GDT: 10/5/13 - Anaheim @ Minnesota - FSN/PRIME - 7:00 PM CDT

[mezcal]

Xcel Energy Center - St. Paul, Minnesota
10/5/13
TV: PRIME, FS-N

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Wild Lineup:

Parise – Koivu – Pominville
Niederreiter - Coyle - Heatley
Cooke - Brodziak - Granlund
Fontaine - Konopka - Mitchell

Suter – Brodin
Scandella - Spurgeon
Ballard – Dumba

Backstrom

The Wild are looking for a win after playing a solid game against Los Angeles and losing in the shootout.
Matt Dumba is expected to play tonight, and will be the youngest defenseman ever to debut for the Wild. The Ducks are coming off a 6-1 loss against Colorado.​

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[TaLoN]

Heatley, Granlund, Mitchell all play rw... Niederreiter, Cooke, Fontaine are on the left.

Scandella plays left defense, Spurgeon right.

 

[Avder]

Hooray real GDT!

 

[mezcal]

Heatley, Granlund, Mitchell all play rw... Niederreiter, Cooke, Fontaine are on the left.

Scandella plays left defense, Spurgeon right.

I just used the projected lines from Wild.com, but i'll go ahead and fix them. Thanks.

 

[Hall of Faber]

Nick Schultz was younger than Dumba when he debuted for the team, I believe. Jeez, between TaLon and Avder I better never get defenseman sides wrong.

 

[TaLoN]

I just used the projected lines from Wild.com, but i'll go ahead and fix them. Thanks.

Wild.com seems to screw that up a lot.... they did last year too.

 

[mnwildgophers]

Let's get the first W of the season tonight!

 

[TaLoN]

Looking forward to Dumba55's debut!

 

[Engebretson]

Let's hope we play better against Anaheim than we did last year.

I'm going to say 3-2 Wild tonight.

 

[TaLoN]

Let's hope we play better against Anaheim than we did last year.

I'm going to say 3-2 Wild tonight.

That's the thing...we dominated the ice against them last year, just couldn't score.

 

[TZM]

Lemme see that Dumba's grin after the first victory of the season. Let's go Dumba, let's go Wild!

 

[W75]

I'm gonna miss this one. I'm in in the middle of the woods without streaming services. Two families here, my wife's brother is a Bruins fan but... Sauna and a couple of beers, so I can live with it . Go Wild go!

 

[se7en]

In life, generally I'm an optimist, but for some reason, when it comes to our Wild (& Minnesota sports team in general) I'm as pessimistic as they come, so for as much as I love them, & hope they do well, I'm going to say:

Another devastating loss... Wild out play, out hustle & out shoot the Ducks for the majority of the game but like always just can't seem to score. Ducks will capitalize on their opportunities where the Wild keep getting close but just can't get the puck in the net. Ducks win a close game 4 to 2 by potting an empty-netter in the final seconds. We all spend the next 2 days grumpy with half us bickering about how our team hasn't changed & we still suck & can't score for **** while the other half of us says we played a good game & there was a lot of positives and as soon as the pucks start going in we'll be ok...

I hope I'm wrong but I've realized that for now, for me, I'd rather hope for a close game & expect a loss & hopefully be pleasantly surprised instead of hoping for & expecting a win just to end up disappointed...

But as always, Go Wild. And best of luck to Dumba tonight on his debut!

 

[Keeptdos]

Going to miss because promised I'll be at a "sillis" 10 am. Guess I could watch the first period...

 

[Avder]

Nick Schultz was younger than Dumba when he debuted for the team, I believe. Jeez, between TaLon and Avder I better never get defenseman sides wrong.

I do what now? I think you're confusing me with someone else.

 

[Up7Yours]

In life, generally I'm an optimist, but for some reason, when it comes to our Wild (& Minnesota sports team in general) I'm as pessimistic as they come, so for as much as I love them, & hope they do well, I'm going to say:

Another devastating loss... Wild out play, out hustle & out shoot the Ducks for the majority of the game but like always just can't seem to score. Ducks will capitalize on their opportunities where the Wild keep getting close but just can't get the puck in the net. Ducks win a close game 4 to 2 by potting an empty-netter in the final seconds. We all spend the next 2 days grumpy with half us bickering about how our team hasn't changed & we still suck & can't score for **** while the other half of us says we played a good game & there was a lot of positives and as soon as the pucks start going in we'll be ok...

I hope I'm wrong but I've realized that for now, for me, I'd rather hope for a close game & expect a loss & hopefully be pleasantly surprised instead of hoping for & expecting a win just to end up disappointed...

But as always, Go Wild. And best of luck to Dumba tonight on his debut!

Always bet your vCash against the Wild. It's the little things in life...

 

[llamapalooza]

It's Anaheim. And they're resting their first-ballot-hall-of-famer. I know we've had trouble with them lately for some bizarre reason, but seriously. Anything short of a convincing win is an embarrassment tonight.

 

[Kaptain]

Jeez, two tough games to start the season
3-2 Anaheim

 

[se7en]

Always bet your vCash against the Wild. It's the little things in life...

Haha, I actually always do that in my picks contest for football. I always pick against the Vikings because if the Vikes do manage to win I couldn't care less about picking wrong and when they lose I'm like "hey, at least I got my pick right!"

I should start doing the vcash on the Wild games, I've actually never tried the betting thing on here. Thanks for the advice!

 

[TZM]

It's Anaheim. And they're resting their first-ballot-hall-of-famer. I know we've had trouble with them lately for some bizarre reason, but seriously. Anything short of a convincing win is an embarrassment tonight.

Huh..? No way you should expect an easy win over the Ducks.

 

[Kaptain]

Huh..? No way you should expect an easy win over the Ducks.

And it's not like Selanne is in his prime, he's like 43, he isn't some elite player anymore. Him not playing won't mean much.

 

[Puhis]

Dumba on ice? Dumba on ice. Yay.

 

[BusQuets]

Huh some of you take Anaheim way too lightly. They have deadly 1st line when they are on much like ours. Their 2nd line is very much like our and their 3rd line is pretty deadly too. Their defence is okay too.

 

[Hall of Faber]

I do what now? I think you're confusing me with someone else.

My bad if I'm wrong but someone was always correcting posters when they would get players wing side wrong or D-side in the training camp thread. I love correcting posters too, so I'm talking out of my ass anyways.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

Dumba is getting a goal on the PP.