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  • Wild's Season Is On The Line in Game 6

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    Thomas Williams

    By Thomas Williams -

    That's Wild

    • It's all come down to this. The Minnesota Wild are facing elimination from the playoffs. It's Game 6 against the Vegas Golden Knights, home at the Xcel Energy Center. After a crushing video review wiped away the apparent game-winner in Game 5, one Wild forward that emotional blow was "meant to be". [StarTribune]
    • Hopefully, a big season-defining defeat wasn't the last time we saw Marc-Andre Fleury on NHL ice. [StarTribune]
    • The Wild are believing in themselves and putting on their game face ahead of Game 6. [Pioneer Press]
    • And, there is a general sense of belief that they can force a Game 7 and keep the series going down to Nevada. [The Athletic]
    • No matter what, there will be no moral victories, though. That era of this Wild team is long gone. [Hockey Wilderness]
    • Jon Merrill replaced Zeev Buium on the blue line, and we get why. [Hockey Wilderness]

    Off the trail...

    • Series around the NHL are finally starting to end. The Carolina Hurricanes eliminated the New Jersey Devils. The Washington Capitals eliminated the Montreal Canadiens. And most recently, the Florida Panthers have eliminated the Tampa Bay Lightning from Stanley Cup contention. [NHL.com]
    • Now that some teams have left the playoffs, what are the keys to their offseason? How are the Lightning going to bounceback with this core? Can the Canadiens keep building on their young roster's experience? Are the Devils just going to blame this all on not having Jack Hughes? [ESPN]
    • There are lots of head coaching jobs available in the NHL. Ranking the NHL's most attractive coaching vacancies. [Daily Faceoff]
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    mnfaninnc

    mnfaninnc 4,026

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    I'm expecting a victory tonight forcing game 7. We finally get a decent start time, but I'm delayed a day and won't be watching for awhile. I'll be on radio silence for a couple weeks.

    I've heard Mike Sullivan and the Penguins mutually decided to part ways. I'm expecting Guerin to make a huge push to bring him into the Wild family, probably not starting as coach, but definitely in the FO. 

    So, 3 teams are disappointed thus far. I'm wondering if the Lightening's window has closed? Is Vassy for sale? Which direction do they go in?

    After we eventually get eliminated, and I'm not saying it's tonight or Saturday, we can start working on next season. Guerin's got a few player's M-NTC teams, and he can start trading with other teams. There will be 24 to choose from. Why not get a jump start, after all, this is his biggest offseason yet. I suspect that neither Tkachuk is touchable. I also believe this is a time to start assessing Spurgy's value to other organizations. Based on the feed-back, perhaps a decision can be made to trade him or keep him?

     

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    Will D. Ness

    I think this comes down to KK.  He had his worst game last time and in spite of that we probably would have won without the Nyquist leisurely stroll.

    I've been impressed with about 90% of the team bringing playoff intensity hockey (including Nojo of all people) and I'm not worried we won't show up for this one.

    If KK is rolling then we are going to be tough to stop.

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    SkolWild73
    2 hours ago, Will D. Ness said:

    I think this comes down to KK.  He had his worst game last time and in spite of that we probably would have won without the Nyquist leisurely stroll.

    I've been impressed with about 90% of the team bringing playoff intensity hockey (including Nojo of all people) and I'm not worried we won't show up for this one.

    If KK is rolling then we are going to be tough to stop.

    That’s what I took from game 5, that we didn’t do what we did the last two game 5’s and that is not bring the intensity.  Even though we are down 3-2. We actually have out scored Vegas 17-15.  Planning on a win tonight, then an overtime win in game 7 to make things right.

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    OldDutchChip

    6-1 Wild - Kap with a hatty!

    Rossi gets 2 assists! (followed by our usual heated debate about his placement, minute allocation and "rightful" place in the wild hierarchy)

    There will also finally be a fight in the series - lasting less than 10 seconds! 

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    Enforceror
    24 minutes ago, OldDutchChip said:

    There will also finally be a fight in the series - lasting less than 10 seconds! 

    Rossi drops Hague with an uppercut!

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    Up North Guy
    54 minutes ago, FredJohnson said:

    Wild's Season Is On The Line in Game 6

    You’re burying the lead: it might be the last game for NoJo in a Wild sweater!

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    Citizen Strife

    Citizen Strife 3,386

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    If at minimum, Mojo, Nyquist, and one of Merrill or Chisholm aren't let go at once..I dunno 

    Brazeau might stay on the cheap, but youth and FA/trades galore should be the game.  Total overhaul.

     

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    OldDutchChip
    1 hour ago, Citizen Strife said:

    If at minimum, Mojo, Nyquist, and one of Merrill or Chisholm aren't let go at once..I dunno 

    Brazeau might stay on the cheap, but youth and FA/trades galore should be the game.  Total overhaul.

     

    Don’t forget to add to the list 

    - Rossi traded 

    and

    - less important of course but Kap does not sign and billy is forced to trade him to East Coast team for fair offer

    and

    yurov is underwhelming 

    and

    zeev is second coming of addison

    ….. just trying to get all negativity out of my system 😎

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    hydguy75
    5 hours ago, OldDutchChip said:

    6-1 Wild - Kap with a hatty!

    Rossi gets 2 assists!

    ODC, change your password immediately.  Strong probability of unauthorized access.  

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    OldDutchChip
    1 minute ago, hydguy75 said:

    ODC, change your password immediately.  Strong probability of unauthorized access.  

    Hey Rossi got one assist already!

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