Man, that's not the board that I remember.
Really? Seemed like whenever they had Wild camp or his college was playing, it was non stop how great this kid was going to be with the Wild? Maybe I'm not remembering it then.
Man, that's not the board that I remember.
When he had his 5 game chip off coffee here, fans around here were starting to call him a bust already because he still feeling the game out.Really? Seemed like whenever they had Wild camp or his college was playing, it was non stop how great this kid was going to be with the Wild? Maybe I'm not remembering it then.
When he had his 5 game chip off coffee here, fans around here were starting to call him a bust already because he still feeling the game out.
There was a lot going on there at the time. Tuch had hurt his knee during the US WJC summer eval camp and was sent home early. When the season started at BC, his linemates got jumbled with Bracco bolting to the OHL and Colin White's line running white hot at the time. After the WJC snub, he had been close to a PPG production between December and February that season and ended up improving on his total stats and production from the previous season.And when he didn't make the WJC as a returning eligible player.
Now I think feanchise is in a situation where they need to rebuild or retool. One problem might be that Suter / Parise aren't willing to go through that at this phase of their career. But they have NTCs and long lucrative deals.
That shouldn't dictate the direction of the team though. Window closed, things didn't go as planned, tough luck. Game over.
Management and ownership should be planning the future now. And that might mean few seasons without the first round exit.
Especially when you consider the biggest strength that the Wild have typically had was a strong blue line pipeline, you would think they would have favored saving their forwards whenever possible. Many on here were strong advocates that Tuch was going to come in and provide a scoring touch and flare that the Wild haven't really seen since Gaborik. Haula was often looked at as the Wild's second strongest center in terms of being able to transition between Offense/Defense or Special Teams. He was the "guy" they put on players like McKinnon.
Half this team is skating with weights on their ankles most of the time it feels like.
This is pretty much where I'm at. We made a very respectable push at it from 2012 to 2019. Now it's time to adjust.
Apparently all anyone can talk about at the Xcel is that we are going to have nearly new team next year. I just hope Fenton doesn't screw up these trades.
Who said that?Apparently all anyone can talk about at the Xcel is that we are going to have nearly new team next year. I just hope Fenton doesn't screw up these trades.
going back to expansion , i would have forced pommer to waive his expansion protection or traded him before expansion happened to save a spot for dumba. then i would have left unprotected staal ; brodin; haula ; coyle and only suffered losing one nhl player instead of 2. ( i said this before expansion). now were stuck with an aging team that's middle of the pack when healthy. we need to be bad for atleast 2 drafts to get some new young talent in here. other than a miracle trade i don't see any other answer.
You can't force him to waive or magically find a trade partner willing to take on Pominville when there's no chance other teams would want to protect him either.going back to expansion , i would have forced pommer to waive his expansion protection or traded him before expansion happened to save a spot for dumba. then i would have left unprotected staal ; brodin; haula ; coyle and only suffered losing one nhl player instead of 2. ( i said this before expansion). now were stuck with an aging team that's middle of the pack when healthy. we need to be bad for atleast 2 drafts to get some new young talent in here. other than a miracle trade i don't see any other answer.
He doesn't have the power to break contracts.a gm has more power than you think.