Wild Home Opener

[OnAFly]

So here we are, 3 days away from the Wild home opener. We're already down 0-1-1 to a predicted-to-be terrible Carolina team and we play a 'hot' Oilers team that is 2-0-0.

Any predictions for Thursday? Will we even sell out the X?

I'll be watching draped in a Koivu jersey, yelling at the TV the whole way through. I even got a little jersey for my 5 week old son...

Hi, my name is OnAFly, and I have a hockey problem.

[scsavre]

Ill be at the game. Yes it will be a sell-out. I dont know if it would have until the Twins lost though. I tell ya, that place will be running at half capacity on the monday tuesday games if we dont start winning.

[Bear55]

I think we will pull out a win but the boys will do enough dumb things to make the game interesting.

[Musky Buck]

2 years ago watched the Bruins Wild home opener and they raised the NW division banner, Gaborik was flying all over the ice, I'm thinkin it will be quite some time until another banner is raised.

[spearchucker]

2 years ago watched the Bruins Wild home opener and they raised the NW division banner, Gaborik was flying all over the ice, I'm thinkin it will be quite some time until another banner is raised.

I was at that game as well Didn't Gabby get hurt and was out for the rest of the season shortly after that? Wasn't that the year he decided to have surgery a week or so into the season?

[MinnesnowtaWild]

I am a bit skeptical of this game. The Oilers are finally built up enough from a number of years of tanking and collecting great draft picks. This is a young, talented team we are up against.

The jury is still out on this seasons Wild team. We will see...

[JimBuck]

I am pumped for the season to start! I will not be at this game but will surely watch it on television. It's my first time seeing them in action this year and I'm curious about how things will go against a strong Oilers squad. Sounds like Bruno's questionable?

[Bear55]

Hold on now are you guys talking about the same oiler team who sucked last year and got the first pick of the draft? I know they have won a couple of games but I don't see any dramatic improvements.

[spearchucker]

Hold on now are you guys talking about the same oiler team who sucked last year and got the first pick of the draft? I know they have won a couple of games but I don't see any dramatic improvements.

They have a young speedy team with a lot of energy that is playing well. Momentum is big in hockey, but we will see if it lasts the entire year. The Wild started out on fire and then tanked a couple years ago.

[10,000 Casts]

speaking of draft pics, who will the wild pick next year at #1?

I'm just hoping for a good game.

[JimBuck]

Hold on now are you guys talking about the same oiler team who sucked last year and got the first pick of the draft? I know they have won a couple of games but I don't see any dramatic improvements.

I was being a bit sarcastic. I think the Wild have something like the last 10 @ home versus the Oilers?

[OnAFly]

We've won some crazy number of games against the Oil, but I wouldn't take this game for granted. This team is fast. Our D likes to take chances. This could mean bad things for us.

[spearchucker]

They got the big bomb from Foster now too.

[Bear55]

I just don't see the Oil as playoff contenders this year, not that they can't beat us but I'm certainly not going to fear them.

[Musky Buck]

Correct spearchucker, at that game I sure thought boy we have a team that will compete for that title for a long time, whoops.

[OnAFly]

It's good to see Foster is still playing. That guy has had about the worst luck in the world.