Minnesota Wild General Discussion 2024-25

Sweetnut

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OK, so Minnesota is #1 in the NHL and things go pretty well for a while, then the injuries starts to pile up but they still keep winning most of their games. Then they have a game where everything goes wrong and all of a sudden Russo is having a panic attack?
He's shopping people all over the place and starts to hallucinating about 2011 as if that is a normal thing for teams to do once they lost a horrible game to last year's SC runner up.
Chill out, dude. Inhale, count to 4, exhale.
 

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Inside Russo there are two different Russo's, the one that sucks and the one that doesn't suck, and if you've spent a lot of time following his work, you know which is which when it's occurring
 
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Circulartheory

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It's still a fine article because I had to do my research to remember which season that was. Not every fan is in the know like many of us on this boards are. I had to google "best season start in Wild history", had to then check NHL.com to that season to see where we ended up, I then had to search when the losing streak happened. And if I had to do that, most general fans aren't going to go through the pain of searching that.

But just take it as it is, a history lesson of when it happened before. No need to take 2 more jumps forward to say anyone is panicking. Because it was definitely fascinating when that happened.
 
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f7ben

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If I’m being totally honest I can see an even more epic collapse happening this year.

The team was slightly outperforming when healthy. They were pulling off miracles beating anyone once the injuries started. The only reason this turtle is sitting anywhere near the top of the fence post is the strength of schedule , some luck and Gus/Kap standing on their heads.

That shit is about to come crashing down. Yet another Minnesota castle built on the sand. Hoooray
 

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If I’m being totally honest I can see an even more epic collapse happening this year.

The team was slightly outperforming when healthy. They were pulling off miracles beating anyone once the injuries started. The only reason this turtle is sitting anywhere near the top of the fence post is the strength of schedule , some luck and Gus/Kap standing on their heads.

That shit is about to come crashing down. Yet another Minnesota castle built on the sand. Hoooray
All this from one game?
 

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Always liked Wild mostly because of the Finns Koivu and Granlund, now they have none but have the best kit (the one today) in the NHL and are an actual powerhouse. Finns were the problem!
 

Luceni

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Rossi is a fairly common Finnish surname, I think it's just etymologically unrelated to the Italian one.

Not sure what it means though.
Ok I wasn't aware about that there are finnish "Rossi's" too.

There are several famous italian guys with the Name of Rossi, for exampla Valentino Rossi. It's not a common name in Austria imo.
 

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So Lauko goes on IR, Wallstedt called up, I wonder if it's just to work with him more or if they actually plan on getting him any games
 

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So Lauko goes on IR, Wallstedt called up, I wonder if it's just to work with him more or if they actually plan on getting him any games
Wonder if it's to give him an NHL check instead of an AHL check so he doesn't hate the organization for telling him to get an apartment and then sending him down almost the entire year. They need to be careful to not manage him like Columbus managed Jiricek.
 
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Wonder if it's to give him an NHL check instead of an AHL check so he doesn't hate the organization for telling him to get an apartment and then sending him down almost the entire year. They need to be careful to not manage him like Columbus managed Jiricek.

Kinda seems like they're already actively doing that, just without giving him the NHL GP
 

Nino Noderreiter

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I hate to see Middleton out, but with Brodin back I’m looking forward to seeing Chisholm (hopefully) in top 4 minutes. I think he’s been playing well and it will be interesting to see how/if he can step up in a bigger role. It’s an interesting development if he does.
 

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