Minnesota Wild General Discussion 2024-25

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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.
Naw, they'll just stick him on the 4th line, like they do with all our young prospects.
 

f7ben

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The Wild are 5-7 against teams currently occupying a playoff spot. Their “league leading” blah blah blah is nothing more than smoke and mirrors much like every other season the last 25 years that they got off to good starts only to collapse.

This team as constructed is going nowhere. We can all point to the injury excuse but tell me what team goes through the year and into the post season without injuries?

We’ve played 38% of our games against garbage teams and that is what our record shows.

By Feb we will be back on the bubble where we belong and we will also be looking at a first round drubbing at the hands of the Stars or Jets. Yay
 

Dr Jan Itor

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The Wild are 5-7 against teams currently occupying a playoff spot. Their “league leading” blah blah blah is nothing more than smoke and mirrors much like every other season the last 25 years that they got off to good starts only to collapse.

This team as constructed is going nowhere. We can all point to the injury excuse but tell me what team goes through the year and into the post season without injuries?

We’ve played 38% of our games against garbage teams and that is what our record shows.

By Feb we will be back on the bubble where we belong and we will also be looking at a first round drubbing at the hands of the Stars or Jets. Yay
Well, we're definitely going to lose some games, so are you saying that it's better to lose to teams that aren't in the playoffs?
 

BagHead

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The Wild are 5-7 against teams currently occupying a playoff spot. Their “league leading” blah blah blah is nothing more than smoke and mirrors much like every other season the last 25 years that they got off to good starts only to collapse.

This team as constructed is going nowhere. We can all point to the injury excuse but tell me what team goes through the year and into the post season without injuries?

We’ve played 38% of our games against garbage teams and that is what our record shows.

By Feb we will be back on the bubble where we belong and we will also be looking at a first round drubbing at the hands of the Stars or Jets. Yay
How many garbage teams are in the NHL? Where's your cutoff, the bottom 5 teams? Bottom 15?
I ask because bottom 10 is roughly 31% of the league, so 38% would be close to the expected amount. It's probably a slightly easy schedule, but not radically so.
 

f7ben

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How many garbage teams are in the NHL? Where's your cutoff, the bottom 5 teams? Bottom 15?
I ask because bottom 10 is roughly 31% of the league, so 38% would be close to the expected amount. It's probably a slightly easy schedule, but not radically so.
Half the league makes the playoffs, this team cannot win a game against the top teams in our conference. We are going now where fast as constructed. The record is smoke and mirrors and we will watch it play out as hr always has.
 

BagHead

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Half the league makes the playoffs, this team cannot win a game against the top teams in our conference. We are going now where fast as constructed. The record is smoke and mirrors and we will watch it play out as hr always has.
I've said for a while now that the Wild are pretty good, but not 1st-in-the-NHL good, so you're sort of preaching to the choir a bit. That said, I find it hard to be so gloomy about a team that has been winning the games they should, and has been close to splitting the games they should split.

If you just want to temper our outlandish expectations, I'm not sure whose posts you've been reading. Most of the people around here have been fairly level headed about this version of the team.
 

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