Minnesota Wild General Discussion XIX
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Dr Jan Itor
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Interesting, how the player's poll had MAF as the #3 pick for goalies when you really need to win a game. Then again, I suppose having Price as #2 just confirms players rely more on reputation than recent results.
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I understand the logic, but missed-90%-of-the-season Price is a bit of a wild card pick for a do-or-die game.
Cup Finals last year and drug a .500 team past the Play-ins the year before that.
It's also a lot slimmer/unproven pickings than even a couple of years ago when goalies like Rask, Lundqvist, Reinne, Bishop, Crawford, etc. weren't retired. Murray turned into a pumpkin since his Cup runs. Quick got old.
I don't completely agree with this. He's been great for sure, but I didn't feel like he *really* carried the team like Demko did in the 2020, or Allen did in the 2017 vs. Minnesota. Those are the only power carries that I remember from recent history.
If Price didn't steal G1 of the TOR series they should have been swept in the 1st round last year. Then picked up 2 OT wins in the series. MTL had 7 total OT games last post season, 6 of them wins. Price had a 9.34 sv% going into the Finals. 15 of 22 of MTL's Playoff games last year they scored 2 or less goals in regulation. The year before he kept them in every game for the PHI series, but had no goal support.
These were with bad MTL teams that had no business being anywhere near the Playoffs in any type of normal season.
I still disagree. I don't share the common opinion that Price carried them. I did watch all of their playoff games 2021, and I saw a team that competed their asses off, forechecked like the 2017 VGK and executed well.
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I was reading through the blues forum and it's interesting to me how many of their fans are extremely confident they'll win the first round series against us. I guess thats what happens when you dominate a team in the regular season for a couple years, but I don't remember that same arrogance from us when we played Vegas last year. Maybe it's just the tortured Minnesota sports fan in me that leads to a more pessimistic viewpoint.
I'll gladly take the arrogance over another month's worth of posts about ravioli.
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I wouldn't say it's pessimistic on your part. Afterall the Blues have had MN's number the last few seasons.
For the Vegas series last year even though MN had gotten the better of them in the regular season Vegas had a proven Playoff record and MN had been out of the Playoffs for a couple of years. A big plus for Vegas was they had the better goalie.
I'd be confidant too if I was a Blues fan. A deep team, quality goalie, won a Cup not too long ago, etc.
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Is his last name really spaghetti and you call him ravioli because it's easier to spell and pronounce?
Players poll snippets:
www.nhlpa.com
2. Carey Price - 13.9%
3. Marc-Andre Fleury - 6.7%
4. John Gibson - 3.5%
T5. Jacob Markstrom, Jonathan Quick, Juuse Saros - 3.1%
2. Rogers Place (Edmonton) - 13.7%
3. Canada Life Centre (Winnipeg) - 12.2%
4. T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas) - 5.8%
5. Xcel Energy Center (Minnesota) - 5.8%
2. William Karlsson - 7.9%
3. Erik Karlsson - 4.8%
4. Jon Merrill - 4%
5. Brandon Tanev - 3.8%
2. Patrice Bergeron - 9.8%
3. Connor McDavid - 3.2%
4. Marc-Andre Fleury - 2.1%
NHLPA Player Poll 2021-22 | NHLPA.com
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If you need to win one game, who is the one goalie you would want on your team?
1. Andrei Vasilevskiy - 37.4%2. Carey Price - 13.9%
3. Marc-Andre Fleury - 6.7%
4. John Gibson - 3.5%
T5. Jacob Markstrom, Jonathan Quick, Juuse Saros - 3.1%
Which NHL arena has the best ice?
1. Bell Centre (Montreal) - 39.6%2. Rogers Place (Edmonton) - 13.7%
3. Canada Life Centre (Winnipeg) - 12.2%
4. T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas) - 5.8%
5. Xcel Energy Center (Minnesota) - 5.8%
Which NHL player has the best hockey hair?
1. Cody Eakin - 8.9%2. William Karlsson - 7.9%
3. Erik Karlsson - 4.8%
4. Jon Merrill - 4%
5. Brandon Tanev - 3.8%
Which NHL player is the best role model?
1. Sidney Crosby - 42.7%2. Patrice Bergeron - 9.8%
3. Connor McDavid - 3.2%
4. Marc-Andre Fleury - 2.1%
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Minnewildsota
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It's weird to see, even though I've done it now like three times, a top 5 point getting with 108 points on the season, KK.
Like, he is truly a STAR player. The kid is just a fantastic skater and player. It's a feel good from him and from management to give him that contract and then have him SURPASS that kind of contract by a bit.
Like, he is truly a STAR player. The kid is just a fantastic skater and player. It's a feel good from him and from management to give him that contract and then have him SURPASS that kind of contract by a bit.
Kid is infectious to watch; he makes the difficult look so incredibly simple, namely, his edge work while being defended. I see shades of Datsyuk with his puck protection ability.
The Minnesota Wild have a Star, and it’s still weird to say out loud.
I’m not one to query historical stats, nor do I know the resources to do so… but I’d like to know how many second-season players in NHL history finished top-5 in league scoring. Has to be a pretty exclusive list.
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