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  • Zeev Buium Earns First NHL Point in Wild's Game 3

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    Thomas Williams

    By Thomas Williams -

     

     

    That's Wild

    The Minnesota Wild have thrown top prospect Zeev Buium into the deep end, playing his first-ever NHL minutes in the playoffs and against a very good team. But in Game 3's 5-2 win to give the Wild a 2-1 series lead over the Vegas Golden Knights, the 19-year-old managed to earn his first-ever NHL point on Kirill Kaprizov's game-opening goal.

    • Sure, the Vegas Golden Knights are favored to win this first-round series, but the Minnesota Wild have some X-factors that were not accounted for. Sometimes, all it takes is that special something to really stand a chance, and the Wild have that. [StarTribune]
    • Matt Boldy is meeting the moment. The Wild needed a player other than Kirill Kaprizov to be the offensive driver on this team, and the young winger is doing it. [Hockey Wilderness]
    • But, is there a danger in putting Boldy, Kaprizov, and Joel Eriksson Ek together? Can they really fully embrace being a one-line team and make it work? [Hockey Wilderness]

    Off the trail...

    • After missing two full NHL seasons and over 1,000 days since being on NHL ice, Gabe Landeskog was back in the lineup for the Colorado Avalanche Wednesday night. [TheScore]
    • Czech leaders condemn Russian threats against NHL great Dominik Hasek. [CBC]
    • Top takeaways from the first 13 games of the NHL playoffs. [ESPN]
    • After trying to trade away a whole lot of his veterans, acquiring troubled center J.T. Miller from Vancouver, and generally being unliked by a whole lot of his players, the New York Rangers signed general manager Chris Drury to a contract extension. [NHL.com]
    • The Edmonton Oilers are breaking the glass in case of emergency. They have put Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid together on the same line. [Sporting News]

     

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    mnfaninnc

    I sat down and watched the 1st part of the NFL draft and at 9pm, promptly, switched to the Wild game on ESPN+. I'd looked earlier and the next 2 games were supposed to be on Fanduel, so I should have gotten the feed.....

    No WILD! What happened? Apparently TBS/TNT/HBO hijacked the broadcast, so now I have to watch it on delay. Hopefully it shows up today, sounded like a really fun game to watch.

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    IllicitFive
    24 minutes ago, mnfaninnc said:

    I sat down and watched the 1st part of the NFL draft and at 9pm, promptly, switched to the Wild game on ESPN+. I'd looked earlier and the next 2 games were supposed to be on Fanduel, so I should have gotten the feed.....

    No WILD! What happened? Apparently TBS/TNT/HBO hijacked the broadcast, so now I have to watch it on delay. Hopefully it shows up today, sounded like a really fun game to watch.

    I highly recommend watching, it was a fun game. I think the draft and nba took over espn for the night.

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    SkolWild73
    26 minutes ago, mnfaninnc said:

    I sat down and watched the 1st part of the NFL draft and at 9pm, promptly, switched to the Wild game on ESPN+. I'd looked earlier and the next 2 games were supposed to be on Fanduel, so I should have gotten the feed.....

    No WILD! What happened? Apparently TBS/TNT/HBO hijacked the broadcast, so now I have to watch it on delay. Hopefully it shows up today, sounded like a really fun game to watch.

    Weird.  I watched it on Fanduel.

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    Imyourhuckleberry

    How about that Rossi, Trenin, Brazeau line, huh?

    Vegas had the better season, but the Wild appear to have the better goalie and better top line in the playoffs, and both can be key elements for winning a series. Let's go Wild!!!

     

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    Citizen Strife

    One thing I like about Buium's game was some good play against the boards.  He was about to hold some Vegas players on the wall, and didn't look outmatched physically. Kinda crazy how he already has that kinda of physical game already.

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    OldDutchChip
    26 minutes ago, Imyourhuckleberry said:

    How about that Rossi, Trenin, Brazeau line, huh?

    Vegas had the better season, but the Wild appear to have the better goalie and better top line in the playoffs, and both can be key elements for winning a series. Let's go Wild!!!

     

    Finally Rossi decided to show up - good for him

    but it’s like celebrating Zeev assist - he basically gave the puck to Kap - who did All the work

    Rossi still needs to engage more so hold celebration for now 

    Faber is making little mistakes often enough that soon it will bite us, eichel and stone won’t be held scoreless for entire series 

    Kap and Boldy - amazing play

    Gus too

     

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