MN WILD.....LOL!!!!! I told u so

[fishing tech]

The Wild improved, yes they spent a lot of money on 2 guys and traded a #1 pick and to top prospects for Pominville. I think they resign Cullen. Maybe get a hometown deal. Backs and Butch are gone. Heatley is to slow but great in front of the net.

It takes more then 2-3 new players to make a run at the cup when you start from scratch. The Wild should be better next year,but they need 1 more D man, some goal scoring, and our goaltending is up in the air.

Mr. Fletcher has his work cut out for him. We will see come July what they will start to look like for next year.

[Musky Buck]

There's hope and there's hope for progressing to becoming better, that's good enough for me. I still miss you North Stars though, but let's get more pieces of the puzzle and drive that cup downtown in the state of hockey !

[Muskiefool]

Coyle, Zucker and Brodin are within a year or 2 of being some of the best if not the best in the league.This is without a doubt the best team they've ever had; coaching is possibly an issue in how the defense was utilized. Goaltenders are a issue but not the end of the world. That said Buck whose your pick for the cup now that the Sure loser is out lol.

[BuckSutherland]

This thread is great. All the backslapping and thumbs up for a successful season. What a joke. There was nothing good about it. I didnt watch more than a period or two of hockey all season at any level. I could care less. I just see lowlights on the news every so often.

Enjoy loserville with these big contracts just like every other MN team in history that went with the big contract. Donkeys.

[schmitty3]

I didnt watch more than a period or two of hockey all season at any level. I could care less. .

Alright, well that throws any argument you had right out the window.

[Rippinlip]

This thread is great. All the backslapping and thumbs up for a successful season. What a joke. There was nothing good about it. I didnt watch more than a period or two of hockey all season at any level. I could care less. I just see lowlights on the news every so often.

Enjoy loserville with these big contracts just like every other MN team in history that went with the big contract. Donkeys.

Buck, you are a piece of work!

Admitting you barely watch any hockey and yet you complain the way things are run?

Did Miami Heat win their 1st year with James, Bosh and Wade?

Oh yea, the SECOND year and Full year with that, no coaching change...

Just saying.

By the way, did you think about our goaltending status for the playoffs?

Backstrom-out for the series with a freak injury during warm-ups on game 1

Harding-has not started a game, dealing with a life altering issue since January 25th.

Kuemper-HELLO? kind of like going to the superbowl with a 3rd string quarterback...

[Improvedarock]

My thoughts sign Cullen to a 2 year deal for sure! He was one of our top skaters this season. Cut Gilbert, backs, heatseeker, PMB for sure. We need more grit players that get into the small spaces consistently. I can also see mikko being dealt in July just my thought. We are moving forward. Hopefully Granlund finds something he's one hell of player!

[10,000 Casts]

What is the deal with everyone being so mad about them not winning the cup? Fire this guy, cut that guy, with those 2 guys they should win every game etc.. I'm sick of hearing it and its only been 2 days. Hardly anyone on here thought they would get past where they did. signing a top winger and a top D is only a start!!! You could of had Ovechkin and subban and they wouldn't have done any better IMO.

Buck, you are a typical MInnesotan sports fan feeling sorry for yourself. 2 words for you, SMALL MARKET!!! We'll always have trouble against the New Yorks, Bostons and Chicagos. Can you imagine where this team would have ended up without Parise and Suter??? I can and it would have been last place and the fair weather fans Would have stopped watching the first week of the season.

A few tweaks and we are Cup contender.

[CaptainMusky]

Buck you must have stayed at a holiday inn express which would make you an expert. What a troll!

[fishing tech]

I think Buck(talk) was to busy being a clown at the circus that he misses the entire hockey season. Watching 1 or 2 periods all year he obviously is a clown with his statements. And no offence to any real clowns out there.

[BrianLucky13]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and like most of what Buck says. I'm so sick of minnesota teams. The twins I'm done with, vikings who cares, the wolves well nobody cares. The wild ok love but about ready to give up too. Parise is average at best and was terrible in playoffs. Cullen, Zucker, Brodine, and Clutterbuck are the only ones trying all game. They missed Heatly and Pominville. The need to find a goalie. I hope Yeo stays. I watched almost every minute of every game this year. IMO the Wild are trying not to lose games instead of trying to WIN!!!!!!! I started calling them the minnesota bi-polars by the end of the season with all the ups and down.....

[bbfenatic]

It's official, Yeo will return as coach of the Wild....thank goodness as that Coach of the Year Trophy will look so sweet next to the Cup next year.....we're comin!!!

[bbfenatic]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and like most of what Buck says. I'm so sick of minnesota teams. The twins I'm done with, vikings who cares, the wolves well nobody cares. The wild ok love but about ready to give up too. Parise is average at best and was terrible in playoffs. Cullen, Zucker, Brodine, and Clutterbuck are the only ones trying all game. They missed Heatly and Pominville. The need to find a goalie. I hope Yeo stays. I watched almost every minute of every game this year. IMO the Wild are trying not to lose games instead of trying to WIN!!!!!!! I started calling them the minnesota bi-polars by the end of the season with all the ups and down.....

+1 And MN sports fans famous last words every year..."Can't wait till next year....we are going to be so good!" Yeo is back BTW, Fletch made it official today.

[PierBridge]

No surpise he's back. If he or Leipold panics and fires Yeo or another coach after a season and a 1/2 "AGAIN" they most certainly have to FIRE Fletch.

You have to have some continuity and shipping coaches and players out every year or 2 is beyound ridiculous. The good teams year in and year out do it this "continuity" way for the most part.

So Parise is just average? And you watched every game? Good Grief man!

And for the record 99 percent of all sports teams don't win a championship every year so stop whining about it being a Minnesota thing and open your eyes.

[Bear55]

We must be coming up in the world to get trolled in the hockey forum, a good sign for sure.

I'd comment on the Wild's future outlook but I think I will save that for another thread.

[Dylan33]

I came across this article today. It describes a simple 3 step process for the Wild to succeed. (Buck, did you write this?)

Steps to the Wild's Success

[CaptainMusky]

If Parise is just "average" I would love to have 18 team "average" players on my team.

I didnt watch every game, but I watched a majority of the games this season and did watch every playoff game.

What I saw was that night in and night out Parise was one of few guys on the team that busted his a$$ on every shift. He isnt a big body, so dont expect him to be physical. He is always a pest around the net, but the pucks just didnt seem to find their way through.

Brodin was a welcome surprise for me. Perhaps not a surprise for everyone, but he was impressive pretty much from day 1.

Suter started out shaky, but got into impressive form and logged serious ice time and was very stable.

There are some good pieces with this team right now, hopefully they can get a few others this offseason and some of the young guys step up next year.

I would like to see Koivu gone. He works hard for the most part, but I just dont think he is a top line center.

I think Backs is gone. Lets roll with the youngsters in net. Put money toward a big defenseman and some bigger physical forwards. That is where we have issues now in the playoffs, need some girth out there up front. Heatley would have been tremendous against the Hawks especially on the PP I have a feeling.

Im going to throw one name out there that I would love to see on our roster and sit back and listen. Thomas Vanek. Lets get a deal together for him.

[bbfenatic]

And for the record 99 percent of all sports teams don't win a championship every year so stop whining about it being a Minnesota thing and open your eyes.

And for the record 100% of all the NHL teams in MN have NEVER won a Stanley Cup.

BTW: Parise is awesome...I'd say top 15-20 in the league for sure and Sutter is top 5 D-Man.

Fletch is on the hotseat now. Hired inexperienced Richards and fired him after year 2 then went out on a limb and hired inexperienced Yeo so what I read; he feared giving up on Yeo to not make himself look like a chump. I hope they can turn it around but they have holes to fill and I agree Vanek would be a great fit for what they need offensively and fill one of the holes they have.

[bbfenatic]

If Parise is just "average" I would love to have 18 team "average" players on my team.

I didnt watch every game, but I watched a majority of the games this season and did watch every playoff game.

What I saw was that night in and night out Parise was one of few guys on the team that busted his a$$ on every shift. He isnt a big body, so dont expect him to be physical. He is always a pest around the net, but the pucks just didnt seem to find their way through.

Brodin was a welcome surprise for me. Perhaps not a surprise for everyone, but he was impressive pretty much from day 1.

Suter started out shaky, but got into impressive form and logged serious ice time and was very stable.

There are some good pieces with this team right now, hopefully they can get a few others this offseason and some of the young guys step up next year.

I would like to see Koivu gone. He works hard for the most part, but I just dont think he is a top line center.

I think Backs is gone. Lets roll with the youngsters in net. Put money toward a big defenseman and some bigger physical forwards. That is where we have issues now in the playoffs, need some girth out there up front. Heatley would have been tremendous against the Hawks especially on the PP I have a feeling.

Im going to throw one name out there that I would love to see on our roster and sit back and listen. Thomas Vanek. Lets get a deal together for him.

+1000

[PierBridge]

Quote:

Fletch is on the hotseat now. Hired inexperienced Richards and fired him after year 2 then went out on a limb and hired inexperienced Yeo so what I read; he feared giving up on Yeo to not make himself look like a chump

Perfect segway!

Did anybody catch Lou Nanne on Barriero yesterday? It's a must see/hear and available on KFAN's HSOforum via podcast.

In a nutshell he talked or ripped on like only Lou can do in a nice articulate way on how ludicrous it was to even suggest firing Mike Yeo. He went on a semi rant on how and what has happened to some Minnesota sports fans and a few select media donks in their fire/cut mentality.

In fairness to the anti-Yeo's Lou said when pressed by DB said he probably would have mixed the lines up a bit more during the season including Koivu. He did add that great coaches like Bowman did this but others like Al Arbour never changed much and it was up to the particular coach.

He also addressed the Mikko haters by saying you won't win a Stanley Cup if Mikko's your best player but the effort "when healthy" and all the other things he does are invaluable.

My favorite part was him ripping Jim Souhan who is about as clueless Hockey wise and in my opinion sports wise as there is in the local media. Well maybe Ruesse too...

Go Wild~

[PierBridge]

He basically said...calm down we have come a LOOOONG way in 1 year. Winning or succeeding in the play-offs let alone winning a Cup is a myriad of issues. Depth, Injuries, goal tending and good ole Mr Luck himself.

[BartmanMN]

I heard that segment with Lou on the way home and loved his honesty. You can tell he has been a GM before and knows that players do not come to play for the owner.

[PierBridge]

Someone please start a Wild off season thread so we can get back to the business at hand and stop all the whining bickering "me included" now that we all have vented after the disappointing end to the season!

Pier!

[Port.Winterhawk]

Some guys are gamblers. They lose, they complain. Buck suth. will be back on here in 3 years telling us he told us so when Lord Stanley is hoisted.

[BuckSutherland]

Wondering if anyone could update me on how this worthless, pie-stain team is doing this year?? Ready to hoist that cup this spring??

Must be another rebuilding year. I hope Dallas needs another team cause they can have this group of losers.

Glad to see they can carry on the MN sports tradition of mediocrity. Fans and players alike. As predicted your big free agents didn't do SQUAT to help this team become a serious contender.