GDT: Game 64 - Wild @ Coyotes - 8PM Central / 4AM Finland - FSN

[Bazeek]

Zucker - Staal - Granlund
Parise - Koivu - Coyle
Niederreiter - Eriksson-Ek - Ennis
Foligno - Cullen - Winnik

Suter - Spurgeon
Brodin - Dumba
Seeler - Prosser

Stalock




Perlini - Stepan - Keller
Domi - Dvorak - Fischer
Martinook - Richardson - Cousins
Rinaldo - Hamilton - Archibald

Ekman-Larsson - Demers
Chychrun - Goligoski
Connauton - Hjalmarsson

Raanta​

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The Opponent

Despite a dreadful start to the 2017-18 regular season, the Arizona Coyotes have clawed to within three points of the Buffalo Sabres for 30th in the League standings. It may not sound like much, but for a team that didn't earn its first win until Oct. 30 -- in its 12th game -- its rally is quite impressive.

The Coyotes are currently playing their best hockey of the season, going 6-3-1 during their past 10 games, a stretch bested by only Anaheim (6-2-2) in the Pacific Division.

That span includes a 4-3 overtime win at Xcel Energy Center on Feb. 8, a game in which the Coyotes dug themselves out of a 3-0 hole by scoring four times unanswered. Clayton Keller tallied the winning goal 3:55 into the extra session. Nick Cousins scored twice in the game, and Derek Stepan had a pair of assists.

The meeting Thursday is the second of three games, and the first of two in Glendale; the two clubs square off again at Gila River Arena in 16 days.

Keller leads the Coyotes offensively and is in the midst of a breakout rookie campaign. He's scored 17 goals and has 44 points, both first on the club. Stepan is second with 39 points, and Brendan Perlini has 16 goals.

Antti Raanta has been solid when healthy, especially lately. He's 13-15-6 on the year with a 2.46 goals-against average and .923 save percentage. Former Wild goaltender Darcy Kuemper, acquired in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings last week, is his backup.

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As long as they remember how last game against the Yotes went, we should win this one.

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[Dee Oh Cee]

Should be a win. Need to take advantage of these types of games before the schedule gets really tough again towards the end of the month. Predicting a 4-2 win...might need some scoring from some other lines this time

 

[ThatGuy22]

Hypothetical question. Wild are due to drop one.

Would you rather have it be against the worst team in the league(even if playing better as of late) or a team chasing them that we loath in Colorado.

 

[Bazeek]

Hypothetical question. Wild are due to drop one.

Would you rather have it be against the worst team in the league(even if playing better as of late) or a team chasing them that we loath in Colorado.

I'd much rather lose to Arizona. It has little implication in the standings and it's easy to brush off as "one of those games." And ideally it can be a reminder that they do actually have to work for every win. Plus I think Yotes fans are fun.

Losing to Colorado is harder to let roll off the back, for multiple reasons.

 

[DANOZ28]

i vote for win the next 2 then lose to detroit!

 

[57special]

I would be shocked if the Wild don't come out and stomp ARI. They have to remember what happened last time. Hopefully Brodin is up to speed, and Dumba back on the promising track that he was on before last game.

Coyle and Parise are overdue.

 

[Bazeek]

I would be shocked if the Wild don't come out and stomp ARI. They have to remember what happened last time. Hopefully Brodin is up to speed, and Dumba back on the promising track that he was on before last game.

Coyle and Parise are overdue.

This morning I took another look at the Koivu goal from last game and Coyle's pass was ridiculous. He had Hutton beat from behind the net

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Staal line: do your thing
Other lines: don't get scored on

 

[MNNumbers]

If one could choose between:

Lose to ARZ, beat Col in regulation, or
Beat ARZ, lost to COL in regulation...

The obvious choice to to deny COL the points.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Hypothetical question. Wild are due to drop one.

Would you rather have it be against the worst team in the league(even if playing better as of late) or a team chasing them that we loath in Colorado.

Can't drop games like these.

I can stomach losing b2b's on the road against good teams as long as we're not a complete no-show.

 

[HollaHaula]

Staal line: do your thing
Other lines: don't get scored on

And this is why I don't see us making it far in the playoffs lol

 

[Uberdachen]

Hypothetical question. Wild are due to drop one.

Would you rather have it be against the worst team in the league(even if playing better as of late) or a team chasing them that we loath in Colorado.

I vote for dropping one on Colorado.


You know who's overdue? Ek. He's going through withdrawals. He can still remember the way it felt, coursing through his arms until that release and all-too-brief high. He's determined to hit it again, elbow pad strapped tight around his arm, balancing a puck on the blade of his stick while he heats up. He needs it. He can taste it. He will sell your fancy dog if that's what it takes.

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

I vote for dropping one on Colorado.


You know who's overdue? Ek. He's going through withdrawals. He can still remember the way it felt, coursing through his arms until that release and all-too-brief high. He's determined to hit it again, elbow pad strapped tight around his arm, balancing a puck on the blade of his stick while he heats up. He needs it. He can taste it. He will sell your fancy dog if that's what it takes.

Haha.

He was so close last game too. That shot he hit the crossbar with shot all the way up into the suite level. I don't think I've ever seen a puck fly that far after a bar shot.

 

[BagHead]

Haha.

He was so close last game too. That shot he hit the crossbar with shot all the way up into the suite level. I don't think I've ever seen a puck fly that far after a bar shot.

That shot was a laser beam! If he keeps shooting like that, he'll score plenty.

 

[Drewcifer]

I vote for 14 game winning streak. We can lose to the Kings on the 19th.

 

[Engebretson]

We've seen what happens when we let off the gas on this team. Need to play a full 60 minutes tonight.

 

[57special]

This morning I took another look at the Koivu goal from last game and Coyle's pass was ridiculous. He had Hutton beat from behind the net

Well, he had to set up the Badass sniper on the line...

 

[57special]

That shot was a laser beam! If he keeps shooting like that, he'll score plenty.

Yeah, he has a hell of a shot, and seems to take little to no setup time to get it off.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Stalock I assume?

 

[Bazeek]

Stalock I assume?

I've been wondering, too. Dubnyk against Colorado does make sense, unless they want to give him more time between games with all the back-to-backs this month.

 

[Bazeek]

I've been wondering, too. Dubnyk against Colorado does make sense, unless they want to give him more time between games with all the back-to-backs this month.

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Interesting...looks like I was wrong to assume Kunin/Olofsson would get in. Russo tweeted he thinks it's the same lineup, just with Stalock.

 

[Wabit]

Foligno took a stinger last game. He came back, but his skating wasn't right in the 3rd. Play Kunin in his place tonight, and in Cullen's (not play related, just to keep him rested) place against the Avs.

It really doesn't make much sense to call him up and then not play him.

 

[Bazeek]

Foligno took a stinger last game. He came back, but his skating wasn't right in the 3rd. Play Kunin in his place tonight, and in Cullen's (not play related, just to keep him rested) place against the Avs.

It really doesn't make much sense to call him up and then not play him.

I don't disagree with you, though. Arizona seems like it'd be a good game to let Kunin get his toes wet in.

 

[RABBIT]

please beat us but let our young guys drop some sick snipes on you so we have something to look forward to.