Minnesota Wild Are The First Team In The Big Four Leagues To Make The Playoffs 8 Times In 10 Years And Lose in Opening Round Every Time
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BTP
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Wow, they beat the Leafs record
Thank you Minny!
(Also, I know how it feels)
Thank you Minny!
(Also, I know how it feels)
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Couldn't imagine what that feels like.
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I would love for the Wild to become more than a mid-franchise at best. The hockey fans in Minnesota deserve it. Maybe Kaprizov scores 50-50-100+ next season and they become one of the fastest, most exciting teams to watch.
The Wild are a HUGE potential cash cow if they could ever make some noise like way back in 2003.
The Wild are a HUGE potential cash cow if they could ever make some noise like way back in 2003.
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It's a shame, I always wanted them to have success
It's a shame, I always wanted them to have success
syz
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They'll have a lot of cap space next year won't they? Not sure who all is available though. They'll be able to make additions, just have to make sure they're the right ones.
The Podium
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Stupid and tonedeaf comment.
Minnesota media never printed 'Plan the Parade' nor have their fans pumped up their players and teams as Cup Contenders like the Toronto ones
BTP
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thats because they dont have the passion baby
ToDavid
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I think the Leafs are still tied for consecutive year first round losses at six, with the Whalers from 87 to 92. Minnesota has 8 in 10 years but two misses so they don't have any 6+ consecutive year stretches in there.
Handicapped this year by almost $15M in buyout dead cap. That number was almost $13M the prior playoff appearance.
They didn’t have enough available cap space to get quality scoring depth. As a result, Hynes ran his top players into the ground. Kaprizov looked exhausted the last 2 games.
They didn’t have enough available cap space to get quality scoring depth. As a result, Hynes ran his top players into the ground. Kaprizov looked exhausted the last 2 games.
Their time is coming. Great core with tons of cap space opening up.
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This was a frustrating series but not being in the playoffs is worse.
With the way the league's talent is diluted, every team has a chance but also every team has notable flaws.
The Wild completely lucked out in 2015 to get Eriksson-Ek and Kaprizov but their depth wasn't close to Vegas, the coach took a bare-assed spanking from a much better one, and in the end superior talents like Eichel and Stone proved it.
With the way the league's talent is diluted, every team has a chance but also every team has notable flaws.
The Wild completely lucked out in 2015 to get Eriksson-Ek and Kaprizov but their depth wasn't close to Vegas, the coach took a bare-assed spanking from a much better one, and in the end superior talents like Eichel and Stone proved it.
You telling me you didn't hear the 'we want Edmonton' chants from the Minnesota fans?
Neither did I.
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hamzarocks
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Oh they definately did
Wild got overrated like crazy in 2013-2015 period.
They added Suter + Parise and people expected a cup level contender
That old core was an all time choker. This current core needs to start winning soon too now that the dead cap from Parise and Suter is gone this summer
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MK9
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Not if you're a Minnesota fan that doesn't give a shit about any of those teams.
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Honestly... I feel like this can sort of be traced back to org philosophy of giving Parise / Suter those mammoth deals whenever that was. Because of that (and other things) Minnesota's really never had a #1 center but they were always good enough to be middle of the pack and never really draft high. Kind of like the Habs with Carey Price.
Not saying they necessarily need to bottom out for multiple years, but if you want to contend, or even expect to win a round or two most years, you need to not have glaring holes in your roster. No disrespect to Eriksson Ek or prime Ryan Hartman (especially love Eriksson Ek as a player), but neither is really a #1 center.
Wild fans, I hope you're able to either draft someone to fill that role (Kopitar, Suzuki, Robert Thomas went #11, #13, #20 overall respectively) or trade for a good young center.
In the meantime, inarguably impressive you have a team that basically makes the playoffs every year and also plays hockey the right way. Don't let the haters bring you down
Not saying they necessarily need to bottom out for multiple years, but if you want to contend, or even expect to win a round or two most years, you need to not have glaring holes in your roster. No disrespect to Eriksson Ek or prime Ryan Hartman (especially love Eriksson Ek as a player), but neither is really a #1 center.
Wild fans, I hope you're able to either draft someone to fill that role (Kopitar, Suzuki, Robert Thomas went #11, #13, #20 overall respectively) or trade for a good young center.
In the meantime, inarguably impressive you have a team that basically makes the playoffs every year and also plays hockey the right way. Don't let the haters bring you down
