Wild 2014/2015 Regular Season

[CaptainMusky]

. Not many guys would jump ship on a rising team.

we will see I guess.

[archerystud]

Nice start to the season but I thought the Ave's looked slow. We probably caught them at a good time.

I could still see the Wild trading some talent to get bigger depending on how they fare against LA and the Ducks, but that won't come around until the trade deadline.

[OnAFly]

Yeah, I see the size matchup issue too. The problem is, who would they trade for it? They can't take on any $$ since they have to resign so many RFAs coming up. We don't really want an inexpensive goon because they are effectively obsolete in this league. What you want is a gritty, nasty guy with a little size and the ability to play 10-15min per game. Problem there is that those guys are not cheap.

[hoppe56307]

What about buying our Koivu's contract, or have we used both our our exemptions from the new barging agreement?

I am all for Keeping him but if it handcuffs 6.75mil a year until '18, I say buy him out. And hopefully we could resign him with a more affordable contract.

[bbfenatic]

Oh I know this will be unpopular among some folks here but koivu's time is limited on the wild.

He sure looks "old" and slow out there for sure....hopefully he ramps up a bit but I won't be sad to see him go as stated before.

Parise is a beast out there but 10 SOG and it takes an empty netter to get one to go? Can't complain too much but jeez....gotta find something to nitpick about!

[OnAFly]

If we're looking for things to complain about, why didn't we dominate like we did in game 1?

I'm surprised Roy didn't get a talking to by the league on trying to throw his 4th liners out with 3sec to go. Bush league move right there. Kind of scary that a coach at this level would go tell his guys to try to hurt people...because there's no other reason to throw your 4th line in that situation.

[PierBridge]

Anyway ...Yeo's job appears to be safe for another game ...

[BartmanMN]

I'm pretty sure that Ryan Carter is the only Wild member that has won the Stanley Cup, so that experience will be helpful down the stretch.

My mistake, Cooke won the cup in 2008-2009 with the Penguins.

[PierBridge]

Yeo won a stanley cup as member of tbe Penguins.

[bbfenatic]

Yeo won a stanley cup as member of tbe Penguins.

Equipment Mgrs count?

[CaptainMusky]

Right BB there is little to nitpick about this team. So fun to watch. Its early but if we can fend off the injury bug this will be a blast!

If zucker steps up his game in the d end I wouldn't be surprised if we make a trade there. Otherwise I don't think there would be many takers.

[CaptainMusky]

I'm surprised no one has said anything about that [PoorWordUsage] Johnson's dirty hit on Haula. What a punk.

[PierBridge]

We knew it was coming no surpise really.

Glad he missed the hit for the most part or it could have been bad..

[bbfenatic]

Good point Pier, I actually thought he was hurt worse than he was as well. Have I missed it or we have laid someone out with a good check yet?

[PierBridge]

I know they out his us stat wise by a 2-1 margain for the game in Colorado.

To bad Cookie hit the pipe. That would've been hilarious if scored as they were booing the snot out of him.

[10,000 Casts]

Cooke deserves to get boo'd.

Ya we're going to see a lot more runs like Johnson took on Haula. It's only a matter of time.

[Bear55]

Who scheduled this week off before the next game? Need some more hockey!

[PierBridge]

I dont believe we have scored on the power play yet but the puck movement sure seems to be improved!

[CaptainMusky]

Yeah they were 0 for 6 sat. Not sure non Thurs. Been really controlling the zone but not getting one in is troubling. It is concerning because it was a soft spot last year.

Conversely they obviously didn't allow a ppg either so that's good.

[10,000 Casts]

ESPN thinks our team is pretty good..

http://www.espn.go.com/nhl/powerrankings

[bbfenatic]

ESPN thinks our team is pretty good..

http://www.espn.go.com/nhl/powerrankings

#2 Interesting....we will be able to score plenty...if tending stays good and D is OK no reason we can't stick in the top 5 anyways.

Okposo, Tavares, Boychuk, Nelson, Grabovski.....who is that at #7 heading in the right direction?

[CaptainMusky]

LOL lots of movement on that list.

[Hester]

Okposo, Tavares, Boychuk, Nelson, Grabovski.....who is that at #7 heading in the right direction?

[RK]

#2 Interesting....we will be able to score plenty...if tending stays good and D is OK no reason we can't stick in the top 5 anyways.

Okposo, Tavares, Boychuk, Nelson, Grabovski.....who is that at #7 heading in the right direction?

Isles look like world beaters right now. Nice to see that franchise maybe getting back to respectability again. Two huge additions on their blueline for sure.

On the other hand... The Oilers. Wow, what a mess they seem to be already. Not that the Kings are an easy match, but 6-1...youch. They're already -9 on goal differential. Very Sabres-ey.

[PierBridge]

The isles are like the Kansas city Royals. You can only be so bad for so long and the law of averages and top draft picks finally catch up.

Lucky for the Isles they are in the east as they finish 11th at best in the west.....IMO...