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    That's Wild

    • The Minnesota Wild had their final press conferences of the season after their brutal Game 6 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights last week. There was a whole lot of interesting chat and quotes but none more interesting than when star winger Kirill Kaprizov gave an update on potential contract talks. The Wild's best player is eligible to sign a contract extension July 1. [Pioneer Press]
    • Top prospect Zeev Buium isn't done playing hockey. His whirlwind season going from battling for the NCAA national championship with Denver, signing his first pro contract, and making his NHL debut during Game 1 of a heated playoff series; has now led him to representing USA at the World Championships. [StarTribune]
    • The Wild might trade center Marco Rossi this summer. It feels backwards. But, they created their own self-fulfilling prophecy when it came to the young Austrian. [Hockey Wilderness]
    • Unfortunately, the ghosts of playoff failures are still haunting the Minnesota Wild. [Hockey Wilderness]

    Off the trail...

    • The Winnipeg Jets did it. They came back from a big deficit, scored two late third-period goals to force overtime, and then won it in the second extra period. A wild game and the Manitobans are moving on. [Sportsnet]
    • After beating the Colorado Avalanche in the other Game 7, the Dallas Stars are getting Jason Robertson and Miro Heiskanen back in the second round. They beat one of the top contenders without two of their best players. Wow. [NHL.com]
    • Up against the Florida Panthers, the Toronto Maple Leafs want to get physical in the second round. [NHL.com]
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    Protec

    I watched the interviews as well and they were a nothingburger. 

    Rossi seemed like he was the most dejected and down. The questions for he and Kirill were brutal. 

    Let's just hope NoJo is goneski. That'd be the best thing and my great hope. 

    Hynes was unapologetic and claims nothing was exposed by Vegas despite the lost series. Not totally wrong cause the Wild played hard and didn't get bounces. At the same time Hynes choices of who to sit or how to shuffle lines was questionable. So I wasn't impressed with him, seemingly costing MN one game with the Merrill injection and No-Show NoJo. 

    Hartman was very good and Hynes was right that he has the playoffs gene in him. Otherwise, it was just fluff...

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    54 minutes ago, Protec said:

    I watched the interviews as well and they were a nothingburger. 

    Rossi seemed like he was the most dejected and down. The questions for he and Kirill were brutal. 

    Let's just hope NoJo is goneski. That'd be the best thing and my great hope. 

    Hynes was unapologetic and claims nothing was exposed by Vegas despite the lost series. Not totally wrong cause the Wild played hard and didn't get bounces. At the same time Hynes choices of who to sit or how to shuffle lines was questionable. So I wasn't impressed with him, seemingly costing MN one game with the Merrill injection and No-Show NoJo. 

    Hartman was very good and Hynes was right that he has the playoffs gene in him. Otherwise, it was just fluff...

    Agree on everything.  Definitely hoping Nojo is gone... and Freddy, Vinnie and Nyquist.  Nojo played the first couple of games well in the series but he disappeared the last 3 (normal level).  That is unacceptable.

    We have the start of a good bottom 6 with Trenin, Foligno, Hartman that all played well in the playoffs.  Would like to see Braz gain a bit of speed but I liked his style of play and hope he comes back.  I'm waiting on my judgement of Rossi until I find out if he was injured or not.  If he wasn't, he earned 4th line minutes and not a minute more.  That doesn't mean I want him traded away. Rossi needs another good summer as I still think he can make that next step still.

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    36 minutes ago, MNCountryLife said:

    Agree on everything.  Definitely hoping Nojo is gone... and Freddy, Vinnie and Nyquist.  Nojo played the first couple of games well in the series but he disappeared the last 3 (normal level).  That is unacceptable.

    We have the start of a good bottom 6 with Trenin, Foligno, Hartman that all played well in the playoffs.  Would like to see Braz gain a bit of speed but I liked his style of play and hope he comes back.  I'm waiting on my judgement of Rossi until I find out if he was injured or not.  If he wasn't, he earned 4th line minutes and not a minute more.  That doesn't mean I want him traded away. Rossi needs another good summer as I still think he can make that next step still.

    Rossi said he wasn't expecting any surgery and only needed to rest to get healthy. He's a good player but if MN keeps him, they need to move on from the other similar players. 

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