GDT: 04/10/2014 - Blues @ Minnesota - 7PM CDT - 3AM Suomi - NBCSN,TSN2 - AVENGERS EDITION

[tyratoku]

THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL HAS ALMOST REACHED ITS PEAK.
AS THE HEROES AND VILLAINS FINALIZE THEIR PLANS AND HEAD TOWARD THE FINAL BATTLES.
ONE FINAL CLASH BETWEEN TWO TEAMS OF SUPERPOWERED BEINGS IS UPON US.
THE WILD AVENGERS, LED BY NICK FURY, HAVE A TOUGH ROAD AHEAD OF THEM.

Mike "Nick Fury" Yeo

Leading the team onto the field of play is a balanced leadership group including Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, and others. With strong up-and-coming heroes battling their way up the lineup to the front lines, the Wild Avengers have a bright future ahead of them ----- if they make it beyond this skirmish.


Wild Avengers Lineup

Zach "Captain America" Parise | Mikko "Thor" Koivu | Charlie "Hulk" Coyle
65GP 28G 27A 55P 16PIM +5 | 63GP 11G 42A 53P 22PIM +2 | 68GP 12G 18A 30P 33PIM -5

Matt "Mr. Fantastic" Moulson | Erik "Blade" Haula | Jason "Hawkeye" Pominville
18GP 5G 6A 11P 6PIM +6 | 44GP 5G 7A 12P 29PIM +12 | 80GP 29G 28A 57P 16PIM +5

Matt "The Punisher" Cooke | Kyle "Star Lord" Brodziak | Justin "Quicksilver" Fontaine
80GP 10G 16A 26P 54PIM +5 | 80GP 6G 16A 22P 61PIM -3 | 65GP 13G 8A 21P 24PIM +6

Stephane "Fandral" Veilleux | Cody "Odin" McCormick | Nino "The Thing" Niederreiter
33GP 3G 0A 3P 21PIM -2 | 12GP 1G 1A 5PIM +4 | 79GP 13G 21A 34P 40PIM +10

Ryan "Iron Man" Suter | Jared "Black Widow" Spurgeon
80GP 8G 35A 43P 34PIM +16 | 66GP 5G 20A 25P 14PIM +16

Jonas "Iron Patriot" Brodin | Marco "Daredevil" Scandella
77GP 8G 11A 19P 20PIM +1 | 74GP 3G 14A 17P 18PIM +10

Nate "Heimdall" Prosser | Jon "Falcon" Blum
51GP 2G 5A 7P 58PIM +2

Ilya "Professor X" Bryzgalov
10GS 7-0-3 3SO 1.78GAA .923 SV%
THIS LONG AND BLOODY WAR HAS BEEN VERY COSTLY
THE AVENGERS HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THEIR TEAM CURRENTLY INJURED
HOPING THESE BRAVE YOUNG HEROES CAN MAKE IT BACK FOR THE FINAL BATTLES, THE WILD AVENGERS ARE GOING TO NEED THESE X-MEN TO RECOVER WELL AND RECOVER QUICKLY:

Mikael "Wolverine" Granlund | Darcy "Cyclops" Kuemper

TWO MEMBERS OF THE WILD AVENGERS HAVE BEEN LOST IN BATTLE. TELEPORTED TO ALTERNATE DIMENSIONS, THE INFINITE RESERVE CURRENTLY HOLDS TWO MEMBERS OF THE TEAM - THESE HEROES ARE UNLIKELY TO RETURN BEFORE THE DECIDING SKIRMISHES
Josh "The Human Torch" Harding and Niklas "Colossus" Backstrom
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[tyratoku]

Ken "Magneto" Hitchcock

The Blue Masters of Evil are led by Magneto, the feared tactician that has few rivals. Their field general, Thanos, has left the field of battle in order to recover from a previous fight against another team of heroes.

David "Thanos" Backes
74GP 27G 30A 57P 119PIM +14
Now led by some of the best defensive supersoldiers in the world, including galactic masterminds such as Malekith the Accursed, Doctor Doom, the Red Skull, and the feared trickster Loki.
BLUE MASTERS OF EVIL LINEUP

Alexander "Winter Soldier" Steen | Vladimir "Doctor Doom" Sobotka | T.J. "Malekith the Accursed" Oshie
65GP 33G 27A 60P 42PIM +20 | 60GP 9G 23A 32P 72PIM +17 | 78GP 21G 39A 60P 42PIM +20

Dmitrij "Ivan Vanko" Jaskin | Patrik "Chitauri" Berglund| Jaden "Green Goblin" Schwartz |
15GP 1G 1A 2P 6PIM +0 | 76GP 14G 18A 32P 38PIM +11 | 77GP 24G 31A 55P 25PIM +28

Brendan "Ronan the Accuser" Morrow | Derek "Frost Giant" Roy | Magnus "Doctor Octopus" Paajarvi
71GP 13G 12A 25P 76PIM +1 | 73GP 9G 28A 37P 30PIM -1 | 52GP 6G 6A 12P 4PIM -5

Steve "Sabretooth" Ott | Maxim "The Mandarin" Lapierre | Ryan "Kurse" Reaves
20GP 0G 3A 3P 21PIM -11 | 68GP 9G 6A 15P 76PIM -1 | 60GP 2G 6A 8P 124PIM +0

Jay "Aldrich Killian" Bouwmeester | Alex "Red Skull" Pietrangelo
79GP 4G 33A 37P 20PIM +28 | 79GP 8G 43A 51P 32PIM +22

Barret "Jigsaw" Jackman | Kevin "Venom" Shattenkirk
77GP 3G 12A 15P 95PIM +12 | 78GP 9G 35A 44P 36PIM +5

Carlo "The Collector" Colaiacovo | Roman "Juggernaut" Polak
22GP 1G 3A 4P 16PIM -1 | 69GP 4G 9A 13P 4PIM -5

Ryan "Loki" Miller
16GS 10-5-1 1SO 2.27GAA .910SV%
While the Blue Masters of Evil have had a spot clinched in the final battle for a long time, only recently did the Wild Avengers achieve the same feat. It will be interesting to see how this single skirmish goes down - will the Blue Masters of Evil rest themselves before the final stretch? Or will they wage war against the Wild Avengers with all of their might and easily take the lead, like every other small battle in the war thus far?

Only time will tell.

LETS GO WILD Avengers!

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[TZM]

Best GDT ever.

Virtual high five!

E: Please don't let LaPanta and Greenlay see the Hulk Coyle.

 

[hirawl]

Oh my. That Spurg might just be too hot for Puhis.

 

[FVM]

This. Is. EPIC

Lost it at Spurgeon and Nino. Spurgie is sexier than ever. I hope Puhis doesn't get a heart attack when he sees him.

Someone really has to get this to the players somehow. I bet there'd be lots of laughs in that locker room. I'm especially keen to hear Bryzgalov's comments on this

 

[kfan22]

Worst possible outcome tonight would be a Wild win in OT or SO. If that Happens St.Louis is still stuck in the # 2 spot. A St.Louis win moves them back to # 1 if the Wild win in regulation St.Louis could fall out of 1st if Colorado wins tonight because they hold the tiebreaker over the Blues!

 

[Lapa]

Epic GDT! Great work.

Hopefully we see Folin tonight.

 

[ManyIdeas]

Well, I'm impressed.

 

[Nharris31]

I changed my mind I want the wild to win tonight and but a dent in the blues record against us.

 

[gphr513]

Bwahahaha.

Well done!

 

[Lapa]

Four years later, the 23-year-old will make his NHL debut Thursday night for the Wild against the St. Louis Blues.

“I’m pretty amazed,” said Folin, a 6-3 defenseman who signed as a free agent out of UMass-Lowell last week but is not eligible for the NHL playoffs. “It’s been a long journey. But I got a lot of help, especially from [Austin coach] Chris Tok, who really taught me what I needed to work on and how my game would best fit the North American style … and the coaching staff at UMass-Lowell. They really prepared me for this.”

http://www.startribune.com/sports/wild/254659501.html

Folin time!

 

[Lennu32]

Sweet!

Granny's never looked better

 

[Victorious Secret]

Waffle playoffs, here he comes.

 

[tyratoku]

Waffle playoffs, here he comes.

Nooooo...why would I ever want that?

Thanks for the nice reception, fellas! I was hoping this would go over well.

 

[Lapa]

Btw: the game starts 3 am in Finland.

 

[SocialismFTW]

As a Blues fan: that GDT is amazing! Good luck tonight!

 

[Stopsight]

Love the gdt, should be a nice precursor to possible playoff matchup here.

 

[BigT2002]

That turned out way better than I thought it would great GDT dude!!

 

[DeuceMN]

Best GDT of the year!!! Major props; I mean damn!!!

Spurgeon and Ott were especially hilarious Such beautiful curls

 

[The Enemy Within]

Holy awesome gameday thread Batman!! This is amazing! Great job Tyrakotu! Very impressive. lol. I just laugh so hard at these. Hopefully a really good game tonight. I just hope no one gets hurt. Let's beat the Blues!

 

[stlbluz]

Great GDT! Looking forward to a good game from both teams tonight.

 

[Engebretson]

Wow, excellent work

I guess I'm okay with however this shakes out tonight. I just don't want to see us drop a deuce out there and lose the momentum we've built going into the playoffs.

Also, we can say it now and not get the Jim Mora picture. We're in the playoffs!!!!

 

[Paul Bunyan]

This is simply amazing. Well done.

WAR WILD!

 

[Caior89]

WOW! Amazing GDT, nice work!

Expecting a win and super confidence boost!

 

[grN1g]

Def would have swapped Brodin with Daredevil, his IQ is so super human he can play even when blind. Scandy as War Machine.

and dat Capt. America Parise Photo tho... looks almost like he belongs as the actual movie character lol.