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  • Wild Shine Bright Against Reigning Champions

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    Thomas Williams

    By Thomas Williams -

    That's Wild

    • This means that the Wild are the new Stanley Cup champions, right? On Tuesday night, as part of the NHL's "Frozen Frenzy" the Wild hosted the Florida Panthers, who are just a few months removed from hoisting the Cup. And they proceeded to wipe the floor with those champions. It wasn't just a skin-of-their-teeth win, but it was a decisive victory that is making us dream and hope. [BMTN]
    • And with that win, the Wild are a step closer to making NHL history as a team that has started their season without ever trailing. They are simply dominant. [SI.com]
    • One area the Wild are earning their wins through is the power play. It is absolutely humming. But when it comes to that success, is it being driven by the star talent that this team has on the top unit, or is it actually the system being implemented? [Hockey Wilderness]

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    • The NHL unveiled these neat little goal animations on their website as part of their first step into player and puck tracking. Here's the story from behind the scenes: [ESPN]
    • Some neat little background on how the Vancouver Canucks got their name. [THN]
    • Lightning's Anthony Cirelli is putting the nasty trade rumors from the summer to bed, as he makes an incredibly hot start. [THW]
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    Protec

    If the Wild stay out of the box, their penalty kill can rest-easy. They have been a little better but I am impressed at MN's 60-minute effort and buy-in. They weathered a bit of a storm early and captured the momentum. Last year that was FL's downfall. 

    Credit to Hynes and the players. Nice road win. Gotta keep it going though. WPG and DAL aren't missing out on points in the standings either. 

    The folks who thought the Wild would be just a fuzz better than Chicago look dumb. We'll see if that changes. 

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    OldDutchChip
    1 hour ago, Protec said:

    If the Wild stay out of the box, their penalty kill can rest-easy. They have been a little better but I am impressed at MN's 60-minute effort and buy-in. They weathered a bit of a storm early and captured the momentum. Last year that was FL's downfall. 

    Credit to Hynes and the players. Nice road win. Gotta keep it going though. WPG and DAL aren't missing out on points in the standings either. 

    The folks who thought the Wild would be just a fuzz better than Chicago look dumb. We'll see if that changes. 

    I’ll be the first to accept dunce award but only when it’s due

    6 game sample is just that - 6 games

    im interested in tomorrows game - tampa won’t be missing their #1 player like FL ….. and Bob won’t be there (who was just horrible yesterday)

    right now scoring is easy and Gus is lights out,  we shall see when law of average comes through

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    Protec

    I'm not jumping to conclusions. The preliminary evidence supports an argument that it's not all about what's on paper. MN narrowly lost to WPG, one of the best teams. 

    The Wild have been pretty consistent. If they stay healthy, I can't see them falling apart at the seams. Last season under Hynes, they were a better team. They did suck in the Central but missed the playoffs because of their start. I think NSH is another example of "not all that glitters is gold."

    MN is doing really good with a somewhat uninspiring lineup. NSH is at the bottom with newly signed Stamkos and Marchesseault. Ouch. Maybe it equalizes? I just think MN is better than they got off-season credit for. 

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    Imyourhuckleberry

    Edmonton was terrible to start the season last year and ended up in the Stanley Cup Finals, so we know the first 12 games don't mean everything, but the way the Wild have started has certainly been promising.

    Wild have been performing like a top 10 team and there are only 4 teams currently with a higher points percentage. Seems like they've carried forward some lessons learned last year and newfound dedication from Gus and some others seems to be paying early dividends.

    Hopefully the Wild can keep going strong and stacking points as the competition for playoff spots will be fierce down the stretch.

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