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I like the Wild fans.

I loathe their dirty ass team; it's always been the Wild that have been kings of finding fourth line plugs whose only job is to injure other players.

I'd rather Winnipeg win it all if we can't. I was welcomed on their board, even though my ask was for Rutger McGroarty. Nice fans and a team I can root for.
 
Memento said:
I like the Wild fans.

I loathe their dirty ass team; it's always been the Wild that have been kings of finding fourth line plugs whose only job is to injure other players.
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Alternative fan bases said the same thing about us on our cup run. Its nice having some guys who are willing to hit anything that moves.
 
LetsGoBooze said:
Alternative fan bases said the same thing about us on our cup run. Its nice having some guys who are willing to hit anything that moves.
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Our guys - for the most part - had skill.

Don't tell me that Mike Rupp had any sort of skill other than injuring more talented players than him. Don't tell me that Ryan Hartman isn't one of the biggest psychos in today's NHL.

The Wild have been notorious in employing big players that play beyond the line. It's why I'd rather Winnipeg win it all. They're a smaller city, and they are much nicer than the other Canadian fanbases. Their board treated me nicely when they had every reason to turn me away (yes, I was polite, but I was also a fan of a team in their division who was asking for their best prospect in a long while on a thread where they were discussing what to do with him).
 
Memento said:
Our guys - for the most part - had skill.

Don't tell me that Mike Rupp had any sort of skill other than injuring more talented players than him. Don't tell me that Ryan Hartman isn't one of the biggest psychos in today's NHL.

The Wild have been notorious in employing big players that play beyond the line. It's why I'd rather Winnipeg win it all. They're a smaller city, and they are much nicer than the other Canadian fanbases. Their board treated me nicely when they had every reason to turn me away (yes, I was polite, but I was also a fan of a team in their division who was asking for their best prospect in a long while on a thread where they were discussing what to do with him).
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In my mind, Mike Rupp will forever be known as the guy who scored the Cup-clinching goal for the Devils in 2003.

As far as the current Wild players, we would take Foligno on the Blues if there was a need for him. We hate him, but we'd love him.
 
ChicagoBlues said:
In my mind, Mike Rupp will forever be known as the guy who scored the Cup-clinching goal for the Devils in 2003.

As far as the current Wild players, we would take Foligno on the Blues if there was a need for him. We hate him, but we'd love him.
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In my mind, Rupp will forever be known for injuring Oshie for the season while he was a Blue.

The Wild have forever been known for gooning things up, especially against more skilled teams, and especially when losing badly. I find it pathetic and sad.

Yes, there have been assholes on Winnipeg (Dustin Byfuglien), but they genuinely play with more skill nowadays, and they're a smaller Canadian city that breathes hockey and has dedicated fans. I could live with them winning it all over the Wild, Avalanche or Stars - and I'd almost rather see any team other than a Canadian team win it all in most cases, so when you're hearing me say I'd rather Winnipeg win over Minnesota, Colorado, or Dallas if we can't, you know that means something.
 
Memento said:
I like the Wild fans.

I loathe their dirty ass team; it's always been the Wild that have been kings of finding fourth line plugs whose only job is to injure other players.

I'd rather Winnipeg win it all if we can't. I was welcomed on their board, even though my ask was for Rutger McGroarty. Nice fans and a team I can root for.
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Every since Dubnyk was their goalie and I had to listen to those dumb f***s chanting duuuuuuuuuub after every single save even if it hit the post and wasn't a save, i f***ing hate them
 
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Bye Bye Blueston said:
Flipping him to Toronto??? That was my thought.
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I see the predators have 0 retention slots.

If this is the case, you’d maybe just guess the teams would do a 3-way trade like we usually see where a 3rd team does retention for a pick on prospect. Since they didn’t do that it’s curious why. Maybe they need double retention and since the predators couldn’t do any they had to get the penguins in the mix.

Perhaps it’s a 4 way trade: Nashville to penguins who retain, then off to ? who retain, then to the final team.

You’d have to guess Toronto, oilers, Minny, or Vegas - the strapped teams who would absolutely need the retention.
 
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StlBigFly said:
I see the predators have 0 retention slots.

If this is the case, you’d maybe just guess the teams would do a 3-way trade like we usually see

Perhaps it’s a 4 way trade: to penguins then off to wherever in a double retention 3 way like normal.

You’d have to guess Toronto, oilers, Minny, or Vegas - the strapped teams who would absolutely need the retention.
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Maybe not a 3-way because they are still waiting to see where his brother is dealt!
 
STL fan in MN said:
When teams stop offering them money I’m sure they will.
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SirPaste said:
Both should probably consider retirement
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I don't really want to see Reaves end his career in the AHL, but he's owed another $1.35M next season and he really shouldn't walk away from that. He's made great money for a guy with his skillset/role, but he hasn't made so much that $1.35M is a (relatively speaking) trivial amount to walk away from.

I hope this isn't the end of his NHL career, but that career has been a hell of a lot longer than I would have guessed when he broke into the league with us. He has 912 career NHL games over 15 years despite the fact that he never averaged 11+ minutes a night. He's played the 13th most NHL games out of the 2005 draft class (which had 31 draftees play 500+ NHL games). Given the decline/elimination of the enforcer role over the last couple decades, it is absolutely remarkable that he has had that kind of career.

I hope some team with nothing to play for either claims him or takes a nothing asset in exchange for taking him. He could theoretically hit the 1,000 game mark next season, but won't have any chance to do so without playing some more games this year. Realistically, he's not going to get there, but I'd love to see him have a chance.
 
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STL fan in MN said:
When teams stop offering them money I’m sure they will.
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lol touche, was mostly tongue in cheek

Brian39 said:
I don't really want to see Reaves end his career in the AHL, but he's owed another $1.35M next season and he really shouldn't walk away from that. He's made great money for a guy with his skillset/role, but he hasn't made so much that $1.35M is a (relatively speaking) trivial amount to walk away from.

I hope this isn't the end of his NHL career, but that career has been a hell of a lot longer than I would have guessed when he broke into the league with us. He has 912 career NHL games over 15 years despite the fact that he never averaged 11+ minutes a night. He's played the 13th most NHL games out of the 2005 draft class (which had 31 draftees play 500+ NHL games). Given the decline/elimination of the enforcer role over the last couple decades, it is absolutely remarkable that he had that kind of career.

I hope some team with nothing to play for either claims him or takes a nothing asset in exchange for taking him. He could theoretically hit the 1,000 game mark next season, but won't have any chance to do so without playing some more games this year. Realistically, he's not going to get there, but I'd love to see him have a chance.
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Holy crap, never even considered he has played so many games, would be cool to see him get to 1000, might be unlikely though at this point. Hell of a career.
 
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