Koivu

[Bass4life]

Finally giving in to what my buddies have been telling me for years. I think the wild are a better team with him not in the lineup. Great win over ducks tonight. Why cant they play like that every night?

[maros91]

I like Mikko's effort when he plays but it seems like he lost a step from last year and always tries to make the extra pass when he has the shot himself. I wouldn't mind seeing Granlund center the first line with Parise and Pommer at wings and would like to see Granlund on the first PP unit when koivu is healthy.

[OnAFly]

This is the first time ever that we have done well without Koivu in the lineup. That said, I wouldn't mind seeing Granlund stick around at 1C for a while. He seems more offensively minded than Koivu.

[Bear55]

I would never say we are better without Koivu, like Fly said we usually tank without him. I will say that Granlund of showing some flashes, kid has amazing vision and can make passes no one else on the team can. I think we saw when Koivu first went down teams were focusing on the Granlund line and they didn't do all that well, kid is close but probably not 1st line material yet. Just happy to have both of them but also wondering what Parise could do teamed up with Granlund and Pommers. A Koivu Coyle Nino line also sounds terribly hard to play against.

[BartmanMN]

I would like those lines too Bear.

[CaptainMusky]

I really liked it when Fonzi, Coyle and Nino were together. I think that is a great line. A lot of youth and strong forwards.

Koivu doesnt have much in the tank anymore. I like the guy for what he has done overall, but I just dont think he is 1st line material and hasnt been for a couple years, but he was the best we had at the time. Now we have some youth that is stepping up which is exciting to see.

The Anaheim game was really interesting and even when we played Chicago the last time we really had 4 legitimate lines out there that could put pressure on. Against Anaheim we had Rupp at the expense of Zucker for the extra size, but its nice to have that flexibility against teams in the West because their strengths differ so much.

Chicago is wave after wave of speedy offensive studs so its nice to try and match that.

[Bear55]

I would like those lines too Bear.

Well Yoe finally put them together and they scored a ton tonight.

[OnAFly]

The big question is if Yeo will stick with Parise-Granlund-Pommer when Koivu comes back or if he will default back to sticking Parise with Koivu. Hopefully he keeps the PGP line together, but I'm sure it will all change within the first 5 mins of Koivu's first game back.

[CaptainMusky]

Let's hope he is injured for a while. That's how much I love that line.

[Hester]

Let's hope he is injured for a while. That's how much I love that line.

Agreed, they are to good together.

Love watching Granlund skate and pass the puck.

Pomi is a strait up shooter, and Zach just rocks.

[knoppers]

Well Yoe finally put them together and they scored a ton tonight.