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GDT: G53: Wild @ Senators | 6PM

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"OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- The Wild heads to Ottawa today to do battle against the Senators. The following lineup is a projection based on Coach Hynes' pregame media availability and is subject to change:
FORWARDS

12 Matt Boldy - 14 Joel Eriksson Ek - 36 Mats Zuccarello

28 Liam Öhgren - 89 Freddy Gaudreau - 13 Yakov Trenin

17 Marcus Foligno - 23 Marco Rossi - 38 Ryan Hartman

19 Devin Shore - 22 Marat Khusnutdinov - 94 Jakub Lauko

DEFENSE

5 Jake Middleton - 7 Brock Faber

4 Jon Merrill - 46 Jared Spurgeon

47 Declan Chisholm - 24 Zach Bogosian

GOALTENDERS

32 Filip Gustavsson"

I would prefer Öhgren - Rossi - Hartman, but can't complain about the results the last 2 games.
If they can keep up the pressure on their D-men in this game too, it is a very winnable game.
Don't let that asshole Baby Ketchup get under your skin, stay out of the box and help your goalie clean up the garbage.
Go Wild!
 
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Merrill has been significantly better than Chisholm is 2025, I hope he gets the nod next to Spurgeon.
 
I would prefer a Ohgren- Rossi- Hartman, Foligno - Gaudreau - Trenin lineup also.

Would like to see Ohgren make his mark, but it's hard to produce much with Trenin(yuck) and Freddy(he's been better) as your linemates. Trenin's offense is execrable.
 
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MNRube said:
Merrill has been significantly better than Chisholm is 2025, I hope he gets the nod next to Spurgeon.
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Chisholm will never be a tough, physical defender, but he should be using his speed to get back on puck retrievals, and when he does get the puck on breakouts, make fast, sound decisions. He seems to want to hold onto the puck for too long, or make "creative" passes, both of which get him in trouble.

I wouldn't be surprised to see him get moved in the off season, unless they deem Buium to need AHL time.
 
57special said:
Chisholm will never be a tough, physical defender, but he should be using his speed to get back on puck retrievals, and when he does get the puck on breakouts, make fast, sound decisions. He seems to want to hold onto the puck for too long, or make "creative" passes, both of which get him in trouble.

I wouldn't be surprised to see him get moved in the off season, unless they deem Buium to need AHL time.
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Yeah I think he will be moved. If Chisholm played a better defensive game, I think he’d have a greater chance to stick around but we got a pair of bluechip prospects knocking on the door. Not to mention Lambos and Spacek.

Jiricek’s lack of production in Iowa is a bit alarming, but I think he has showed enough in St. Paul and Cleveland to get the benefit of the doubt.
 
DigitalBoldy said:
Khusnutdinov says hello.
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His offense is also bad but he's a rookie brought in to be a fourth line center on his ELC, Trenin is a veteran who got 3.5M to provide something, anything, on the third line
 
Still hate the lines but as long as they're winning. One point would be great but I hate Ottawa though. I remember the good old times with Alfredson - Spezza - Heatley there.
 
Starting the night off with a Batanga.

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Stalock in a suit, poorly tied tie, fresh cut and shave looks as if they picked a homeless man off the street and did their best in about 30min. Living up to that South St. Paul background.
 
AKL said:
His offense is also bad but he's a rookie brought in to be a fourth line center on his ELC, Trenin is a veteran who got 3.5M to provide something, anything, on the third line
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$3.5M to be a shutdown guy that’s actually been solid. People seem to overly despise the guy because he didn’t put up points in his first 20 games. He and Foligno are similar; 3rd line role players.
 
DigitalBoldy said:
$3.5M to be a shutdown guy that’s actually been solid. People seem to overly despise the guy because he didn’t put up points in his first 20 games. He and Foligno are similar; 3rd line role players.
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Those games still to count too, but 9 points in 21 games since he broke his funk is pretty much right on track with expectations.
 
DigitalBoldy said:
$3.5M to be a shutdown guy that’s actually been solid. People seem to overly despise the guy because he didn’t put up points in his first 20 games. He and Foligno are similar; 3rd line role players.
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I think they despise the guy because they overpaid him to come in and fix the penalty kill and it hasn't improved
 
Dr Jan Itor said:
Those games still to count too, but 9 points in 21 games since he broke his funk is pretty much right on track with expectations.
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But it’s also not unheard of for players on a new team to have an adjustment period.
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I think they despise the guy because they overpaid him to come in and fix the power play and it hasn't improved
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To fix the what now?
 
It would be completely revisionist to pretend that Trenin's play has been anywhere near acceptable this far, though he is starting to come around in some ways.
 
DigitalBoldy said:
$3.5M to be a shutdown guy that’s actually been solid. People seem to overly despise the guy because he didn’t put up points in his first 20 games. He and Foligno are similar; 3rd line role players.
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Couldn’t agree more. Taking time to acclimate to a new team/system happens all the time.
 
You can acclimate to a new team/system without entirely losing your ability to play hockey like Trenin did to start the season. I'd buy that he was so bad because he had some injury before I buy that he just needed to acclimate.
 
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