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  • 'No Excuse' For Wild's Mediocre Performances


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    • Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin has come out and said that there is truly "no excuse" for his team to be performing like this. The Wild have been getting wins against the truly awful teams of the NHL, but against any stiff competition, they have slumped down in their proverbial chair and left the building with zero points. Games against the Avalanche, Flames, Golden Knights, Oilers (and even the Predators), all resulted in recent losses where they just looked miserable. [The Athletic]
    • The Mikko Rantanen trade to the Carolina Hurricanes only hurries the Wild to get a contract extension done with Kirill Kaprizov. He's eligible to sign a new contract on July 1 of this year. [Hockey Wilderness]
    • The NHL community on YouTube is having a tough battle with the league over fair use of game footage. It's rough. [Hockey Wilderness]

    Off the trail...

    • Dylan Strome went from an unqualified restricted free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks, hitting the open market at a very young age, to signing a "prove-it" deal with the Washington Capitals and now has found his superpowers. [ESPN]
    • Local boy Scott Perunovich was sent to the New York Islanders from the St. Louis Blues for a minor conditional draft pick. [TheScore]
    • In his return from his suspension, Connor McDavid scored and led the Oilers past the Seattle Kraken. [NHL.com]

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    It’s the same cast of characters (+trenin who doesn’t even play on #1 pk.  What would you say you do here bro) that one and dones in the years they make the playoffs.  Reversion to the mean. 
    but P-Soup the injuries blah, blah…

    This group needs to add TWO grown ass top 6 fwds to compete    And I’d say Tuch is the lower end of a grown ass top 6

     

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    Local boy Scott Perunovich was sent to the New York Islanders from the St. Louis Blues for a minor conditional draft pick.

    This was a little weird. I thought this guy was all the rave when he came out of college. I wasn't aware he had such a falling out.

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    17 minutes ago, Pewterschmidt said:

    It’s the same cast of characters (+trenin who doesn’t even play on #1 pk.  What would you say you do here bro) that one and dones in the years they make the playoffs.  Reversion to the mean. 
    but P-Soup the injuries blah, blah…

    This group needs to add TWO grown ass top 6 fwds to compete    And I’d say Tuch is the lower end of a grown ass top 6

    You're probably right here, but P-Soup, we don't have any cap space. This is exactly why I'm thinking this year we go with what we've got unless we can pry Tuch loose, and then revamp next season with some cap flexibility. 

    However, I do think that some of the vets have got to be sent out. 

    On a different note, reading the Russo article, I think Marcus Foligno needs to look at himself in the mirror. His play, specifically, has not been up to snuff. He needs to play a hard, physical game and it was on him as the A to shut up Andersson with a powerful, bonecrunching hit at minimum. Just toss it in his corner and bring your stapler. 

    He may need to be subtracted if he doesn't start performing better at his role, and this is my 1st post on that topic.

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    50 minutes ago, Pewterschmidt said:

    It’s the same cast of characters (+trenin who doesn’t even play on #1 pk.  What would you say you do here bro)

    Khus & Lauko too. I don't know why they haven't been getting the PK1 time, they have enough speed to play the aggressive style that has worked for the most part. About the only reason I can figure is FO% by Freddy.

    Having Brodin back will be huge too though, get Faber-Brodin #1 & Mids-Spurge #2.

    It's still be atrocious no matter how you look at it though. Seems like the 1st or 2nd shot goes in a lot of times too and late in PK's, sometimes goalies have to make a good save too.

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    2 hours ago, mnfaninnc said:

    This was a little weird. I thought this guy was all the rave when he came out of college. I wasn't aware he had such a falling out.

    Not sure, but I do recall that he had a couple significant injuries right out of the gate that really have hindered the beginning of his NHL career.  Perhaps when he's come back he is being more cautious or just isn't the same player physically anymore that he was when they drafted him.

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    38 minutes ago, Up North Guy said:

    KK97 reinjured. Out week to week with a LOI needing surgery. I didn't think he looked right the last two games. Maybe time for a LTIR addition?

    Cut him. Don’t need him. (Sarcasm)

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