GDT: G51: VGK @ MIN - 7 PM Central
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Games without Brodin are always so much more stressful, hopefully Merrill, Addison and Dumba can find their brains tonight, they certainly weren’t working last night.
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Gonna take more than those three being good. I can count on one hand the players that met expectations last night.
This team isn't going to lose. St. Louis, Chicago and Arizona are worse. They'll squeak in either at a wild card team or close to it.
Jesus comma Brodin
Effing Norris-Byng Brodin
What? A wild card/borderline wild card team that'll fight to the end? Minnesota isn't going to tank and they aren't going to get a high draft pick just because of a dip.
They are definitely going to lose a lot in the next 7 games. Our 1C, 2C, 2RW, 3LW, 3RW, 1RD, 2LD, 3LD, and 4RD are all passengers/underperforming players.
Key word there is underperforming. They'll probably lose one or two more games, have a locker room meeting and rattle off a couple of wins and still be competing.
Jesus comma Brodin
Effing Norris-Byng Brodin
He was referring to individual players, and I my expectations are beyond low for most of our forwards.
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I just mean, taking Gaudreau as an example, I don't expect him to be a real second line center, but I expect roughly the same level of play he's given for the last couple years. But last night was maybe his worst game in a Wild jersey (in my eyes).
In an ideal world, Steel is a 12th/13th forward, Gaudreau is a 4C, Reaves is a 14th forward, Hartman is a bottom six guy. Those are my kind of expectations. A lot of players were even below that.
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Hey now, it’s not nice to call people names. I know spelling our Gm’s name is a few more letters, but using dip instead isn’t nice. Next time just use GM……
Maybe next time I should keep my attempts at humor to myself. Couldn’t help but giggle when I read it to myself that way…..in reality I don’t mind Guerin either way.
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Wild only have 4 games remaining against those 4 teams, one of which we just got beaten by. Whereas the team that it will most likely come down to fighting for the last Wild Card spot with is Calgary or LA. We play Calgary twice before year end and they have a much more favorable schedule.. Especially if you look at end of March- April. For instance look at this comparison with the Flames.
Minnesota's last 7 games are @ Vegas, vs Vegas, @ Pit, vs STL, @ Chicago, vs Winnipeg, @ Nash. Can argue 2-3 wins there.
Calgary's last 7 games are @ Vancouver, vs Anaheim, vs Chicago, @ Winnipeg, @ Vancouver, vs Nashville, vs San Jose.
So when it will matter the most, Calgary's schedule gets a heck of a lot lighter.
Wonder if they try Boldy with Kap and Zucc with…. Idk, Hartman/Foligno? Team is not exactly loaded with guys to feed the puck to. Lot of pass first players. Walker could look pretty good next to Zucc if they ever bring him back up.
They just had the closed door locker room meeting last night.
Wild’s locker room door stays closed longer than usual after yet another loss
"We just need to start winning,” Marcus Foligno said after the Wild’s 4-1 loss to the Stars, their fifth loss in seven games.
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Especially since one of them would instantly not be PPG anymore while the other will continue to be so.
The rest of the team certainly doesn’t give them a lot for options. Zucc-Boldy could be an interesting duo. Kaprizov is just the last guy we should be putting on an island.
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Listen to Russo's podcast released today, an hour with Guerin.
GM knows Boldy needs help, he knows the top line needs a better center. But it sounds like he doesn't want to do anything. Rossi, as I heard it, is not an option. He thinks putting the kid on the top line will put too much pressure on him, and this could ruin him.
Sounds like the TDL will be boring, Guerin wants to keep the players he has, he will not give up top picks or prospects for a rental.
GM knows Boldy needs help, he knows the top line needs a better center. But it sounds like he doesn't want to do anything. Rossi, as I heard it, is not an option. He thinks putting the kid on the top line will put too much pressure on him, and this could ruin him.
Sounds like the TDL will be boring, Guerin wants to keep the players he has, he will not give up top picks or prospects for a rental.
I see 8 close to guaranteed victories for the rest of the season. The rest are tossups/losses
If they really do that bad in this stretch of 7 home games, which they absolutely are capable of, Guerin should be selling immediately to minimize the points they pick up against teams like Columbus, Vancouver, and Arizona. If you can't prove you can win games against good teams at home don't try to beat up the little guys to make yourself feel good.
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