Confirmed with Link: Middleton extended (4 years x 4.35M AAV, limited NTC)

[Obvious Fabertism]

I’ll just let you guys be mad and compare your apples and oranges, I think it would be hilarious to see a Sabre’s fan thoughts on this though. They literally had the worst win percentage in all 4 big sports for over a decade timeframe. We had two month stretches where we won more games than they did all season during this time.

 

[f7ben]

MN sports fans consider a first round playoff drubbing a win. That is the pathetic disgusting sad reality and it’s what our owner wants. I’ve about had it

 

[Saga of the Elk]

Mad? I just think it's funny to think "we're better than the Sabres" is a badge of honor.

 

[f7ben]

I’ll just let you guys be mad and compare your apples and oranges, I think it would be hilarious to see a Sabre’s fan thoughts on this though. They literally had the worst win percentage in all 4 big sports for over a decade timeframe. We had two month stretches where we won more games than they did all season during this time.

Who cares , the wild feast on basement dweller teams in their best stretches and everyone knows it. This team isn’t any closer to being a contender than Buffalo is and that will hold true for the foreseeable future. Billy did that and did it will a red faced smile selling us all on grit.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Mad? I just think it's funny to think "we're better than the Sabres" is a badge of honor.

We are better than the 2010-2020 Sabres. I don’t know how that could possibly be arguable. I never said it was a badge of honor, I said it was a nonsense comparison that someone else made. You changing the parameters to the franchises as whole has nothing to do with it. I am not ripping their org, I am saying that our team does not compare to the literal worst decade of sports performance we have seen in the modern era.

 

[Wabit]

I dated it to mid/late 20teens for BUF. I'm not going back for the entirety of the franchise. The current (last and current) rosters are the mid/late teens BUF teams.

Seriously if Kap got injured/left how far would a Boldy/JEE/Zucc? top line take this team? Not sniffing the Playoffs, and probably a few points under .500. Right were BUF was those year.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

It's the idea that the regular season is somehow a measuring stick. I don't get it, because to me you're not successful unless you win in the playoffs, but some people are perfectly okay with just winning in the regular season and falling flat on your face in the postseason.

Most truly great franchises would laugh at that idea, but Wild fans embrace it.

I still want enjoyment from watching 82 games over 6 months.

Just give me an entertaining playoff team, and I'll take my chances on the rest.

 

[AKL]

I still want enjoyment from watching 82 games over 6 months.

Just give me an entertaining playoff team, and I'll take my chances on the rest.

Yeah, that's what they've been aiming for for nigh on 25 years and this is what we get when that's your goal

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Yeah, that's what they've been aiming for for nigh on 25 years and this is what we get when that's your goal

I don't think they've been "entertaining" the whole time.

 

[AKL]

I don't think they've been "entertaining" the whole time.

I didn't say they were successful, I said that's what they were aiming for

 

[f7ben]

I don't think they've been "entertaining" the whole time.

They sure as f*** aren’t entertaining now. They are old and slow and our GM thinks that’s fine

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I didn't say they were successful, I said that's what they were aiming for

My hot take is that fans are too infatuated with championships that they have no part in winning. I kind of don't care if we're out in the 1st or 2nd round as long as I enjoyed the journey enough.

But I'm probably part of the problem.

 

[AKL]

My hot take is that fans are too infatuated with championships that they have no part in winning. I kind of don't care if we're out in the 1st or 2nd round as long as I enjoyed the journey enough.

But I'm probably part of the problem.

For sure

 

[Saga of the Elk]

My hot take is that fans are too infatuated with championships that they have no part in winning. I kind of don't care if we're out in the 1st or 2nd round as long as I enjoyed the journey enough.

But I'm probably part of the problem.

Championships and deep playoff runs are like heroin. You are actually better off with some freshly-squeezed lemonade or even a glass of spring water. No high to chase, no stress, just the quiet enjoyment of a group of guys doing their darndest.

 

[Wild11MN]

My hot take is that fans are too infatuated with championships that they have no part in winning. I kind of don't care if we're out in the 1st or 2nd round as long as I enjoyed the journey enough.

But I'm probably part of the problem.

I want a championship more than anything else, being three months old the last time a MN team made it to the championship round (let alone win). But it's sure more fun to watch a good and/or entertaining team all year than a team that sucks for five years. The best year with the previous core (Granlund, Zucker, Coyle, Nino, etc) and the year where we had a million empty net goal comebacks were by far my two favorite years watching the Wild - they were entertaining all year long with a good team.

Last year I didn't even find the team interesting to watch - it was the least I've watched in 15 years, and I'm the most apathetic I've been towards the Wild since then.

I guess all of that is to say, I also want to enjoy the journey. But I need to feel the elation of one of my favorite teams finally winning it all.

 

[AKL]

Championships and deep playoff runs are like heroin. You are actually better off with some freshly-squeezed lemonade or even a glass of spring water. No high to chase, no stress, just the quiet enjoyment of a group of guys doing their darndest.

I want a championship more than anything else, being three months old the last time a MN team made it to the championship round (let alone win). But it's sure more fun to watch a good and/or entertaining team all year than a team that sucks for five years. The best year with the previous core (Granlund, Zucker, Coyle, Nino, etc) and the year where we had a million empty net goal comebacks were by far my two favorite years watching the Wild - they were entertaining all year long with a good team.

Last year I didn't even find the team interesting to watch - it was the least I've watched in 15 years, and I'm the most apathetic I've been towards the Wild since then.

I guess all of that is to say, I also want to enjoy the journey. But I need to feel the elation of one of my favorite teams finally winning it all.

I got to follow the Diamondbacks, through their 110 loss season, all the way to making the World Series run. It's not even about winning it all. I'm sure winning it all is even better, but it's knowing that you have a chance to win it all. Knowing that you're probably losing in round one isn't fun in the slightest.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

For sure

Sports are weird.

 

[Wabit]

I still want enjoyment from watching 82 games over 6 months.

Just give me an entertaining playoff team, and I'll take my chances on the rest.

There has to be a good tv booth crew too. I've turned off too many games the last couple of years because of the booth crew.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

There has to be a good tv booth crew too. I've turned off too many games the last couple of years because of the booth crew.

I think I've maybe listened to Wild games 10 times in the last 2 years. And I don't necessarily have anything against the crew.

 

[Lapa]

I don’t mind LaPanta. His ”SCOOOOORRES” has grown on me over the years

 

[Wabit]

I think I've maybe listened to Wild games 10 times in the last 2 years. And I don't necessarily have anything against the crew.

This is probably a "me" thing, but I like/want the play by play if I'm watching the game on tv.

The last couple of years I've been zoning out or start multitasking unless Kap (or a player on the other team) is on the ice while watching the game. The Yeo trap games were more entertaining to me than the on-ice product MN has had lately.

 

[Spurgeon]

This is probably a "me" thing, but I like/want the play by play if I'm watching the game on tv.

The last couple of years I've been zoning out or start multitasking unless Kap (or a player on the other team) is on the ice while watching the game. The Yeo trap games were more entertaining to me than the on-ice product MN has had lately.

I think LaPanta is actually pretty decent at PBP. They just have never found a great color guy to match him with, although I do like Carter.

I don’t think any Minnesota broadcast has had as good of a duo as Dick & Bert were with the Twins.

 

[Lapa]

Carter is pretty good as color guy, Walz on the other hand..

 

[Wabit]

I think LaPanta is actually pretty decent at PBP. They just have never found a great color guy to match him with, although I do like Carter.

I don’t think any Minnesota broadcast has had as good of a duo as Dick & Bert were with the Twins.

I'm fine with LaPanta. Carter is acceptable, but miles ahead of the rest of the revolving door of color guys.

Walz, Nanne, and Parish I just can't stand. A couple of the women (ESPN maybe?) I can't stand either. I'd much rather have Nordy doing the color. At least he'd be silent and just bang his drum a couple times a period.

 

[TaLoN]

“MN isn't a contender because GMBG turned this team into mid/late 20-teens Buffalo.”

What does 2003 and 2006 have to do with that? He gave a hard timeline of the literal worst performing franchise in all sports as our comparable and I responded to that comparison.

"Turning the team into" means what's happening to the team now, in real time.