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  • Wild Training Camp Starts, Lineup Taking Shape

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    Thomas Williams

    By Thomas Williams -

    The summer is over, thank goodness. That means hockey can start and it more or less officially did when the Minnesota Wild opened up training camp earlier this week.

    It has been just one day of skating and some teammates getting their first introductions to each other and for others, reunions happening from their months apart. But getting down to business -- head coach John Hynes already got rolling with some potential forward lines that we might see when the Wild open their season on Oct. 10.

    Essentially, Ryan Hartman is back between Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello; Marco Rossi is centering a quasi checking line with Marcus Foligno and newcomer Yakov Trenin; Marat Khusnutdinov is playing with Jacob Lauko and Freddy Gaudreau; and the fearsome duo of Joel Eriksson Ek and Matt Boldy will have Marcus Johansson on their left.

     

    It all shakes down to look something like this:

    Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
    Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
    Marcus Foligno -- Marco Rossi -- Yakov Trenin
    Jacob Lauko -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Frederick Gaudreau

    We can agree and disagree with some players being used in certain ways, but we should see some changes and experimenting throughout the season. Maybe, just maybe, Hynes wanted to start camp with some familiarity to get that "summer hockey" out of them.

    That's Wild

    • Jesper Wallstedt rounds out our Top 10 Prospects series for the Wild and he is at the very top. A goaltender whose future was now but has an interesting spot on this team right now. [Hockey Wilderness]
    • Marc-Andre Fleury hopes to hang up his skates with not a whole lot of fanfare. [Pioneer Press]
    • GM Bill Guerin named a total of five young players who could make the Wild's final roster. [BMTN]

    Off the trail...

    • Mitch Marner is open to having contract talks with the Toronto Maple Leafs during the season. [Sportsnet]
    • We're already looking ahead to what players might be available at next season's trade deadline. [ESPN]
    By Thomas Williams  

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    Protec

    Crosseye-Bill talkin accountability here. Let me say, short leash on NoJo otherwise he’s full of shit. I’ll forget about last year if things turn around or they bench #90. If he plays L2 wing all year doing what he did last year, I’m going to begin permanently ragging on GMBG for stupid-stubbornness. 

     

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    The Russian Hammer coming in with a little rust perhaps and lengthy follicles. Might need to take a wire-wheel to that before the equipment guys have to order the XXL bucket? A little more animated than Zoom last Summer. A transition with Kaprizov and Marat and some chemistry potential is cool but get the man some chairs. Good vibe. I’m sure they’ll find a helmet that fits and the RH will be ready to demolish or pound coffin-nails pretty soon. 

     

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    5 minutes ago, Protec said:

    The Russian Hammer coming in with a little rust perhaps and lengthy follicles. Might need to take a wire-wheel to that before the equipment guys have to order the XXL bucket? A little more animated than Zoom last Summer. A transition with Kaprizov and Marat and some chemistry potential is cool but get the man some chairs. Good vibe. I’m sure they’ll find a helmet that fits and the RH will be ready to demolish or pound coffin-nails pretty soon. 

     

    “I go to net create chaos” - T-Pain

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    Protec

    Lip-service coming out early with clinched-lips. The body-language and cliché stuff in rich supply here. Seen it before. Actions speak louder than words. Foligno needs to be more than a clumsy Moose out there, and NoJo needs to remember NHL hockey isn’t Euro-Wuss league.

     

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    4 minutes ago, Protec said:

    Lip-service coming out early with clinched-lips. The body-language and cliché stuff in rich supply here. Seen it before. Actions speak louder than words. Foligno needs to be more than a clumsy Moose out there, and NoJo needs to remember NHL hockey isn’t Euro-Wuss league.

     

    Looking forward to hear about Foligno’s off the charts Corsi stats once equipment manager shows him which end of stick goes on the ice

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    Citizen Strife

    I don't really mind the 3rd line.  Foligno and Rossi had good chemistry as a defensive line that could still score decently well.  Taking Gaudreau out and putting Trenin into that line is just screaming, "Rossi can score, calm the fuck down, we'll just bash people into the walls."

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