Minnesota Wild General Discussion 2024-25

[GordieGallant]

Perpetual bitching does nothing.

Exactly. Faber and Ohgren aren’t slugs.

 

[Minnewildsota]

Perpetual bitching does nothing.

Yet it doesn't prevent people from doing it...

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Yet it doesn't prevent people from doing it...

I think "discussion" gets labeled as "bitching" too easily by some. There's definitely a difference, and you know it when you see it.

 

[MNRube]

So weird how people harp over Fiala. Faber is already a much better player and he’s younger and a RHD. Even weirder is acting like that situation reflects poorly on Guerin when he completely fleeced LA.

 

[f7ben]

Not my fault.

Omg , can you believe all he does is try to score goals and bitch about asking for teammates that want to help him score goals!!!! Why doesn’t he have more grit and locker room pranks!!! He doesn’t belong in MN!!!!

 

[f7ben]

So weird how people harp over Fiala. Faber is already a much better player and he’s younger and a RHD. Even weirder is acting like that situation reflects poorly on Guerin when he completely fleeced LA.

Maybe slow your roll a little ….im the biggest Faber fan there is and called him a star during the Dallas series.

That said Fiala was a 100pt winger all day when we tossed him in the ditch over nothing more than Guerin not liking his hair cut.

It’s pretty f***ing ridiculous how bad Guerin lovers need to whitewash how amazing Fiala is to justify his mismanagement of the second best wild player ever

 

[Digitalbooya]

Maybe slow your roll a little ….im the biggest Faber fan there is and called him a star during the Dallas series.

That said Fiala was a 100pt winger all day when we tossed him in the ditch over nothing more than Guerin not liking his hair cut.

It’s pretty f***ing ridiculous how bad Guerin lovers need to whitewash how amazing Fiala is to justify his mismanagement of the second best wild player ever

You’ve got a pretty rosy view of Fiala as a player. That dude had high highs but also pretty low lows. He’s never been close to 100 points in a season. He did not even hit 80 last year. His best season was with Minnesota playing second line behind an actual 100+ point player. He had 85 points that year.

If you think LA will trade him for 2nd+prospect, do you ever stop to think why they would trade a “100pt player” for that?

 

[NHL1674]

One of my biggest issues with Fiala was how big of a mess he could be defensively. And he hasn't gotten any better in that department. Just read the Kings GDT when they played the Sens. Many weren't happy. He can score, but he makes one too many bone-headed costly mistakes. We have enough guys who do that....again, that ship has sailed.

And I can recall people here calling for his head the first half of his last season here, because he was invisible. Then he went on that 3 month tear, and suddenly he was irreplaceable.

 

[BagHead]

I'd welcome Fiala back to the Wild, but I wouldn't be over the moon about it. Scorers are usually best in their early to mid-twenties. He's 28, which means his scoring is most likely going to decline in the next few years and he doesn't play any other part of the game particularly well. Once that happens, he's just another 30 year old clogging up the roster.

 

[MNRube]

I'd welcome Fiala back to the Wild, but I wouldn't be over the moon about it. Scorers are usually best in their early to mid-twenties. He's 28, which means his scoring is most likely going to decline in the next few years and he doesn't play any other part of the game particularly well. Once that happens, he's just another 30 year old clogging up the roster.

He will age worst than most because he relies on that first step and his athleticism more than his mind.