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Minnesota Wild General Discussion - 2023-24
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Yup , done with my midnights and trying to fight through this game and I’ll get a good long nights sleep tonight
I’ll try and make better sense tomorrow lol , I doubt I’ll like Billy much but maybe I’ll be more optimistic lol
Wild925
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This is a random and kinda deep thought but I'm going to open it up for discussion. I'm 20, and for basically my entire life my father and I have connected the most through hockey, specifically the Wild. I'm home from college and as we were watching the game tonight we agreed we can't wait to finally win the Stanley one day. As he went to bed I thought to myself: "when we win the cup will things ever be the same?" Like will things become dull afterward? Wouldn't want that to be the case for the #1 common interest between my dad and I. Kinda a good reminder that life is about the journey; causing finish line to be so sweet. Being born in '03, I've never seen a title in anything. So I propose this question:
Once we win the cup, how do you think it will change you or us as fans? To those who have witnessed other championships, does the journey become dull afterward?
(Apologies if this is too deep for this thread, just genuinely curious)
Once we win the cup, how do you think it will change you or us as fans? To those who have witnessed other championships, does the journey become dull afterward?
(Apologies if this is too deep for this thread, just genuinely curious)
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BagHead
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Sitting with your dad and watching the Wild win the Cup won't make future games dull, it'll "just" be a memory that brings you great joy, that you'll both have and share in together. You'll know where you were when it happened, and it's with someone you love.
My only warning: don't let the desire for a Cup ruin the times that the Wild don't win one, which will be almost always, if not always. You're worried about dulling future games/experiences with him, but getting too invested in the result can numb you, instead, after too many failures. My advice is to enjoy the victories, even the small ones, and enjoy the time spent together.
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Watching my Diamondbacks make it to the World Series last year, I didn't really think about it too much. When you're in the thick of it it's just like any other game or series or season, you just want them to keep winning. It wasn't really until after the dust had settled a couple weeks later that I actually thought about how fun it was to watch them do what they did. But it didn't really make me emotional, it was just kinda like, okay that was really cool.
Granted they didn't win, so I can speak to that end, but now it's kind of like, okay it's over, it happened, let's keep doing it. I haven't lost my joy or anything, I'm just as excited, I'm also not expecting them to go back to the World Series this year, just excited to watch the young players continue to improve and see what happens.
I'm also very much a "never too high, never too low" kind of person when it comes to sports. I never get overly excited when they win, I never let it ruin my day when they lose. If the Wild ever win a Cup in my lifetime, I imagine it won't change much about the way or the degree to which I enjoy hockey, I'll just want to keep watching, see the young players improve, see what happens the next year.
I have a pretty cold and calculated interest in sports. The fun part is more about what goes into building a winning team, I get more enjoyment from the drafting, trading, free agent signing, roster tweaking side of it than the side that kinda just has fun watching the sport. I'm not the kinda person at a game that's like "ooh, exciting thing happening, whoa big hit, cheer, jump out of seat when they score", but I'm sitting there analyzing the game, looking for things the players could have done better, constantly assessing player abilities, etc.
All that is to say, I think you have the right mindset about enjoying the journey, if that's what you enjoy about the sport and the team, and I don't think winning will take that away from you, I think you'll just want to keep winning.
Granted they didn't win, so I can speak to that end, but now it's kind of like, okay it's over, it happened, let's keep doing it. I haven't lost my joy or anything, I'm just as excited, I'm also not expecting them to go back to the World Series this year, just excited to watch the young players continue to improve and see what happens.
I'm also very much a "never too high, never too low" kind of person when it comes to sports. I never get overly excited when they win, I never let it ruin my day when they lose. If the Wild ever win a Cup in my lifetime, I imagine it won't change much about the way or the degree to which I enjoy hockey, I'll just want to keep watching, see the young players improve, see what happens the next year.
I have a pretty cold and calculated interest in sports. The fun part is more about what goes into building a winning team, I get more enjoyment from the drafting, trading, free agent signing, roster tweaking side of it than the side that kinda just has fun watching the sport. I'm not the kinda person at a game that's like "ooh, exciting thing happening, whoa big hit, cheer, jump out of seat when they score", but I'm sitting there analyzing the game, looking for things the players could have done better, constantly assessing player abilities, etc.
All that is to say, I think you have the right mindset about enjoying the journey, if that's what you enjoy about the sport and the team, and I don't think winning will take that away from you, I think you'll just want to keep winning.
Speaking from personal experience here:
I was about your age when GB (Favre years) won the SB. It's a momentary high and after that it just becomes a happy memory. Once the next season starts it's back to the grind (so to speak) of being a fan for the season.
Watching the A-Rod Packers win the SB years later wasn't a lesser journey or a lesser high. Watching GB lose the SB and finding new and interesting ways to lose multiple Playoff games didn't hurt any less than before.
I know many lifelong Cubs fans who were in tears when they finally won the WS, but when the next season was underway the WS win was a secondary topic to what was happening on the diamond that day/week.
It's like playing a multiplayer video game. You can have the maps memorized and have played it hundreds of times. Each new game is a little different and the winning/losing feeling isn't diminished when the timer runs out.
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TaLoN
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Absolutely not. Maybe if you're a fan of a team like the Patriots and seen them so often they become expected. That doesn't seem to be a "Minnesota problem" though. Wish it was...
You will lose nothing in terms of future journeys, and will gain an epic memory of seeing it happen with your Dad!
JiricekSaveUs
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Can we open up the Konecny conversation again in here?
Also, assuming Guerin wants to take a swing to prove to Kaprizov he means business, what other players are low cap hit for one more year then extension eligible?
Also, assuming Guerin wants to take a swing to prove to Kaprizov he means business, what other players are low cap hit for one more year then extension eligible?
Dr Jan Itor
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If you're going for Walmart Great Value: Verhaeghe, Nyquist (lol), Nelson, Vatrano, Buchnevich, Granlund
Big game hunting: Draisaitl, Rantanen, Marner, Crosby, Marchand
I do actually wonder if Crosby is sick of Pittsburgh's shit.
MuckOG
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Trade Gus at the draft, sign and reunite Crosby and MAF with 1 year deals, Wallsted ~35 games
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There are some tweets saying that the Rangers were indeed interested in Zuccarello, with a top pick and a prospect in play. I can understand Wild fans who are irritated about the extension because the team should go for a re-build, missing out on the good stuff. It's too late for Zucc to be part of a serious Wild playoff run anyway. He was tradable this season, unless the Rangers are on his no-trade list. Doubt that.
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Circulartheory
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Yeah...even in the most ideal world where he didn't sign an extension, a top pick and prospect for a 35-year old winger doesn't sound right. That sounds like a fan-made proposal.
DANOZ28
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im a fair weather twins fan but both of the world series championships were incredible experiences. especially the 1987 , anywhere you went if you were wearing twins apparel strangers would high 5 you! it was beyond words. cheers ps i was at the bar norma jeans and they asked who hit a homer in one of the world series games last night i shouted the answer and won a cassette tape of slaveraider doing a remake of acdc tnt called "win twins win (still have it)
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JiricekSaveUs
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JiricekSaveUs
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Shane Pinto is a real high end player. I would e loved to try and make a move for him after the gambling stuff
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Firstov's team was eliminated from the KHL playoffs. He's on a loan, can we see him in the NHL before the regular season ends? No reason not to try it out at this point.
BagHead
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I'd love to get him over here and have him make the team, but the difference is that he's already decided he won't play any AHL time. Unless the Wild think he's a no-brainer in the NHL, they probably can't bring him back.
They have Marat K as a no-brainer on the NHL roster now...
The AHL thing was two seasons (and a head coach) ago and his KHL season is now over. With the tire fire that the AHL team has been, going to the KHL to develop (and get paid more) looks like it was the smart decision. Firstov's mistake was not signing a KHL deal instead of the NHL one. If he had done that everyone would be drooling over him like they have been Marat K.
If they aren't going to bring him back then unconditional waiver him. Otherwise the only reason to keep him on the 50 man roster is out of spite so he can never play in the NHL. It's not like he has trade value (Mennel and Nesterenko).
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