Pre/Post Game Minnesota Wild Banter

[solbes]

Definitely some punishing blows by Stoner to Backes. Those St Louis games were entertaining to watch. Nice little run they've put together here.

[spearchucker]

The Blues beat the Canucks last night so they are going to be ready tonight. Hopefully we can light them up like we have all year.

[OnAFly]

Luongo played last night, so we are getting their backup goalie, Schnieder.

Last time we got him for 4 goals. Hopefully we don't come out and play like we've already won the game.

[spearchucker]

Luongo never plays at the X. We put 4 or 5 behind Scheider last games a well. I think Vancouver has a few injuries as well. Good time to play them. We need all the points we can get. We need to keep the children of the corn in check and we will be fine.

[schmitty3]

Very tough loss considering they really outplayed the Canucks. Heck we out shot them 29-14. Oh well gotta go out and keep up the good play and the wins will continue to come.

[Bear55]

No kidding they played great but things just didn't work out, can't win them all I guess.

[OnAFly]

Wow, looked like a Wild game from '07 except we were wearing the other jerseys. The Canucks just played shutdown hockey the last period. They clogged up the slot, and didn't give us many looks.

By the way, any chance we can trade Miettinen? I hear Toronto is looking for a terrible winger in exchange for some draft picks. I don't know if there is another player in the league that could miss as many opportunities as he does.

[spearchucker]

By the way, any chance we can trade Miettinen? I hear Toronto is looking for a terrible winger in exchange for some draft picks. I don't know if there is another player in the league that could miss as many opportunities as he does.

We already have one... Eric Nystrom.

I didn't think they played that bad, just couldn't put it in the net.

[Bear55]

Maybe we can package Miettinen and Barker for nothing in return. Heck I might even throw in a low end prospect just to take them off our hands. Or better yet give them Sheppard!

[spearchucker]

We aren't paying Sheppard anyway now. He won't be around next year anyway.

[scsavre]

NOt pay Shepard - $803,250. Wish I could get that deal.

the Wild do have $1.7mm in capspace. lets keep rolling and see if we make any playoff moves.

[10,000 Casts]

Mittens makes Koivo a better player. No one in thier right mind would take Barker, we should just send him to Houston and hope he develops.. I'd like to see Staubits or Nystrom go down and Kassian come up!

The wild look really good out of the gates in Chi. Scott is in tonight for the hawks and he already laid out stoner and Clutterbuck has taken 3 bad angle low perentage shots because he actually got one in the other night.. But watch Scott lay some big hits and taunt the wild all night..

[OnAFly]

We could do much better than Mittens to make Koivu more productive. Neither players are real finishers. Both are better at making a play than scoring a goal. If we had a player with that scoring touch, and played well with Koivu and Bruno, that line would be a much bigger threat.

[Bear55]

If Mittens makes Koivu better just imagine what a mid to low end first line wing could do, let alone a real first line winger.

[10,000 Casts]

Wild came out of the shoot last night then after the first 5 min, they got murdered.. They couldn't handle the puck on the breakout and in the nuetral zone to save thier lives..

I can't make sense of any of our lines.. Madden on the 4th line and Brodziak on the 2nd line? But as far as right wings, Mittens is better than anything else we have right now..

[OnAFly]

We've got too many checkers. That's what's wrong with our lines.

I guess I wasn't saying we've got something better than Mittens right now, but we could do better.

Anyone know how long we have him on contract?

What's Kobasew done in the last 10 games?

[Bear55]

Mittens, Kobasew, Brunette & Madden are UFA after the season. Harding and Theodore are also UFA, everyone else is signed for next season.

[10,000 Casts]

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Mittens, Kobasew, Brunette & Madden are UFA after the season. Harding and Theodore are also UFA, everyone else is signed for next season.

Everyone would go except Theodore if it were up to me.. Unless Kobesew wanted to stay for less than $1m and play 4th line..

[spearchucker]

]NOt pay Shepard - $803,250. Wish I could get that deal.

the Wild do have $1.7mm in capspace. lets keep rolling and see if we make any playoff moves.

Are you sure? I thought they suspended him? Or does that just mean the money doesn't count on the cap?

[OnAFly]

I thought we weren't paying him for the year, therefore, we don't count his cap hit.

Watch him go somewhere next year and develop into an NHLer. We shouldn't have been playing him in the NHL at the age of 19. He was too young, sat in the press room most of the time.

[spearchucker]

I thought we weren't paying him for the year, therefore, we don't count his cap hit.

Watch him go somewhere next year and develop into an NHLer. We shouldn't have been playing him in the NHL at the age of 19. He was too young, sat in the press room most of the time.

That is what I thought as well, but someone else seems to think he is being paid $800,000.

[scsavre]

I believe he gets paid, he just doesnt hit the cap. Hey, we are paying Parrish another 2 years too. I think we split the bill on him though.

I bet we will have to split Shepards contract next year too. I will look up the rules later, but it works somewhat like that if he isnt signed.

[spearchucker]

The difference is we cut Parrish while he still had a contract, but Sheppard is up after this year, so it won't cost us anything. That is why we still had Parrish's contract on our cap.

From what I have read we aren't paying Sheppard though, just providing rehab with Trainers etc.

[spearchucker]

Good to see the Wild respond back and whip the Ducks. Looks like Koivu may be gone for a while.

[hanronson]

Yep...good win...1 point out of the play-offs...4 points out of 3rd. Keep the hammer down Wild. Can't afford to lose too many more.