Minnesota Wild General Discussion - 2022-23

[keppel146]

Isn’t Buffalo the 2nd youngest team in the nhl? So are we comparing us to them?

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I think "bad" stops at Philly. Then it's us (on our way down), Detroit, Calgary, Buffalo, Florida (on their way up I think), Nashville and the Islanders in a group above that, whatever you want to call it. Mediocre, probably.

 

[BagHead]

I guess I view "bad" in a different semantic light than others here. I view the Wild and Sabres and other bubble teams as "flawed". I view the Ducks and Coyotes as "bad", and those are two clearly different tiers. But yeah, if you think the Wild fit your definition of bad, then the Sabre's most certainly do, too.

 

[Wabit]

Neat

 

[f7ben]

I’m gonna watch the game tonight , haven’t watched the last 5-6 aside from a few pieces. I want to watch Beckman though. I get excited to see young talent

 

[57special]

Boo Urns
Burns?

Burial?

Grecian?

 

[Minnewildsota]

 

[Wabit]

 

[DigitalBoldy]

Felt like this was more suited for this thread than the GDT.

5v5 numbers

HDCF/60
21-22: 10.81
22-23: 10.74

HDSF/60
21-22: 8.26
22-23: 7.35

HDSH%
21-22: 19.05%
22-23: 15.45%

What I take away from this:
1) the numbers are almost identical for corsi
2) HD shots for are less, possibly because the Wild have a tendency to shoot wide in scoring chances and therefore it isn’t rendered a shot. The Wild are not great at aiming their shots.
3) HD shooting percentage would seem to confirm my above point in that the Wild are not great at shooting compared to the year before.

 

[AKL]

Blockbuster incoming

 

[Parax]

Blockbuster incoming

Under emergency conditions. Brodin probably still fighting through an injury and will sit. Addison will draw in, Mermis will sit in the press box.

 

[TaLoN]

Under emergency conditions. Brodin probably still fighting through an injury and will sit. Addison will draw in, Mermis will sit in the press box.

Goligoski AND Addison in the lineup? We're in trouble.

 

[Wabit]

Goligoski AND Addison in the lineup? We're in trouble.

It's a for game against CBJ and Gus in(?) net, so I'm not too concerned. The 2nd game of the back to back against TOR with MAF in net that it will be interesting.

 

[Dakota Sioux]

 

[Wabit]

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It's too bad that he won't get enough starts to get into serious Vezina consideration, if he keeps up on his current pace.

Oettinger, Helle, and Ullmark are my top-3.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

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Pretty good 3 months.

 

[DigitalBoldy]

Pretty good 3 months.

Time to trade him to Buffalo for Rosen+1st

 

[BagHead]

Pretty good 3 months.

In this case, that description is actually accurate to describe his career.

Doesn't mean I don't want to keep him around though! Might have struck some serious gold here.

 

[DigitalBoldy]

So Mermis is in tonight. Probably means Addison scratched for a 5th straight game

 

[MuckOG]

Time to trade him to Buffalo for Rosen+1st

I think you are being sarcastic. But yeah, no, I would prefer keeping Gus around.

 

[57special]

So Mermis is in tonight. Probably means Addison scratched for a 5th straight game

JFC. Mermis is a guy who has no future on this team. Sounds like Addison doesn’t either.

If they are trying to pump up his trade value this is a funny way to go about it.

 

[DigitalBoldy]

So Brodin to miss a few games… Merrill not on the trip….

Seems like an excellent time to see where O’Rourke/Hunt are in terms of NHL play.

Nah, let’s give Mermis the time!

JFC. Mermis is a guy who has no future on this team. Sounds like Addison doesn’t either.

If they are trying to pump up his trade value this is a funny way to go about it.

Maybe Addison is in after all…

Middleton-Spurgeon
Mermis-Dumba
Goligoski-Addison

Am I missing someone?

 

[57special]

So Brodin to miss a few games… Merrill not on the trip….

Seems like an excellent time to see where O’Rourke/Hunt are in terms of NHL play.

Nah, let’s give Mermis the time!


Maybe Addison is in after all…

Middleton-Spurgeon
Mermis-Dumba
Goligoski-Addison

Am I missing someone?

Russo just said that Addison will play.

Hunt is injured, I think. Hasn’t played for 3 weeks or so. He can’t seem to go a year without missing games. Mermis is ok, and probably better than ROR at this point. Decent with the puck, good skater, decent defensively. Not the biggest, but not small. Quite strong, and will drop the gloves. Would be the toughest D besides Middleton.

 

[Wabit]

So Brodin to miss a few games… Merrill not on the trip….

Seems like an excellent time to see where O’Rourke/Hunt are in terms of NHL play.

Nah, let’s give Mermis the time!


Maybe Addison is in after all…

Middleton-Spurgeon
Mermis-Dumba
Goligoski-Addison

Am I missing someone?

It'll be:
Goli/Dumba
Middleton/Spurgeon
Mermis/Addison

Mermis is better than ROR (Hunt is inured), and whoever the callup is is going to be playing with Addison 5v5, and PK time if one of the d-men are in the box. They'll probably try to run the more even minutes due to it being a set of back-to-backs. Pretty simple decision for me.

 

[DigitalBoldy]

Russo just said that Addison will play.

Hunt is injured, I think. Hasn’t played for 3 weeks or so. He can’t seem to go a year without missing games. Mermis is ok, and probably better than ROR at this point. Decent with the puck, good skater, decent defensively. Not the biggest, but not small. Quite strong, and will drop the gloves. Would be the toughest D besides Middleton.

Crap, you can tell I haven't been paying close attention to Iowa for the last month or so. What happened to Hunt?

It'll be:
Goli/Dumba
Middleton/Spurgeon
Mermis/Addison

Mermis is better than ROR (Hunt is inured), and whoever the callup is is going to be playing with Addison 5v5, and PK time if one of the d-men are in the box. They'll probably try to run the more even minutes due to it being a set of back-to-backs. Pretty simple decision for me.

So we are going to be giving up 5 goals tonight. That's what you are saying.