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123TripleDoge said:
If our D prospects pan out, along with Wallstedt, I say we bring back the trap! Instead of chasing the trendy cup team's style of play (which we can't cuz we never bottom out), we can be the trend setters and go pure defense!
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gross no. we dont need to be all offense and no defense but please dont revert back to playing trap game only.
 
Snips from this "what if" that Russian players can't get back to their NA hockey teams next year.

Russian NHL stars traveled home; will they all be back? 'It's a big unknown'

Before Kirill Kaprizov returned to Russia this offseason, Bill Guerin asked his Minnesota Wild star if he’d consider remaining in the United States or spending his offseason somewhere other than his own country.

Maybe on Fisher Island in Miami, where he stayed for a few weeks before signing his five-year, $45 million contract last fall. Maybe even in Norway with his mentor and Wild teammate, Mats Zuccarello.

But like all NHL teams, MacLellan had no right — contractually or otherwise — to prevent his players from leaving.

And that’s exactly what Kaprizov told Guerin. He saw his parents once all season. He hadn’t gotten a chance to see his friends or brother, and he missed them.

Russia is his home.

“What am I going to do? Say no, you can’t go home?” Guerin, the Wild’s GM, said. “People want to go home. They want to see their families. They just want to be home regardless of what’s going on. I don’t blame him.”
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It's a long and interesting read.
 
First NHL-player arrested in Russia and sent to the enlistment office. (Fedotov, Flyers).

I think Kaprizov also dropped his mandatory military service...ugh
 
Some leaguewide numbers/rankings from last year.

PK:
-437:37 min ToI (4th most), 5:20 ToI/game (4th most)
-63 GA (3rd most), 8.64 GA/60 (8th most)
-53.72 xGA (6th highest), 7.37 xGA/60 (16th highest)
-31 HDGA (2way tie 2nd most), 4.25 HDGA/60 (7th most)
-138 HDCA (12th fewest), 18.92 HDCA/60 (8th fewest)
-2GF (3way tie for lowest), .26 GF/60 (2nd fewest)
-85.45 sv% (20th best)
-69.90 HDsv% (2nd worst)

PP:
-431:49 ToI (3rd most), 5:16 ToI/game (3rd most)
-54 GF (3way tie 10th most), 7.5 GF/60 (17th most)
-46.99 xGF (20th most), 6.53 xGF/60 (23rd most)
-5 GA (6way tie for 8th fewest), .69 GA/60 (9th fewest)
-25 HDGF (12th most), 3.47 HDGF/60 (16th most)
-133 HDCF (20th most), 18.48 HDCF/60 (24th most)
-24.75 HDsh% (8th most)
-13.88sh% (15th most)

5v5:
-3850:46 ToI (lowest), 46:58 ToI/game (lowest)
-207 GF (3rd most), 3.23 GF/60 (2nd most)
-157.24 xGF (20th most), 2.45 xGF/60 (15th most)
-150 GA (7th fewest), 2.34 xGA/60 (9th fewest)
-136.8 xGA (2nd fewest), 2.13 xGA/60 (2nd fewest)
-694 HDCF (21st most), 10.81 HDCF/60 (16th most)
-607 HDCA (2nd fewest), 9.46 HDCA/60 (2nd lowest)
-101 HDGF (4 way tie for 10 most), 1.57 HDGF/60 (8th best)
-86 HDGA (4 way tie for 7th lowest), 1.34 HDGA/60 (3way tie for 10th lowest)
-19.06 HDsh% (5th highest)
-10,17 sh% (2nd highest)
-80.67 HDsv% (6th worst)
-92.17 sv% (9th best)
-1.023 PDO (2nd highest)

With an empty net (pretty much lead every category, so not bothering with all the numbers):
-most ToI by over 20 mins.
-most ENGF by 6,
-5th most ENGA

Edit* I took the stats from naturalstattrick and typed them myself. Any errors are my fault and unintentional. Also, I'm not trying to cherrypick any stats to prove any points, these are just the ones I like/use as reference points.
 
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123TripleDoge said:
If our D prospects pan out, along with Wallstedt, I say we bring back the trap! Instead of chasing the trendy cup team's style of play (which we can't cuz we never bottom out), we can be the trend setters and go pure defense!
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Huh, his WAR projects him as the best defender in the NHL at finishing, g/60, and penalties? Either there's a problem with WAR or a problem with Guerin. I'll let smarter people decide which.
 
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Maybe it's just me, but I'd like to see some non-Division teams instead than the 3 games against COVID-West teams.

I guess there is a road game in CHI also, just hasn't been worked out yet.
 
Wabit said:
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Maybe it's just me, but I'd like to see some non-Division teams instead than the 3 games against COVID-West teams.

I guess there is a road game in CHI also, just hasn't been worked out yet.
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Meh... it's preseason anyway... preseason hockey is worse than preseason football.
 
With the dead cap money, losing Fiala, the Kaprizov mess, and now Greenway.....it's time to change our name to the Minnesota Worst Case Scenarios.

 
NHL1674 said:
With the dead cap money, losing Fiala, the Kaprizov mess, and now Greenway.....it's time to change our name to the Minnesota Worst Case Scenarios.

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For me, Greenway and Merrill aren't in the same category as Kap, Fiala, and dead cap.

It's a 6/7 d-man and a guy who didn't care about camp last year. If it's upperbody, not lower body, and they can still skate/run they should be able to stay in decent hockey shape.
 
Wabit said:
For me, Greenway and Merrill aren't in the same category as Kap, Fiala, and dead cap.

It's a 6/7 d-man and a guy who didn't care about camp last year. If it's upperbody, not lower body, and they can still skate/run they should be able to stay in decent hockey shape.
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Maybe not in the same category, but it's another block to fall, that when added with the other problems, just makes the hole a little more deeper.
 
Going from the 5th best record in the league to a bottom-5 record in the league in the span of one off-season? That is a 50p difference in the standings. There isn't a way to spin that to a positive for me.
 
Wabit said:
Going from the 5th best record in the league to a bottom-5 record in the league in the span of one off-season? That is a 50p difference in the standings. There isn't a way to spin that to a positive for me.
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Colorado's two worst seasons in the last decade resulted in the most recent Conn Smythe winner and runner-up joining their team. Wouldn't hate that for us.
 
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Wabit said:
Going from the 5th best record in the league to a bottom-5 record in the league in the span of one off-season? That is a 50p difference in the standings. There isn't a way to spin that to a positive for me.
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Only way it would happen is if Kaprizov situation would have him out for the year. Just imagine getting Bedard.

AKL said:
Colorado's two worst seasons in the last decade resulted in the most recent Conn Smythe winner and runner-up joining their team. Wouldn't hate that for us.
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It would suck to lose Kap for a year but we could finally get a true #1 center that this franchise has never had.
 
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AKL said:
Colorado's two worst seasons in the last decade resulted in the most recent Conn Smythe winner and runner-up joining their team. Wouldn't hate that for us.
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COL had 1 Playoff appearance in a 7 year stretch, not just a single 1 off season.
 
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