Feel how you feel. Season tickets weren't worth it to me anymore a few years ago so I didn't renew them.
Minnesota Wild General Discussion - 2023-24
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Feel how you feel. Season tickets weren't worth it to me anymore a few years ago so I didn't renew them.
The next year was even better, but then kind is slowly down hill since then. I still think we have a promising core assuming we can re-sign kap and prospects but our dept is old and questionable.
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BagHead
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Amen. Your feelings, whatever they are, are valid. There's hope for the future, so some are hopeful. There's uncertainty about it, so some are uncertain. There's nothing to be excited about this year, so some are upset about having spent money on the team this season. All of those are valid to feel.
JiricekSaveUs
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Every year it feels like some building block players become available for one reason or another. The Eichel, Meier, PLD, etc. type of players. If you trade Hartman / Zucc / Foligno at the deadline you probably pick up a couple extra firsts. That would go a long way towards build a package to bring these type of guys in when the time comes. Doesn’t even have to be now. Can be a few years down the line after you’ve drafted the player. Unfortunately that won’t happen for us now
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The plan is easy to see. My belief in Guerin’s asset management / player evaluation is my main criticism. I don’t actually hate his plan, I just don’t think he’s capable of executing it well
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I wish he would have leaned a little harder into the rebuild side of it. There are some guys, Zuccarello being the big one, who probably could have returned a decent amount, and he serves absolutely no purpose when the Wild will presumably be contenders again. I also agree on with your criticisms.
Prioritize past performance and experience over actual speed skill and talent?
Build a comfortable locker room where no vet feels the need to perform or have any consequence for poor performance?
Seek to back in to the playoffs at any expense to keep a delusional owner happy and prevent yourself from feeling any heat?
Dr Jan Itor
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He wanted to keep a 100 point team together through the buyouts and/or Kaprizov's contract. Maintain the status quo of being a playoff team. If Gus didn't fall off a cliff this year, it actually might've happened.
TaLoN
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Minnewildsota
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TaLoN
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And do you think even if that happened that team would have contended or is it exactly what we’ve been cursed with the last 10 years. I mean….you can’t make this shit up. This entire franchise is a first round stepping stone
Dr Jan Itor
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I think they were fine with a couple more years of chip/chair/chance, as much as people here don't like at.
And that was a huge miscalculation because what got us that chip and chair wasn’t built on anything other than dumb luck.
Dr Jan Itor
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I'll push back on how much it's a goal vs a plan
To me, a plan is a detailed outline of how you are going to achieve the goal. I think it was Guerin's goal to not dismantle the team, try to remain competitive, and gear up for 2025-26 and beyond, but I think he's largely winging the details along the way. The deadline trades, the extensions, I think he's just doing what he feels will help him achieve the goal, as those situations arise, without planning anything much.
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Minnewildsota
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Like how detailed? Because if it’s “I’m going to sign player X (for Y)” and that doesn’t come into fruition, then your whole detailed plan is out of whack from that point on.
TaLoN
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His only detailed ideas were about Signing former teammates
Beyond that? shoot from the hip
Maybe Billy G actually attended Supervillian 101 on the day they went over plans?
-Never divulge or leave a paper trail of your plans.
-Just unalive the hero immediately.
-Only give your minions the info then need and no more.
-Never divulge or leave a paper trail of your plans.
-Just unalive the hero immediately.
-Only give your minions the info then need and no more.
How about when a guy takes over
Says he’s wants to get
Younger and faster
Severely handicaps the franchise because he’s cleaning out the country club
Then he brings his own aging garbage in, signs the long term ….slow injured aging garbage with full trade protection and zero motivation
Yah , that’s Billy big brain
Says he’s wants to get
Younger and faster
Severely handicaps the franchise because he’s cleaning out the country club
Then he brings his own aging garbage in, signs the long term ….slow injured aging garbage with full trade protection and zero motivation
Yah , that’s Billy big brain
Minnewildsota
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No , probably only slept 8 hours this week and now I’m kinda drunk lol. I don’t feel particularly coherent
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