I was messing w/ ya man. I know what you mean ..
I'm not just trying to hop on the bandwagon, Koivu is a good player and a decent captain, but I think Parise is a much better choice to be the captain of this team. He captained New Jersey, led them to the final and captained Team USA. Just look at how he fired up Harding the other game with what he said to him in warmups. Harding was spectacular last game and this game as well. This team has played like garbage and has let Harding and the fans down.
Wild outplayed from start to finish as Blackhawks take 2-0 series lead“I am going to have a tough time sitting up here saying that we’re real happy with anyone,” Yeo said when asked about Koivu’s play. “This is a team effort tonight, and unfortunately it wasn’t a very good one.”
“We weren’t playing with the pace that we needed to play,” Yeo said. “A large number of the things that we were doing helped them build the speed into their game. They were better tonight from Game 1 and we were worse.”
On what the Wild does now, besides casting this aside and relying on home-ice at the X, Yeo said, “We’re going to have to make a couple adjustments for sure. We’ll look at this and figure out what is it a matter of that we’re doing poorly and what is it a matter of what we need to do differently.
“I already have some pretty strong feelings on both.”
http://twitter.com/TH2NSTATSGUY/status/330563113898360833This is @88PKane , 2 seconds before the puck is in the back of the net. Seriously, 4 guys on him.
And not one player made an effort to be extra physical with kane
And then you have the NW division winners who got a much more evenly matched partner in the Sharks. They had the great opportunity of starting the series in their home building. And yet, they're down 0-2 and heading out to San Jose.
The only time Souhan covers the Wild is when he has something to gripe about. That's usually how it goes with 99% of the reporters in this town. Or if it's not complaining, it's them coming out of the woodwork when you have something happen like last 4th of July or the playoffs. Then they act like they've been here with the team all along. They can go screw themselves. Russo is the only guy who is around for BOTH good days and bad days. He's the only one that knows what the hell is going on. He's the only one that is consistent and should be taken seriously. The other guys can go to h-e-double hockey sticks and do what they do best, which is fantasizing about the Wolves and Vikings.http://www.startribune.com/sports/wild/206067361.html?page=1&c=y
Gotta love Souhan's optimism. It's all Koivu's fault we're losing the series, it's not like Chicago just won the Presidents Trophy, and that our defense sucks some major ass for the most part. It's almost as if we really stood a chance in the series to begin with. Life would be so easy if things were that easy to fix.
Not disagreeing either. But he's not telling us something we don't already know. Cripes, he probably got most of his information and motivation from these forums.I don't like Souhan anymore than the next hockey lover, but he does have a point about Koivu. He's been awful so far these playoffs and was garbage down the stretch for us this season.
The only time Souhan covers the Wild is when he has something to gripe about. That's usually how it goes with 99% of the reporters in this town. Or if it's not complaining, it's them coming out of the woodwork when you have something happen like last 4th of July or the playoffs. Then they act like they've been here with the team all along. They can go screw themselves. Russo is the only guy who is around for BOTH good days and bad days. He's the only one that knows what the hell is going on. He's the only one that is consistent and should be taken seriously. The other guys can go to h-e-double hockey sticks and do what they do best, which is fantasizing about the Wolves and Vikings.
I don't like Souhan anymore than the next hockey lover, but he does have a point about Koivu. He's been awful so far these playoffs and was garbage down the stretch for us this season.
How do we get Patrick Kane on our team next year?
Patrick Kane = Goals
Wild = 0 Goals
So Wild + Kane = Goals