GDT: 11/3/13 - New Jersey Devils @ Minnesota Wild - 7:00PM CST - FSN

[AJ Thelen]

Great win.

Just amazing how good it feels that Harding is playing so well..! He deserves it all!

Nice one for Nino aswell as the 2nd line continue to dominate.

 

[youvegotit]

Thought Nino, Harding and Granlund looked great tonight.

Brodin looked much better then last game.

Parise looked pretty bad for the most part.

Can't believe our 2nd pp unit with Dany ****ing Heatley looks better then our 1st pp unit. Why Pominville and Granlund are separated on the pp unit baffles me.

Overall pretty bad effort tonight (20 shots) against a team that played the night before, but glad we got the win. Going to need to be better if we want to continue to get wins.

 

[OpRedDawn*]

I'd definitely mix up the pp stuff. Granny needs to be with Poms

 

[Finnsane]

I'd definitely mix up the pp stuff. Granny needs to be with Poms

I would like it too but on the other hand Wild are #2 on PP right now, so it's not really that necessary to mix the PP lines.

 

[mezcal]

HDZ's streak continues. Jesus, dude. Save some for the rest of us.

Avenged! I didn't lie did I?

HDZx and Tyratoku - All your GDTs are belong to us

 

[WildFinn*]

It seems Nino and Granny are on the Pommer to the Olympics thing.

They have to pick him if he scores like this??

 

[TaLoN]

The way he's playing, Pominville better be making plans for the trip! Harding is getting himself into the conversation for Canada as well at this rate.

 

[WildFinn*]

The way he's playing, Pominville better be making plans for the trip! Harding is getting himself into the conversation for Canada as well at this rate.

Minnesota Wild potential Olympians.

USA: Pominville, Suter, Parise, bad luck with Coyle.

Finland: Koivu, Granlund

Sweden: Brodin

Switzerland: Niederreitter

Canada: Harding

People in Minnesota should be flocking behind this team.

 

[Puhis]

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So... If you need me, I'm here.

 

[LemaireisGOD]

My take...

http://www.stateofhockeynews.com/2013-articles/november/wild-vs-jersey-devils.html

Not a great game (again) but they found a way to win. New Jersey was beat up enough to not really make this game all that nerve-wracking. The Granville line continues to carry the team while Parise and Koivu have been pretty quiet. I have a full game recap, plus prospect updates on Nolan DeJong, Adam Gilmour and Alexandre Belanger. Check it out!

 

[BigT2002]

Minnesota Wild potential Olympians.

USA: Pominville, Suter, Parise, bad luck with Coyle.

Finland: Koivu, Granlund

Sweden: Brodin

Switzerland: Niederreitter

Canada: Harding

People in Minnesota should be flocking behind this team.

Harding won't make the Canadian squad behind who'll they want. BUT there are 3 potential "C's" on there with Parise/Suter, Koivu, and Nino.....

This team is night and day different from last year. Love it.

 

[nickschultzfan]

Avenged! I didn't lie did I?

HDZx and Tyratoku - All your GDTs are belong to us

Best movie sequence ever.

 

[Hall of Faber]

Still not convinced this team is a playoff team.

 

[nickschultzfan]

Still not convinced this team is a playoff team.

If Harding can stay fit all year, we will be.

 

[rynryn]

this is absolutely a playoff team. we've only played a few "bad" games and we've got points out of some of those. over the course of a season we're just plain better than more teams than we're inferior to.

 

[Nsjohnson]

Thought Nino, Harding and Granlund looked great tonight.

Brodin looked much better then last game.

Parise looked pretty bad for the most part.

Can't believe our 2nd pp unit with Dany ****ing Heatley looks better then our 1st pp unit. Why Pominville and Granlund are separated on the pp unit baffles me.

Overall pretty bad effort tonight (20 shots) against a team that played the night before, but glad we got the win. Going to need to be better if we want to continue to get wins.

Parise was a motor as usual, and almost scored twice. Didn't turn pucks over. I thought he played well..

 

[rynryn]

Parise was a motor as usual, and almost scored twice. Didn't turn pucks over. I thought he played well..

it's the koivu effect. if you're not scoring, you're playing poorly.

 

[AJ Thelen]

When is Yeo going to try Parise without Koivu for a longer stretch then 3 shifts..

 

[MuckOG]

When is Yeo going to try Parise without Koivu for a longer stretch then 3 shifts..

I'd like to see Yeo try putting Parise on the other wing with Granny and Pominville.

Parise - Granny - Pominville
Nino - Koivu - Coyle

 

[tyratoku]

I'd like to see Yeo try putting Parise on the other wing with Granny and Pominville.

Parise - Granny - Pominville
Nino - Koivu - Coyle

The only bad thing about that is the size discrepancy. That Koivu line would be huge but that Granlund line would be tiny. One would get pushed around a bunch and the other would be lumbering giants.

Which might not actually be so bad. Might as well try it I suppose.

 

[Jarick]

Good:

- Second line is really clicking
- Nino and Granlund are really improved
- Harding is brilliant
- Fourth line is getting pucks in deep
- Special teams are getting better
- Koivu was shooting the puck

Bad:

- Top line is really quiet and in a slump (Koivu and Parise have two even strength goals in the last ten games)
- Third line is also really quiet and in a slump (Cooke and Brodziak have five points in the last ten games)
- Brodin and Suter look a little off
- Need to find a RW for the top line or break them up again
- Coyle hurt again which limits options

At this point, the second line looks like the top line. When Coyle comes back, maybe he should be the RW on the top line, or maybe Parise plays with Brodziak and Koivu with Cooke or something. I dunno, they need to get something going so there is depth. This is the same problem as last year.

But nitpicking aside, great to see another win, Wild have won 5 of 6 and are starting to move up the standings. Hopefully the bubble will burst for San Jose and Colorado and they will come back to Earth a bit.

 

[El Nino22]

Personally once Coyle is back I would try this lineup for the top 6

Granlund-Koivu-Pomminville
Parise-Coyle-Nino

Granlund and Pomminville clearly have chemistry and maybe they could get Koivu going as well. Parise and Coyle have shown chemistry in the past and Nino has looked good on any line he's been on. He's also played well with Parise this year. Moving Granlund from center to wing isn't ideal with how well he has been playing, but it will give him more offensive freedom which can't be a bad thing. It also evens out the size difference in lines.

 

[Jarick]

Those look like fun lines.

 

[Avder]

I really don't like moving Granders from where he is. If it aint broke dont fix it.

 

[Wild Caniac]

Granlund has been our best forward the last few games. Keep him exactly where he is.