GDT: 10/11/14 - Minnesota @ Colorado - 8pm CDT/4am Suomi - FSNorth/Altitude
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I wish the league would punish intent instead of the result.
"Yeah, you tried to behead the guy, but luckily you missed. No suspension."
Pretty much. And I don't think he's a repeat offender so probably won't see anything but a fine.
I'm more upset at Roy making childish comments and wanting to retaliate
gphr513
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I wish the league would punish intent instead of the result.
"Yeah, you tried to behead the guy, but luckily you missed. No suspension."
I think that would start to become a slippery slope. I mean, in some cases, it could be pretty hard to judge intent.
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I see what you mean, but at least in cases like this:
It's pretty clear to me what EJ wanted to do there.
Agreed. I lost respect for Roy because of his childish tantrums. I mean, sending your facepunchers to the ice with 3 seconds remaining? Yeah, no.
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I'd rather have it than not. I think it's an advantage. Not enough to make you win. But I think it's what kept the Wild from playing as well as they can. Like I said it can take it's toll. Players avoid playing the puck or making a good pass so they can jump out of the way of a check.
I'm going to be watching some of the other teams (Dallas, Chicago, Nashville) to see how we stack up this early in the season.
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I wish the league would punish intent instead of the result.
"Yeah, you tried to behead the guy, but luckily you missed. No suspension."
Exactly. Haula's astuteness shouldn't factor in. Landeskog and Co. should realize the Wild aren't going to play those games anymore. Totally professional team are the Wild.
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We employ Matt Cooke.
Remember how much the majority of our fanbase hated Cooke before (and immediately following) his signing? I'm just glad we have him on our team.
What a load of bull ****. Johnson did his very best to take Haula's head off and because he missed the league does nothing? What a joke.
And what about Roy trying to goon it up with 3 seconds left and his comments? I suppose the league won't do anything about that either because the petulant little brat is one of the leagues golden children.
Sending him out in OT of Game 7 a loser both as a goalie in 2003 and a coach last year are very satisfying. He deserves to have his heart torn out of him like that repeatedly until he actually grows up.
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4th & 10 must punt. well we won. a couple scary moments but the wild played a good road game. need a goal soon from vanek but things are looking good so far.
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I wish the league would punish intent instead of the result.
"Yeah, you tried to behead the guy, but luckily you missed. No suspension."
I think Bordeleau's obvious intent to knee Spurgeon in the playoffs is a perfect example.
edit: after watching the last game it wouldn't surprise me that Roy sent him out with the purpose to do just that. I had believed him when he said it was all behind them.
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Some observations from the game which I finally got to sit down and watch today:
Parise looks like a man playing without fear. He seemed gassed towards the end of the game, but he's playing at a crazy level right now.
Carter is a bit of a question mark for me. He's taken some stupid penalties so far, but it's too early to give up on him yet.
Koivu and Pominville look a bit off right now for whatever reason.
Kuemper looks great so far.
The Wild were the better team throughout most of the night. The Avs had the better of the play for about 10 minutes of the 2nd period. The game could have turned out differently if they buried some of the chances they got.
Between Dater, the Denver press, Roy, Landeskog, Johnson, and the officials at the can that team deserves to finish at the bottom of the league this year.
I'm really starting to hate Roy. While he's not the first coach to try to goon things up, it's the first time in quite a while that I recall comments being made by a head coach like that. He comes off as a kid throwing a temper tantrum to me.
If Landeskog keeps up his crap someone who actually is a tough guy is going to put him in his place. Johnson should be given a few games as an attention getter despite there not being any injury to Haula.
Parise looks like a man playing without fear. He seemed gassed towards the end of the game, but he's playing at a crazy level right now.
Carter is a bit of a question mark for me. He's taken some stupid penalties so far, but it's too early to give up on him yet.
Koivu and Pominville look a bit off right now for whatever reason.
Kuemper looks great so far.
The Wild were the better team throughout most of the night. The Avs had the better of the play for about 10 minutes of the 2nd period. The game could have turned out differently if they buried some of the chances they got.
Between Dater, the Denver press, Roy, Landeskog, Johnson, and the officials at the can that team deserves to finish at the bottom of the league this year.
I'm really starting to hate Roy. While he's not the first coach to try to goon things up, it's the first time in quite a while that I recall comments being made by a head coach like that. He comes off as a kid throwing a temper tantrum to me.
If Landeskog keeps up his crap someone who actually is a tough guy is going to put him in his place. Johnson should be given a few games as an attention getter despite there not being any injury to Haula.
Jarick
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His Pass(Assist)was great,there was a brilliant play before the situation comes, and he play good on PP and work on the defens, i think the wild fans see what they have with him, only 2 Games played wait a little bit.
Yeah I get that, but I'm just not seeing anything out of Vanek to get excited about. He reminds me a lot of Moulson so far. Kind of just floating around and then cashes in the odd opportunity. At least we didn't give up lots of draft picks to get Vanek.
That second line has just done nothing for me so far. I want to see Vanek play with some faster players so he can trail the zone entry and drive the net. If it's say Koivu and Vanek on a rush, the defender is going to catch up with them pretty quickly and break up the play. If it's say Zucker and Haula, those guys are going to burn the defenders while everyone catches up, and Vanek can crash the net as the third man.
If they establish the zone, he and Koivu should be fine, but I haven't seen anything out of Coyle that tells me he can move the puck at all, and I don't know about Zucker in that role either.
What we need on that line is another Granlund
Seriously though, we need that dynamic player who can make things happen. Maybe Nino is the guy, maybe Zucker is the guy. I know it's not Coyle or Cooke, and Koivu hasn't been that type of player for years.
Yeah I get that, but I'm just not seeing anything out of Vanek to get excited about. He reminds me a lot of Moulson so far. Kind of just floating around and then cashes in the odd opportunity. At least we didn't give up lots of draft picks to get Vanek.
That second line has just done nothing for me so far. I want to see Vanek play with some faster players so he can trail the zone entry and drive the net. If it's say Koivu and Vanek on a rush, the defender is going to catch up with them pretty quickly and break up the play. If it's say Zucker and Haula, those guys are going to burn the defenders while everyone catches up, and Vanek can crash the net as the third man.
If they establish the zone, he and Koivu should be fine, but I haven't seen anything out of Coyle that tells me he can move the puck at all, and I don't know about Zucker in that role either.
What we need on that line is another Granlund
Vanek had a couple of nice plays in the d zone - one or two that saved a goal i believe. I dont think that Colarado is the best match up for them either.
Your right though. That line desperately needs a skilled winger. Nino, Zucker, maybe in fontaine. Someone with speed that can enter the zone with speed.
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Yeah I get that, but I'm just not seeing anything out of Vanek to get excited about. He reminds me a lot of Moulson so far. Kind of just floating around and then cashes in the odd opportunity. At least we didn't give up lots of draft picks to get Vanek.
That second line has just done nothing for me so far. I want to see Vanek play with some faster players so he can trail the zone entry and drive the net. If it's say Koivu and Vanek on a rush, the defender is going to catch up with them pretty quickly and break up the play. If it's say Zucker and Haula, those guys are going to burn the defenders while everyone catches up, and Vanek can crash the net as the third man.
If they establish the zone, he and Koivu should be fine, but I haven't seen anything out of Coyle that tells me he can move the puck at all, and I don't know about Zucker in that role either.
What we need on that line is another Granlund
Not surprised by the negativity in general. It took Suter 2 weeks to really gel with the team. I'll give Vanek the same amount of time. Vanek is very opportunistic and there have been a few times each game he was close to cashing in on those opportunities. I am not concerned at all, but then again I like to see positives.
Gonna watch Avs@Boston tonight (8:00 PM Suomi time). Just to see where Colorado is compared to other teams.
Jarick
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I think I really want to see Nino on that line. He is strong on the puck, can play along the boards, can bring the puck up ice, and can make plays. Zucker can do about half those things and Coyle can do one of them.
Then you'd have a third line with Zucker and Haula who can burn, Zucker can shoot the puck, Coyle can crash around and go to the net. None of those guys are ready for top six duty but all are better than fourth liners.
Then you'd have a third line with Zucker and Haula who can burn, Zucker can shoot the puck, Coyle can crash around and go to the net. None of those guys are ready for top six duty but all are better than fourth liners.
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If it was JUST that that made you lose respect for him, you must not pay much attention to Roy. His time as a junior coach was worse. Much worse. Absolutely deplorable behavior. Roy is absolute scum. If he hadn't played in the league he'd be done.
We employ Matt Cooke.
Remember how much the majority of our fanbase hated Cooke before (and immediately following) his signing? I'm just glad we have him on our team.
Yep. The, "you employ Matt Cooke" argument is one of the most ignorant pieces of gibberish that's constantly peddled on this site. Other fan bases, the Avs in particular, are actually naive enough to believe that their team would refuse to sign Cooke out of principle.
There are ZERO players in this league that a team is unwilling to sign if it makes them better, and the price is right. Sakic would sign Cooke in a heartbeat at the right price point, and anyone who suggests otherwise is delusional.
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