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  • Wild Making Historic Start to the Season

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    Thomas Williams

    By Thomas Williams -

    This start from the Minnesota Wild feels different. There is just something in the air that fills us with a little bit more confidence that this team is performing well and their record is very deserving.

    Could it be, maybe, that the Wild are writing their name in the history books for how well they're starting this 2024-25 season? According to NHL Stats and then tweeted out by Michael Russo, the Wild have opened this season without trailing in goals through their first 300 minutes (five games) of regulation. That total is the fourth longest in league history and the record is still going.

     

    That is some total. And now, the Wild just need to not give up a goal in the first 101 seconds of Tuesday's game against the Florida Panthers, to then move up a spot to third. And if they can last the first half of that game without trailing? They earn the second spot.

    History can be made.

    That's Wild

    • One reason why the Wild haven't been trailing is certainly Filip Gustavsson. The netminder has put up some stellar numbers so far that places him among the NHL's best. Now, the Wild will need him to keep it up to really stay ahead in the standings. [Hockey Wilderness]
    • More on this season's start feeling different from our pal Russo. [The Athletic]

    Off the trail...

    • A new NHL Power Ranking that also includes a fantasy hockey pickup from each team. [ESPN]
    • Tyler Myers has had some career. Going from Calder Trophy-winning defenseman in Buffalo to a little bit of a mark of Jim Benning's terrible legacy in Vancouver, to now being a decently respectable depth defenseman on those Canucks. He just played his 1,000th game and people are saying he should be proud. [Sportsnet]
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    mnfaninnc

    Well, if we don't do it, it won't be because we weren't rested!

    Heinzy is using Kaprizov also in more of a defensive role this season. That is a difference from the Evason era. He did this a little bit late last year too, and I didn't think that Kaprizov responded quite so well with it. This season he seems more comfortable in that role.

    I like our start, not so much the record, but the way we have been playing. We've had a couple of guys miss games, yet we're still able to play without being down. Any news on Hartman?

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    raithis

    I don't know that they keep that streak going, especially since I feel like Fleury is going to get the start.  I'd rather throw Gus in and tell him to show me what he can do against a contender.  That, and hopefully Ek is a little closer to his normal self.  He seemed a bit cautious on Saturday.  Understandable, but we will need him to be more himself to be able to beat Florida.

    I just hope we hold Florida to only a few goals.  I absolutely loathe their stupid panther growl thing that they play like 5-6 times while announcing who scored.  It feels like 10mins later they are still announcing it because they drag it out so long.  I know it's not really that long, but it sure feels like it goes on forever.

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    Up North Guy
    28 minutes ago, raithis said:

    I don't know that they keep that streak going, especially since I feel like Fleury is going to get the start.  I'd rather throw Gus in and tell him to show me what he can do against a contender.  That, and hopefully Ek is a little closer to his normal self.  He seemed a bit cautious on Saturday.  Understandable, but we will need him to be more himself to be able to beat Florida.

    I just hope we hold Florida to only a few goals.  I absolutely loathe their stupid panther growl thing that they play like 5-6 times while announcing who scored.  It feels like 10mins later they are still announcing it because they drag it out so long.  I know it's not really that long, but it sure feels like it goes on forever.

    I tend to think that Gus and MAF will each get a start in the state of Florida.

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