mnwild*
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nice selanne backhand. rest of the game was meh. wild almost got into it at the end. decent game
If anyone saw my tweets, I was not impressed by the Wild's "dominant" second period. Really don't think they showed up until the last 10 minutes or so. They might have gotten shots, but they weren't good shots, and typically gave up the puck going the other way for a good scoring chance.
Koivu seemed to wake up and play a little bit. He's been too invisible 5-on-5 for a guy with his skill and work ethic. Dunno if it's the speed or what. But nice to see him get involved.
Wild spent a lot of time moving the puck around the perimeter and then turning it over with stupid cross ice passes. I was hoping Coyle would be more physical in terms of getting defensemen off their game and drawing penalties around the net. I mean, Parise's the only one who wants to get dirty. And Spurgeon too these last couple games. Two of the smallest guys. I'm not saying they have to all crash the crease, just that you can't only play hot potato around the perimeter and try to set up a one-timer through three guys. You need to move your feet. That's not happening, just like it hasn't happened all year.
In their end, they're too deep and too casual with the puck. The speed of the breakouts is about the same as their intra-squad scrimmages. Awesome for Sunday morning pickup but not in the NHL. Combine that with the wingers being too slow to get to the puck and you're getting a lot of turnovers in our end.
The last 10 minutes, the Wild seemed to wake up and realize they were still somehow in the game, got physical, played with urgency. They still need to get better goal scorers on the team, natural goal scorers who want the puck and drive the net and shoot. Watch what guys like Getzlaf or Perry or Selanne did. They'd get the puck on their stick and take a good shot.
INTOTHEVOID has the GDT for tonight.
Hopefully he gets it up soon. If it's not put up by the time I get done with practice around 2, I'll go ahead and scrounge one together quick.
It's almost noon...this is ridiculous, someone should just make one already. Imo he lost his claim by taking this long.