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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

Wild have been broken as a franchise since this man broke their spirit

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WarriorofTime said:
Incredible how a thread not about the Leafs has you come in and talk about how nobody cares about the team actually being discussed and you proceeding to talk about the Leafs.
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Wasn’t the first reply to the thread about the leafs?
 
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PainForShane said:
Rent free. As in, the entire hockey world (most of whom don't give a shit about the Leafs in either direction) are apparently living rent free in your head.

Why would you think of making a post like this, then actually type it out and decide to post. I can't imagine why anyone would do this. Says more about you than it ever will about the Wild, or the fans of the Wild.

This is a thread about the Wild. Not every conversation needs to be about you or the Toronto Maple Leafs
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Um …. I was reading the thread and reading a lot about the leafs in the thread

You should go back and do that. Read the very first reply, and then read the second …. Both about the leafs lol

Then keep reading
 
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Atrusai said:
On behalf of the Leafs, we thank the Wild for taking over the first-round choke title. We will have the official ceremony at Partridge Falls, where the trophy will float down into Minnesota before being transported to Bill Guerin's home.

I had high hopes for the Wild this year, just sucks they had to match-up vs Vegas right off the bat.
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You still have the most important title though; Leafs aren’t getting rid of that any time soon lmao
 
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Atrusai said:
On behalf of the Leafs, we thank the Wild for taking over the first-round choke title. We will have the official ceremony at Partridge Falls, where the trophy will float down into Minnesota before being transported to Bill Guerin's home.

I had high hopes for the Wild this year, just sucks they had to match-up vs Vegas right off the bat.
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I think we still have to figure out how many times each were the higher seed. I wouldn't be so quick to pass the baton, because I can't remember too many on my end.
 
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Dr Jan Itor said:
I think we still have to figure out how many times each were the higher seed. I wouldn't be so quick to pass the baton, because I can't remember too many on my end.
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I tried looking it up. Here's what I found in series they lost as the higher seed:

2003: lost conference finals as #6 to #7 Anaheim
2008: lost first round as #3 to #6 Colorado*
2017: lost first round as C2 to C3 St. Louis
2022: lost first round as C2 to C3 St. Louis

*Colorado was in the same division so it's not one of the cases where the #6 seed has a better record than the #3 seed that division winners got automatically - there are some years where this is the case, but this was not one of those years.

It looks like every other time they lost in the playoffs, they were the lower seed in that matchup.
 
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mobilus said:
You are aware the ‘plan the parade’ comments are satire, right?
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I refer you to the infamous Hockey News cover. And what are we arguing about?

Leaf fans and their media pump up the team every year as serious cup contenders with multiple purported world class players, only to fail each year.

Minnesota has never had hype or expectations like that.

It's simply not an apt comparison. Minneosta is expected to be exited early in the playoffs, Toronto is not.
 
The Wild fans care as much as Canadian fans do. It is just a shame. If there was a team that I'd feel happy for it would be the Wild.

But as it is, the hockey Gods will deliver yet another cup to the state of Florida.
 
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Stop talking about the leafs. Start talking about the playoff format. I'm betting there are at least 4-5 instances of opponents that should have been 2nd round matchups.

It is a special hell for fans of a team that it too good to draft exciting players and too bad to make any noise in the playoffs. But Minnesota does not belong to this group, with their draft guru and occasional high draft pick.
 
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And they're the second NHL team in Minnesota after the North Stars on top of that.

At least they're making the playoffs, that's a big step. They need to improve on top of what's working and push forward.
 
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NHL1674 said:
And we'll continue to lose with Guerin and Hynes in charge. Both need to go.
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As much as I enjoy seeing the Wild keep doing this because of the owner, until you get rid of Hynes its going to be the same song and dance every season. The team will come out hot, then you will start getting injuries, and then the team will flame out in the 1st round.

The reason his teams always start out great early season is because he has them running at 100% and he will run the bench short all season long with the 4th line getting less than 7 minutes and usually the 3rd pairing getting less than 10. Once the rest of the league starts ramping up after the Christmas break and then the all star break, his teams always come back to the pack because he has ground them down. Usually you will start seeing injuries mounting as well.

It's the reason I told everyone on the Preds boards after the early season Wild success that it wouldn't last. They saw the same thing in NJ, we saw it in Nashville, and it will keep happening in Minnesota until they get rid of him.
 
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westc2 said:
The Wild need to keep building around Kaprizov while he's in his prime. He's a top 5 talent in the league.

I didn't watch much of this series, is this Buium kid a potential #1 D-man?
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Fabre is a high end 1C. He’s why the Wild are much improved and have a bright future. Kaprisov is great too. Ek is very underrated. Boldy is really good. But it’s Fabre who puts them into the upper level of clubs.
 
Filthy Dangles said:
Leaf fans and their media pump up the team every year as serious cup contenders with multiple purported world class players, only to fail each year.

Minnesota has never had hype or expectations like that.

It's simply not an apt comparison. Minneosta is expected to be exited early in the playoffs, Toronto is not.
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Leafs fans are the dowdy nerd at a school dance sitting alone and wishing any girl there would come over and talk to him. We pump up our hopes every year the same way that lonely kid pumps up his wishes for just one dance. If we were up 3 games to none in the Finals, we'd still be buried in anguish that this can and will be taken away from us. Get it through your head, our dreams are satire. It's as real as wishing you were Spiderman.

As far as Minnesota goes, I can't remember the year they came into the league. They haven't been around very long, they've never done anything. Their fan base is a 300 mile radius from their rink. Tell me not only what's to hype, but who's going to hype it? Yet say the number 1967 and 95% of NHL fans will know what you're talking about.
 
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A pretender is a team that pretends to be contender. Who saw the Wild as a legit playoff contender? Some teams are just good enough regular season teams but not good enough to advance further in the post-season, it's not more complicated than that.
 
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sr edler said:
A pretender is a team that pretends to be contender. Who saw the Wild as a legit playoff contender? Some teams are just good enough regular season teams but not good enough to advance further in the post-season, it's not more complicated than that.
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Yes, in fact, 50% of the playoff teams this round were like that. And then another 50% in the next round will be like that.
 
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