Minnesota Wild General Discussion - 2023-24

[Obvious Fabertism]

North Stars was always a weird name, considering there is only 1 of them. Kind of like the Lone Rangers.

The North Star actually does change over long time frames due to earths wobble, Polaris is the current star used but Vega was previously the North Star and will be again in the future (if the planet is still around.)

 

[MuckOG]

The North Star actually does change over long time frames due to earths wobble, Polaris is the current star used but Vega was previously the North Star and will be again in the future (if the planet is still around.)

Whew. Thought I was going to go through the whole day without learning something new.

 

[57special]

I don't know if the kelly green and yellow really fit with the Wild brand/logo.

I can't think of another two teams across the major pro sports leagues that would really be as close in name and branding as the North Stars and the Stars, if they were to rebrand back to the North Stars (and I would like if they did). Maybe the Red Sox and White Sox but that's slightly different. Maybe Dallas can rebrand to the South Stars? Or the Lone Stars?

CFL used to have the Rough Riders, and Roughriders.

Speaking of names, how come it isn't the Maple Leaves?

 

[AKL]

CFL used to have the Rough Riders, and Roughriders.

That's terrible

 

[thestonedkoala]

Unlike franchises like the Winnipeg Jets, Cleveland Browns, etc.

If I remember correctly, the Coyotes were owned by the NHL, so they could do what they wanted. As for the Browns, there was an agreement between the Ravens and the NFL about the use of the Browns name. You have the Houston Oilers, LA Lakers, Utah Jazz...

Keeping in line with just about every other pro franchise at the time. I don't believe there was a team name in the singular before the Avalanche or Lightning, I'm guessing.

EDIT: Forgot about New Orleans/Utah Jazz.

Miami Heat, Orlando Magic as well.

 

[MuckOG]

Miami Heat, Orlando Magic as well.

Yep, I'm aware of them. My point was that singular names didn't really become all the rage until the 90's or so.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Yep, I'm aware of them. My point was that singular names didn't really become all the rage until the 90's or so.

Not really a rage now either LOL.

 

[Puhis]

CFL used to have the Rough Riders, and Roughriders.

Speaking of names, how come it isn't the Maple Leaves?

From a recent article by The Athletic:

In 2017, the Washington Post sought to clarify the grammatical conundrum by reaching out to J.K. Chambers, a linguistic professor at the University of Toronto.

"It follows the simple rule that nouns used as proper nouns take regular (productive) plurals even if their common noun counterparts have irregular plurals," Chambers told the newspaper.

Chambers provided another example to the Washington Post, writing "A stack of Life Magazine editions would be a stack of "Lifes" (regular plural) instead of "Lives" (irregular plural)."

 

[DigitalBoldy]

LeBrun rumblings: Trade talk heats up on Laine, Necas, Ehlers and more, plus latest on Cooper-Canada

The Stanley Cup Final isn't slowing down teams from looking ahead to free agency and the trade market. Here's what we're hearing.

www.nytimes.com

The Carolina Hurricanes have heard from nearly every team in the league on forward Martin Necas and, from the sound of it, have narrowed the market to five to seven potential matches.

That doesn’t necessarily mean things will end up in a trade. The Hurricanes, with interim GM Eric Tulsky leading the conversations, have set a high price on what they feel is a star-caliber player.

I don’t believe those five to seven teams have yet to produce an offer that would get it done, but the Canes will keep working on it because they also don’t feel there’s a time crunch on any of this.

The Winnipeg Jets, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames and Boston Bruins are among the teams who have shown general interest. Whether they are among the five to seven Carolina sees as matches, I’m not sure.

At the end of the day, if Carolina can’t bring a team to the threshold it needs to move the 25-year-old Czech forward, so be it. The Canes have told teams they are ready to keep him.

In that scenario, what will be interesting to see is how Necas, a restricted free agent July 1, reacts if he’s not moved. It is beyond a doubt he wants a change of scenery.

Wonder if Guerin is in on Necas and made a serious offer.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

LeBrun rumblings: Trade talk heats up on Laine, Necas, Ehlers and more, plus latest on Cooper-Canada

The Stanley Cup Final isn't slowing down teams from looking ahead to free agency and the trade market. Here's what we're hearing.

www.nytimes.com

Wonder if Guerin is in on Necas and made a serious offer.

I doubt it. Cap constraints and just doesn't really seem like his type of player.

 

[Northerner]

The North Star actually does change over long time frames due to earths wobble, Polaris is the current star used but Vega was previously the North Star and will be again in the future (if the planet is still around.)

I just wish they would have integrated that "N" into the new name some how so at least maybe we could bring back the "N" with star back.

Our "N" jerseys were top-3 all-time best hockey jerseys ever, but I am biased. Not even necessarily the colors, but for sure the 'N' Star I feel like belongs to us

 

[BagHead]

I just wish they would have integrated that "N" into the new name some how so at least maybe we could bring back the "N" with star back.

Our "N" jerseys were top-3 all-time best hockey jerseys ever, but I am biased. Not even necessarily the colors, but for sure the 'N' Star I feel like belongs to us

The Minnesota Nords? Nordics? Too close to Nordiques? Yeah.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

The Minnesota Nords? Nordics? Too close to Nordiques? Yeah.

WilderNess

 

[BagHead]

WilderNess

And our skating coach's are the Ness's. You're onto something here.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

I doubt it. Cap constraints and just doesn't really seem like his type of player.

Doesn't drag his knuckles when he skates?

 

[DigitalBoldy]

Patrik Laine could be an interesting cheap to acquire player if we could make the cap work.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Patrik Laine could be an interesting cheap to acquire player if we could make the cap work.

God no.

 

[DigitalBoldy]

God no.

Why not? He's been a ppg player the two prior seasons. Just get the guy out of Columbus to improve his mental.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Patrik Laine could be an interesting cheap to acquire player if we could make the cap work.

Don’t see that happening.

 

[NHL1674]

Why not? He's been a ppg player the two prior seasons. Just get the guy out of Columbus to improve his mental.

He was moved out of Winnipeg for similar issues. Seems to me that change of sceneries don't make a difference for him.

 

[HaNotsri]

I know it won't happen but if I slammed Byram, Peterka and 11th overall 2024 on the table for Eriksson-Ek would that be enough for a "I need to think about it"?

 

[tyratoku]

Russo's podcast from last night said to expect a July 1st extension for Middleton at 4 years and 4-4.3 million dollars per year. He didn't seem to think a NTC/NMC was involved but who knows.

Also said he expects the Faber extension to start with a 9.

And, lastly, thinks the Wild are very open to trading down at the draft.

 

[Sweetnut]

I know it won't happen but if I slammed Byram, Peterka and 11th overall 2024 on the table for Eriksson-Ek would that be enough for a "I need to think about it"?

Nope. He's untouchable. The only player in the world would be McKinnon, straight trade.

 

[P10p]

Nope. He's untouchable. The only player in the world would be McKinnon, straight trade.

I think this is a bit over the top lol. Mcdavid? Matthews? Makar?

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Russo's podcast from last night said to expect a July 1st extension for Middleton at 4 years and 4-4.3 million dollars per year. He didn't seem to think a NTC/NMC was involved but who knows.

Also said he expects the Faber extension to start with a 9.

And, lastly, thinks the Wild are very open to trading down at the draft.

I'm pretty cool with all 3 of those, though I was hoping for a little hometown discount in Faber's case. Either way, hoping for closer to $9M than $10M.