev Buium is continuing last year's success with the University of Denver and was recently highlighted as the defender of the week. [NHL.com]

    Off the trail...

    • The rumor mill is buzzing. It feels like every NHL general manager decided to actually make some moves before the trade deadline and reporters are reporting. The most recent thing, is Elliotte Friedman connecting Philadelphia Flyers center Morgan Frost to a trade to the Chicago Blackhawks. Really interesting! [BSH]
    • Maybe the worst news for every single hockey fan: Alex Ovechkin is officially out 4-6 weeks with a broken leg. The beating of the record will have to be put on hold for a bit. [NHL.com]
    • The NHL explained their call to not suspend Zach Whitecloud for his hit on Matthew Knies. [ESPN]
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    IllicitFive

    I for one had a "no f'ing way" moment watching that. Then the punk turns down fighting Middleton (Good for him stepping in right away) then fights Boldy. I was hoping to see Moose and Bogo step up on some hits on their guys but didn't notice, Hartman did which was nice to see, playing on the edge where he thrives. It seemed after that the players as a whole played a bit more physical, nothing over the top but let them know they were there. On top of it all came out with a strong win held up by secondary scoring. Nice to see Gaudreau rewarded for effort he has been playing with. Credit where it is due, NoJo's goal was a great effort play by him. If we would see more of that I think the hate would quiet down. I don't expect him to be making those plays often, but how nice would it be if he did use speed on forecheck, create turnovers and be rewarded with great scoring opportunities. 

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    1 hour ago, IllicitFive said:

    I for one had a "no f'ing way" moment watching that. Then the punk turns down fighting Middleton (Good for him stepping in right away) then fights Boldy. I was hoping to see Moose and Bogo step up on some hits on their guys but didn't notice, Hartman did which was nice to see, playing on the edge where he thrives. It seemed after that the players as a whole played a bit more physical, nothing over the top but let them know they were there. On top of it all came out with a strong win held up by secondary scoring. Nice to see Gaudreau rewarded for effort he has been playing with. Credit where it is due, NoJo's goal was a great effort play by him. If we would see more of that I think the hate would quiet down. I don't expect him to be making those plays often, but how nice would it be if he did use speed on forecheck, create turnovers and be rewarded with great scoring opportunities. 

    I think the biggest change i see this year vs last year is the team is playing level headed. The last couple years under Deano the whole team was flying off the cliff. Dean was always screaming at the refs and i think that had a follow-on reaction from the team. i am not seeing the stupid penalties we saw the last couple years. I hope this continues and the team keeps playing with controlled violence. At times maybe a little more retribution hits would be welcomed however.

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