GDT: [SCP R1 GM1] Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota Wild - 8:30 PM CT (BSSW)

[Kipper 17]

Wtf is with ESPN loving the Wild? Usually national broadcasts just like the more skilled team. What’s with their love for them?

 

[Troy McClure]

With game two on Wednesday, there’s no way Pavelski is playing in it. Plugging his spot with Kiviranta isn’t going to help. Can they call up Bourque? They need offense.

Heartbreaker.

Learnt nothing from last years loss to Calgary.

No forwarded wanted to be the one to score

I saw a bunch of forwards who wanted to score.

 

[piqued]

Wtf is with ESPN loving the Wild? Usually national broadcasts just like the more skilled team. What’s with their love for them?

Gotta lock up the 14th media market

 

[The Tourist]

Benn better find his balls for game two. Shoot the puck and hit someone.

Plug in Kivi for Glendening or Dellandrea. Actually with Joe probably out I'm guessing Kivi comes in regardless.

Miro was awesome tonight. Johnston, Hintz, Faksa, and Esa all very good. Thought Dadonov was solid as well. Benn was surprisingly the worst player on his line.

 

[M88K]

With game two on Wednesday, there’s no way Pavelski is playing in it. Plugging his spot with Kiviranta isn’t going to help. Can they call up Bourque? They need offense.


I saw a bunch of forwards who wanted to score.

They could, but they aren't going to.

 

[piqued]

Blumel is the obvious choice but they'll just put in Kiviranta (who should've played in the first place) and keep Glendening doing whatever he does

 

[catters078]

They will just put Kivi on the 4th line, Seguin whos back in useless mode on the top line in pavs spot.

Marchment with Domi and dellandrea.

Series over if we lose game 2

 

[piqued]

This really was the perfect outcome for the Wild. Injure/headshot a top line player, take the crowd out, draw the game out, and win somehow. The villains win. We've seen it before with the Blues. You have to be the aggressor and dare anyone to stop you.

 

[Blindsummit]

Domi, understandably due to potential NHL vengeance, dodged the question on the assault on Joe.

Jake didn't dodge it

 

[Kcb12345]

Really hope that somehow Pavelski can return in this series but just seems so incredibly unlikely. He's our best playoff goal scorer imo by a mile, who will replace his production? I'm just anxious to see who, if anyone, steps up and starts scoring goals at even strength

Next game just got even more stressful.

 

[catters078]

Have to start asking why are we so "anti-clutch" in Overtime. We just lack that player who wants to be the man. To be him.

All season we flop in OT, tonight, last season v Calgary...all the while our goalie balls out.

We're just a below average team when it comes to key moments, no one wants to step up and be the man.

 

[Kcb12345]

Not sure if he means like "OK" as in no brain damage or "OK" as in he will be reevaluated and could play soon again this series

 

[Kcb12345]

 

[Blindsummit]

PDB should have taken a stand, but chickened out. "best officials in the world", that's total garbage. Thuggery won.

He's right, that's not why we lost, but he should have said something. I dread to think what The Wild will try in the next game now.

 

[LT]

meh, it's one game. And we literally skated circles around them once the Stars stopped worrying about the cheapshots.

Wow a solid take

Incredibly frustrating game to watch all around.

But Oettinger is back in form. We were the better team for a majority of the game. I think it was apparently obvious that Dallas is the better team. They just need to actually realize they are and step on the throat.

 

[LT]

Miro was fantastic. Oettinger was amazing.

We got two PP goals from our two best forwards.

The secondary scoring really failed us tonight.

I also... didn't completely hate Suter this game. He still sucked, but he was the only one giving the Wild what they dish out.

That cross check on Kaprizov? Do it every single time he's within 5 feet of the crease. Hit him every chance you get. Let their goons get mad and take penalties. Make Kaprizov and Zuccarello bruised and paranoid.

 

[Kcb12345]

Miro was fantastic. Oettinger was amazing.

We got two PP goals from our two best forwards.

The secondary scoring really failed us tonight.

I also... didn't completely hate Suter this game. He still sucked, but he was the only one giving the Wild what they dish out.

That cross check on Kaprizov? Do it every single time he's within 5 feet of the crease. Hit him every chance you get. Let their goons get mad and take penalties. Make Kaprizov and Zuccarello bruised and paranoid.

Kaprizov had a dead silent game after those crosschecks. Literally maybe heard his name once or twice for the rest of the game and he generated nothing on top of that

 

[Sports2]

Just one game. On to the next.

 

[42k]

Miro was fantastic. Oettinger was amazing.

We got two PP goals from our two best forwards.

The secondary scoring really failed us tonight.

I also... didn't completely hate Suter this game. He still sucked, but he was the only one giving the Wild what they dish out.

That cross check on Kaprizov? Do it every single time he's within 5 feet of the crease. Hit him every chance you get. Let their goons get mad and take penalties. Make Kaprizov and Zuccarello bruised and paranoid.

Miro is so fascinating to watch. In OT it felt like he was close to fumbling and losing the puck at critical moments. But he always (more or less) manages to sort stuff out. The man got confidence and is playing like he got a fairly sized ****.

Sidenote. Is Robertson gonna do a Huberdeu? Be brilliant, score goals, then fade away in playoffs??

 

[Erebor]

Robertson looks like Doncic.: not fit enough when the game goes to OT

 

[MarginNotes]

We got this.

 

[The Tourist]

I also... didn't completely hate Suter this game. He still sucked, but he was the only one giving the Wild what they dish out.

Agreed.

Suter was much better than Hakanpaa and Miller. I worry every time the other two players have to exit the defensive zone and it’s not completely wide open. Hakanpaa has become a liability who can’t pass and loses every puck battle.

Harley looked confident and great. Already our 3rd best dman.

 

[Kipper 17]

Miro was fantastic. Oettinger was amazing.

We got two PP goals from our two best forwards.

The secondary scoring really failed us tonight.

I also... didn't completely hate Suter this game. He still sucked, but he was the only one giving the Wild what they dish out.

That cross check on Kaprizov? Do it every single time he's within 5 feet of the crease. Hit him every chance you get. Let their goons get mad and take penalties. Make Kaprizov and Zuccarello bruised and paranoid.

Wyatt looked great as the game went on. I understand putting PP1 back out after that ice cleaning but I was hoping WJ was going to get a shot on that PP because he had been buzzing. Bet he scores in game 2.

 

[roryjones]

Dallas needs to play their game. They played the wilds game last night and lost. You don’t have to let the hits affect you to that level. You have more skill. Use it. Play your game. Otter clearly was playing his game. Miro looked great. Hintz looked fast. Benn was absent. Robo looked warm out.

Just play your style and win.

 

[Zrhutch]

Upon further review, i hate to say this, but that hit is both possibly legal and f***ed up. It’s like a 40 year old youth minister marrying an 18 year old student the day she graduates- clearly messed up and clearly f***ed up intentions, but by the book you could argue it’s legal.

Yes, he scooped into his head. Yes, the puck was gone so his only play there by laying a hit is to ruin the guys night. No, it wasn’t that late out of slow motion. I would argue a major due to intent to injure/result, but I’m not in the nhl.