Series Talk: Minnesota Wild v Dallas Stars Playoff series thread | DAL Wins 4-2

[AKL]

Wow.

Basketball guy that's covering hockey for whatever reason. Demonstrates a clear lack of understanding of hockey by getting just about everything wrong in his analysis of the hit:



-Didn't leave feet
-Leading with the shoulder is how you're supposed to hit
-Pavelski just got rid of the puck less than a second before the hit

Writes for the local paper so who really cares. Looks to be another Adrian Dater type.

 

[BuiumSaveUs]

Anyone at the games in Minnesota should boo the shit out of Suter

 

[JokersWilds]

What a game, my god that was an awesome W, just need to KO Suter on Wednesday and get another W at the same time and we're looking real good

 

[Wild11MN]

I thought this tidbid in the gamer from last night was pretty funny:

"Same with Johansson and Kaprizov, who ate a couple vicious cross-checks from Ryan Suter, who is not a popular fixture at all inside his old locker room. Wild players were ripping the longtime former Wild defenseman to shreds in the celebratory postgame locker room."

Hartman's 1 a.m. thriller delivers Wild a Game 1 win: 'We knew we were built for this'

Hartman ended the longest playoff game in franchise history at 1 a.m. on the button in double overtime for a 3-2 Game 1 win over the Stars.

theathletic.com

 

[NHL1674]

I thought this tidbid in the gamer from last night was pretty funny:

"Same with Johansson and Kaprizov, who ate a couple vicious cross-checks from Ryan Suter, who is not a popular fixture at all inside his old locker room. Wild players were ripping the longtime former Wild defenseman to shreds in the celebratory postgame locker room."

Hartman's 1 a.m. thriller delivers Wild a Game 1 win: 'We knew we were built for this'

Hartman ended the longest playoff game in franchise history at 1 a.m. on the button in double overtime for a 3-2 Game 1 win over the Stars.

theathletic.com

Well, there were quite a few rumors that he was trying to run the room here and not in a good way. One of the reasons why he was bought out. Needed to flush out the crap.

 

[AKL]

I thought this tidbid in the gamer from last night was pretty funny:

"Same with Johansson and Kaprizov, who ate a couple vicious cross-checks from Ryan Suter, who is not a popular fixture at all inside his old locker room. Wild players were ripping the longtime former Wild defenseman to shreds in the celebratory postgame locker room."

Hartman's 1 a.m. thriller delivers Wild a Game 1 win: 'We knew we were built for this'

Hartman ended the longest playoff game in franchise history at 1 a.m. on the button in double overtime for a 3-2 Game 1 win over the Stars.

theathletic.com

If uniting against Suter is what gets them out of the first round, I'll take it

 

[NHL1674]

 

[MuckOG]

What does this mean for Ek? Is he playing tomorrow or not? Or did he just not skate today?

EDIT: After looking at some other tweets, sounds like it was just that he didn't partake in the optional practice today.

 

[Sweetnut]

It was good that Ek wasn´t playing such a long game with a foot in that shape. Skating 25-30 minutes in a playoff game could have made it worse. A little more rest was the right decision

 

[JokersWilds]

would be amazing to get Ek back for this series either Wed or Fri

 

[MK9]

Can this please be our anthem for this series?

Can it not? That'd be my vote.

It was good that Ek wasn´t playing such a long game with a foot in that shape. Skating 25-30 minutes in a playoff game could have made it worse. A little more rest was the right decision

That and the way he plays they'd have targeted him for sure.

 

[Webster]

It's funny when Russo on twitter attacks Stars media folks and vice versa. Even Russo and Saad (Stars beat writer), both working for The Athletic, are not best of friends these days.

It's much about the Dumba hit, and Suter's behavior.

We're at war, and we won the first battle

 

[Minnewildsota]

Can it not? That'd be my vote.


That and the way he plays they'd have targeted him for sure.

Why do you choose to be the way that you are?

 

[Webster]

Watch Kaprizov...wow

Zucc and Suter

 

[AKL]

Watch Kaprizov...wow

Zucc and Suter

Man Suter is softer than baby shit and Zuccarello still couldn't even do anything to him

 

[Paul Bunyan]

That's a pretty long travel for you just to go to a bar/restaurant.

and they aren't serving their chili during the summer.

 

[BuiumSaveUs]

Man Suter is softer than baby shit and Zuccarello still couldn't even do anything to him

Couldn’t reach him

 

[Bdub]

WTF was wrong with Dumba lighting up Pavelski? Its called finishing a check. Players learn to keep there heads up in ice mice. Texas knows jack shit about hockey. Its playoff time in the NHL.

 

[TaLoN]

Watch Kaprizov...wow

He and Dumba are good friends, Kap was like... leave my bro alone!

WTF was wrong with Dumba lighting up Pavelski? Its called finishing a check. Players learn to keep there heads up in ice mice. Texas knows jack shit about hockey. Its playoff time in the NHL.

Absolutely nothing. Which is why the league deemed it completely clean.

 

[Minnewildsota]

He and Dumba are good friends, Kap was like... leave my bro alone!

I thought he was just looking for a hug.

 

[Nino Noderreiter]

I would venture to guess and I'm not sure I agree with this but Ek won't be back until Game 3 assuming that we are going to Game 3 tied 1-1 as Dallas responds. I think after winning game 1 they could be okay with rolling the dice with the same group that won (2 centers scored goals) and seeing if they can't steal one.

Gets him a few more days of skating and a chance to work closer to 100%.

 

[f7ben]

I would venture to guess and I'm not sure I agree with this but Ek won't be back until Game 3 assuming that we are going to Game 3 tied 1-1 as Dallas responds. I think after winning game 1 they could be okay with rolling the dice with the same group that won (2 centers scored goals) and seeing if they can't steal one.

Gets him a few more days of skating and a chance to work closer to 100%.

I agree but I’m hoping he’s closer than we think and comes out for game 2 95%+

 

[The Enemy Within]

Wow, just wow! I can't believe I felt that I had to go to bed before overtime and miss all that, but the length of the day today says I made the correct choice.

Brock Faber and that diving save keeping us in the game, just incredible, as well as Hartman coming back and nailing the game winner after having such a rough game up to that point and playing hurt is just the stuff that sports stories are made of.

Such a long game to begin the series, and I hope we can keep the pace up throughout.

Go Wild! I can't wait for game 2!

I also can't believe the hostility to Dumba's hit on Pavelski. Not the horrible kind of hit you would think from the way people are describing it to be. I think the NHL was pretty close to right on that one. I really hope Pavelski is okay and that he comes back as good as ever.

 

[Bdub]

Hopefully kap and boldy get going in game 2. If Gus plays like he did last night going back to the X up 2-0 i would be very happy.

 

[MK9]

Why do you choose to be the way that you are?

I tend to be well acquainted with what I like and what I don't. Generally almost anything that starts out with "Lil'" before the name doesn't resonate with me whatsoever.