Injury Report: Mikko "Kaptain" Koivu (Jan 6: Ankle Surgery, Out At Least One Month)

[Harvest]

As much as i like Haula he really isn't a offensive juggernaute and i think that Coyle is better at every area right now..

 

[Lapa]

Coyle has been kinda disappointing this season. I'd like to see what Haula can do as 2C. Keep Coyle as 3C.

 

[Gaps]

Oh ****ing hell. I bet he won't be back until after the Olympics. VMP.

 

[Sharppi]

Michael Russo @Russostrib
#mnwild captain Mikko Koivu underwent ankle surgery, will miss at least a month, team announces.

 

[Gaps]

Mikko had ankle surgery. Should be back in about 4 weeks.

https://twitter.com/mnwild/status/420287772898111489

 

[tyratoku]

Michael Russo @Russostrib
#mnwild captain Mikko Koivu underwent ankle surgery, will miss at least a month, team announces.

On a scale of 1 to 2011/2012 how screwed is this team?

 

[Wild Caniac]

God ****ing damn it mother****ing **** **** ****

 

[J22*]

On a scale of 1 to 2011/2012 how screwed is this team?

Dead in the Water.

One somewhat positive will be that some people on this board will get to see Parise without Koivu holding him back.

 

[Lapa]

PERKELE. I'm so ****ing pissed off right now.

Why can't this ****ing team have ****ing nice things?

 

[ThatGuy22]

Dead in the Water.

One somewhat positive will be that some people on this board will get to see Parise without Koivu holding him back.

Winner. I hope this doesn't lead to Fletcher doing something stupid like overpay for Vanek to shore up the offense while Koivu is out.

 

[Gaps]

On a scale of 1 to 2011/2012 how screwed is this team?

We're going down and fast.

 

[J22*]

Winner. I hope this doesn't lead to Fletcher doing something stupid like overpay for Vanek to shore up the offense while Koivu is out.

I cant see him paying the price that Vanek would cost, but could see a bad knee jerk trade for a center.

 

[Nharris31]

I hope the team and coach have differnt attitude than the fans.

 

[Dampland]

TIme to fire up the TANK

 

[Lapa]

Time for the kids to step up.

 

[57special]

Confuses the whole Yeo situation also. Can he be expected to win much w/o Parise, Koivu, Harding ?

 

[Dampland]

Confuses the whole Yeo situation also. Can he be expected to win much w/o Parise, Koivu, Harding ?

damn it, that's a good point.

 

[Loopy0ne]

Barring some young players and unexpected players stepping up big, I suspect that we will probably pick somewhere between 7 and 13. Is the draft looking good for that range?

 

[DUMBA55]

Barring some young players and unexpected players stepping up big, I suspect that we will probably pick somewhere between 7 and 13. Is the draft looking good for that range?

We will tank until the last 2.5 weeks of the season and go on an absolute tear and will end up picking 14

 

[Engebretson]

Confuses the whole Yeo situation also. Can he be expected to win much w/o Parise, Koivu, Harding ?

It probably buys him a stay of execution until the end of the season. That might be the best time for a change anyway because of more replacement options becoming available.

 

[DUMBA55]

It probably buys him a stay of execution until the end of the season. That might be the best time for a change anyway because of more replacement options becoming available.

Exactly. It's not like a coaching change midway through the season would really raise our ceiling higher than a bubble playoff team anyway. Let Fletch make a thoughtful and smart hire without hurrying it. Lets just hope young player development isnt affected too much in the meantime

 

[Gaps]

Barring some young players and unexpected players stepping up big, I suspect that we will probably pick somewhere between 7 and 13. Is the draft looking good for that range?

This draft isn't looking particularly strong. Wrong season to tank.

 

[Avder]

On a scale of 1 to 2011/2012 how screwed is this team?

Right now were at "Please God, make it stop bleeding!"

 

[TwiztedHeat]

I hope it's not Kadri they move after but I could see Nielsen out of NYI or Legwand out of NAS as people we could move on.

 

[MNWILDFAN001]

Hope Koivu wears some protection on his ankles from now on. This was just a wrist shot, right? Not that a wrist shot can't hurt, just didn't think it would be this serious.