Tidbits: 2015-16 Minnesota Wild Players' Season Long Points Total Guessing Game Extravaganza!

[Generic User]

Do you like games? Do you like to predict? Then you're going to love this guessing game! It's the Minnesota Wild Players' Season Long Points Total Guessing Game Extravaganza! With the new NHL season upon us, the MWPSLPTGGE will test your fortune telling skills and you will compete for the ultimate prize: the respect and admiration of your fellow HFWild posters as well as a custom Wild board Nostradamus avatar made by me. It's truly a priceless grand prize.

So here's how it works:

• Fill out the table below and guess how many goals, assists and total points that each Wild player will have (Please make ensure that the total points actually equals the goals and assists added together, or you will be disqualified )
• Golf rules. Lowest score wins. Each correct category is worth -10 points (for a total of -30 points if all 3 categories are correct)
• For every 1 point that you are off of the point total of a given category you get +1 point. For instance, if I say Granlund gets 40 assists but he really has 47 at season's end, then I would have +7 points for that category. Same rule would apply if I guessed 54 assists. 7 points off = +7 points to your score.
• Because injuries and trades happen and players are sent down and called up all the time, only players who play at least 55 games with the Minnesota Wild by the end of the regular season will count towards your score.
• I will add a games played column and update it periodically here on the original post once the season starts.
• Submissions must be entered before the first Minnesota Wild regular season game starts.

2015-16 Minnesota Wild

Pos|Name|G|A|Pts

C|Tyler Graovac||||||||||
C|Ryan Carter||||||||||
C|Charlie Coyle||||||||||
C|Mikael Granlund||||||||||
C|Mikko Koivu||||||||||
C|Erik Haula||||||||||
C|Jordan Shroeder||||||||||
L|Zach Parise||||||||||
L|Thomas Vanek||||||||||
L|Jason Zucker||||||||||
R|Justin Fontaine||||||||||
R|Nino Niederreiter||||||||||
R|Jason Pominville||||||||||
D|Jonas Brodin||||||||||
D|Ryan Suter||||||||||
D|Matt Dumba||||||||||
D|Jared Spurgeon||||||||||
D|Marco Scandella||||||||||
D|Mike Reilly||||||||||
D|Christian Folin||||||||||
D|Nate Prosser||||||||||
D|Tyson Strachan||||||||||

If you're really wanting to flex your fortune muscles, then feel free to toss out a couple bold predictions while you're at it.

Ready... Go!

Click to read more...

 

[Minnesota]

Is this the prize? Please let this be the prize.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Coyle: 19+25=44
Haula: 7+7=14
Schroeder: 3+5=8
Granlund: 17+45=62
Koivu: 12+39=51
Carter: 4+4=8
Graovac:0+0=0
Folin: 3+11=14
Spurgeon: 8+33=41
Brodin: 5+27=32
Scandella: 11+14=25
Dumba: 13+20=33
Reilly: 0+3=3
Prosser: 1+7=8
Suter:4+33=37
Strachan: 0+0=0
Zucker: 31+17=48
Vanek: 33+30=63
Parise: 37+35=72
Pominville: 22+29=51
Fontaine: 8+25=33
Niederreiter: 27+25=52

232 goals. A little optimistic, but not completely outside the realm of possibility.

 

[Randy BoBandy]

This looks fun. I will give it a try. Not really any bold picks, but Nino has a decent jump in his point total. I doubt Graovac, Reilly, or Strachan play enough to qualify but I gave them an estimate anyway.


Pos Name G A Pts
C Charlie Coyle 15 25 40
C Erik Haula 10 15 25
C Jordan Shroeder 7 9 16
C Mikael Granlund 12 34 46
C Mikko Koivu 9 35 44
C Ryan Carter 8 8 16
C Tyler Graovac 5 7 12
D Christian Folin 4 12 16
D Jared Spurgeon 9 30 39
D Jonas Brodin 8 20 28
D Marco Scandella 8 18 26
D Matt Dumba 10 23 33
D Mike Reilly 2 8 10
D Nate Prosser 4 7 11
D Ryan Suter 6 36 42
D Tyson Strachan 1 2 3
L Jason Zucker 29 25 54
L Thomas Vanek 23 30 53
L Zach Parise 32 32 64
R Jason Pominville 26 33 59
R Justin Fontaine 12 20 32
R Nino Niederreiter 25 25 50

 

[TaLoN]

2015-16 Minnesota Wild

Pos|Name|G|A|Pts

C|Tyler Graovac|0|0|0|||||||
C|Ryan Carter|2|8|10|||||||
C|Charlie Coyle|14|20|34|||||||
C|Mikael Granlund|15|39|54|||||||
C|Mikko Koivu|13|33|46|||||||
C|Erik Haula|11|14|25|||||||
C|Jordan Shroeder|4|8|12|||||||
L|Zach Parise|37|28|65|||||||
L|Thomas Vanek|23|29|52|||||||
L|Jason Zucker|31|19|50|||||||
R|Justin Fontaine|14|23|37|||||||
R|Nino Niederreiter|29|20|49|||||||
R|Jason Pominville|32|28|60|||||||
D|Jonas Brodin|8|19|27|||||||
D|Ryan Suter|7|33|40|||||||
D|Matt Dumba|19|26|46|||||||
D|Jared Spurgeon|10|19|29|||||||
D|Marco Scandella|10|13|23|||||||
D|Mike Reilly|5|8|13|||||||
D|Christian Folin|3|9|12|||||||
D|Nate Prosser|2|6|8|||||||
D|Tyson Strachan|0|0|0|||||||

I went bold with Dumba... but if he plays how he's capable, it may not be very bold in the end.

 

[tyratoku]

2015-16 Minnesota Wild

Pos|Name|G|A|Pts

C|Tyler Graovac|4|7|11|||||||
C|Ryan Carter|5|12|17|||||||
C|Charlie Coyle|18|26|44|||||||
C|Mikael Granlund|13|45|58|||||||
C|Mikko Koivu|12|37|49|||||||
C|Erik Haula|9|8|17|||||||
C|Jordan Shroeder|9|12|21|||||||
L|Zach Parise|36|34|70|||||||
L|Thomas Vanek|24|31|55|||||||
L|Jason Zucker|29|12|41|||||||
R|Justin Fontaine|7|21|28|||||||
R|Nino Niederreiter|27|13|40|||||||
R|Jason Pominville|24|34|58|||||||
D|Jonas Brodin|4|21|25|||||||
D|Ryan Suter|5|41|46|||||||
D|Matt Dumba|11|17|28|||||||
D|Jared Spurgeon|8|19|27|||||||
D|Marco Scandella|10|12|22|||||||
D|Mike Reilly|3|6|9|||||||
D|Christian Folin|3|8|11|||||||
D|Nate Prosser|1|4|5|||||||
D|Tyson Strachan|1|6|7|||||||

Parise finishes top 5 in goals, top 10 in points

Suter is a Norris finalist

Wild make it to the Western Finals and lose.

 

[Wild11MN]

2015-16 Minnesota Wild

Pos|Name|G|A|Pts

C|Tyler Graovac|1|3|4
C|Charlie Coyle|16|24|40
C|Mikael Granlund|13|38|51
C|Mikko Koivu|10|40|50
C|Erik Haula|9|13|22
C|Jordan Schroeder|3|6|9
C|Ryan Carter|4|8|12
L|Zach Parise|28|31|59
L|Thomas Vanek|25|35|60
L|Jason Zucker|25|16|41
R|Justin Fontaine|9|24|33
R|Nino Niederreiter|24|20|44
R|Jason Pominville|24|29|53
D|Jonas Brodin|5|16|21
D|Ryan Suter|4|30|34
D|Matt Dumba|17|21|38
D|Jared Spurgeon|10|22|32
D|Marco Scandella|7|13|20
D|Mike Reilly|2|9|11
D|Christian Folin|4|11|15
D|Nate Prosser|1|5|6
D|Tyson Strachan|0|0|0 (who?)|

Well.. my original projections came out to 253 goals. Had to tune that back to 241. Still too many but oh well.

 

[15hockeyfan15]

Coyle: 14+24=38
Haula: 7+12=19
Schroeder: 5+9=14
Granlund: 14+48=62
Koivu: 10+37=47
Carter: 4+6=10
Graovac: 4+14=18
Folin: 3+10=13
Spurgeon: 9+26=35
Brodin: 5+21=26
Scandella: 7+15=22
Dumba: 13+18=31
Reilly: 2+8=10
Prosser: 1+6=7
Suter: 6+39=45
Strachan: 0+4=4
Zucker: 23+18=41
Vanek: 24+32=56
Parise: 34+32=66
Pominville: 27+30=57
Fontaine: 10+17=27
Niederreiter: 25+24=49

 

[Generic User]

Ugh. Just realized my my table has 2014-15 on it. Will fix it next time I'm on my desktop.

 

[hipchecks]

This is fun. Can't wait to see how bad my predictions are.

2015-16 Minnesota Wild

Pos|Name|G|A|Pts

C|Tyler Graovac|5|6|11|||||||
C|Ryan Carter|5|8|13|||||||
C|Charlie Coyle|15|23|38|||||||
C|Mikael Granlund|15|40|55|||||||
C|Mikko Koivu|14|39|53|||||||
C|Erik Haula|9|12|21|||||||
C|Jordan Shroeder|5|10|15|||||||
L|Zach Parise|32|30|62|||||||
L|Thomas Vanek|25|30|55|||||||
L|Jason Zucker|24|16|40|||||||
R|Justin Fontaine|10|20|30|||||||
R|Nino Niederreiter|28|19|47|||||||
R|Jason Pominville|26|33|59|||||||
D|Jonas Brodin|4|12|16|||||||
D|Ryan Suter|5|34|39|||||||
D|Matt Dumba|13|20|33|||||||
D|Jared Spurgeon|8|28|36|||||||
D|Marco Scandella|9|14|23|||||||
D|Mike Reilly|3|9|12|||||||
D|Christian Folin|3|10|13|||||||
D|Nate Prosser|1|5|6|||||||
D|Tyson Strachan|0|2|2|||||||

 

[57special]

Coyle 16 + 21 = 37
Haula 9 + 12 = 21
Schroe 4 + 6 = 10
Bruce 13 + 39 = 52
Koivu 13 + 34 = 47
Carter 4 + 8 = 12
Graovac 2 + 3 = 5
Folin 2 + 7 = 9
Spurge 11 + 21 = 33 )
Brodin 5 + 19 = 24
Scandy 10 + 17 = 27
Dumba 12 + 21 = 33
Reilly 3 + 4 = 7
Prosser 2 + 8 = 10
Suter 7 + 34 = 41 )
Strachan 0 + 1 = 1
Zucker 26 + 14 = 40
Vanek 19 + 29 = 48
Parise 27 + 28 = 55
Poms 21 + 28 = 49
Fonz 11 + 17 = 28
Nino 33 + 19 = 52

 

[TaLoN]

Ugh. Just realized my my table has 2014-15 on it. Will fix it next time I'm on my desktop.

And here I just blindly copied your table...

Fixed it in my post now at least...

 

[Lapa]

2015-16 Minnesota Wild

Pos|Name|G|A|Pts

C|Tyler Graovac|3|5|8|||||||
C|Ryan Carter|6|6|12|||||||
C|Charlie Coyle|10|25|35|||||||
C|Mikael Granlund|10|45|55|||||||
C|Mikko Koivu|10|38|48|||||||
C|Erik Haula|8|10|18|||||||
C|Jordan Shroeder|5|10|15|||||||
L|Zach Parise|35|40|75|||||||
L|Thomas Vanek|20|30|50|||||||
L|Jason Zucker|25|25|50|||||||
R|Justin Fontaine|10|15|25|||||||
R|Nino Niederreiter|25|20|45|||||||
R|Jason Pominville|20|25|45|||||||
D|Jonas Brodin|5|30|35|||||||
D|Ryan Suter|3|38|41|||||||
D|Matt Dumba|17|30|47|||||||
D|Jared Spurgeon|10|30|40|||||||
D|Marco Scandella|5|15|20|||||||
D|Mike Reilly|3|6|9|||||||
D|Christian Folin|1|8|9|||||||
D|Nate Prosser|0|7|7|||||||
D|Tyson Strachan|0|1|1|||||||

-231 goals
-Dumba breaks out
-Granny has a good year
-Vanek is still Vanek
-Reilly is a disappointment
-Haula wins the 3C spot over Graovac, who is demoted to the 4th line

 

[Wild11MN]

Coyle: 14+24=38
Haula: 7+12=19
Schroeder: 5+9=14
Granlund: 14+48=62
Koivu: 10+37=47
Carter: 4+6=10
Graovac: 4+14=18
Folin: 3+10=13
Spurgeon: 9+26=35
Brodin: 5+21=26
Scandella: 7+15=22
Dumba: 13+18=31
Reilly: 2+8=10
Prosser: 1+6=7
Suter: 6+39=45
Strachan: 0+4=4
Zucker: 23+18=41
Vanek: 24+32=56
Parise: 34+32=66
Pominville: 27+30=57
Fontaine: 10+17=27
Niederreiter: 25+24=49

Welcome by the way!

 

[hirawl]

Pos|Name|G|A|Pts

C|Tyler Graovac|3|7|10|||||||
C|Ryan Carter|3|11|14|||||||
C|Charlie Coyle|15|23|38|||||||
C|Mikael Granlund|21|51|72|||||||
C|Mikko Koivu|14|41|55|||||||
C|Erik Haula|10|20|30|||||||
C|Jordan Shroeder|9|12|21|||||||
L|Zach Parise|37|37|74|||||||
L|Thomas Vanek|29|34|63|||||||
L|Jason Zucker|21|24|45|||||||
R|Justin Fontaine|9|19|28|||||||
R|Nino Niederreiter|24|24|48|||||||
R|Jason Pominville|29|41|70|||||||
D|Jonas Brodin|4|21|25|||||||
D|Ryan Suter|3|46|49|||||||
D|Matt Dumba|9|29|38|||||||
D|Jared Spurgeon|12|24|36|||||||
D|Marco Scandella|8|18|26|||||||
D|Mike Reilly|2|8|10|||||||
D|Christian Folin|8|11|19|||||||
D|Nate Prosser|2|6|8|||||||
D|Tyson Strachan|0|1|1|||||||

 

[Sharppi]

Pos|Name|G|A|Pts

C|Tyler Graovac|1|4|5|||||||
C|Ryan Carter|1|6|7|||||||
C|Charlie Coyle|13|20|33|||||||
C|Mikael Granlund|15|32|47|||||||
C|Mikko Koivu|12|35|47|||||||
C|Erik Haula|9|9|18|||||||
C|Jordan Shroeder|4|7|11|||||||
L|Zach Parise|30|24|54|||||||
L|Thomas Vanek|25|30|55|||||||
L|Jason Zucker|20|17|37|||||||
R|Justin Fontaine|10|16|26|||||||
R|Nino Niederreiter|21|25|46|||||||
R|Jason Pominville|28|28|56|||||||
D|Jonas Brodin|8|18|26|||||||
D|Ryan Suter|5|34|39|||||||
D|Matt Dumba|12|15|27|||||||
D|Jared Spurgeon|7|18|25|||||||
D|Marco Scandella|10|14|24|||||||
D|Mike Reilly|2|8|10|||||||
D|Christian Folin|4|7|11|||||||
D|Nate Prosser|0|5|5|||||||
D|Tyson Strachan|0|0|0|||||||

237 goals, which now sounds really too much.

 

[MNRube]

Coyle 16, 28 = 44
Haula 7 + 14 = 21
Schroeder 4 + 6 = 10
Granlund 11 + 43 = 54
Koivu 11 + 35 = 46
Carter 2 + 7 = 9
Graovac 5 + 5 = 10
Folin 3 + 6 = 9
Spurge 10 + 21 = 31
Brodin 6 + 17 = 23
Scandy 6 + 15 = 21
Dumba 10 + 22 = 32
Reilly 3 + 14 = 17
Prosser 2 + 8 = 10
Suter 6 + 35 = 41
Strachan 0 + 1 = 1
Zucker 20 + 20 = 40
Vanek 25 + 29 = 54
Parise 28 + 33 = 61
Poms 22 + 28 = 50
Fonz 11 + 18 = 29
Nino 28 + 20 = 48

 

[Dampland]

Pos|Name|G|A|Pts

C|Tyler Graovac|2|4|6|||||||
C|Ryan Carter|3|13|16|||||||
C|Charlie Coyle|12|26|38|||||||
C|Mikael Granlund|12|36|48|||||||
C|Mikko Koivu|15|34|49|||||||
C|Erik Haula|9|12|21|||||||
C|Jordan Shroeder|6|9|15|||||||
L|Zach Parise|31|34|65|||||||
L|Thomas Vanek|22|34|56|||||||
L|Jason Zucker|29|11|40|||||||
R|Justin Fontaine|8|23|31|||||||
R|Nino Niederreiter|27|17|44|||||||
R|Jason Pominville|21|31|52|||||||
D|Jonas Brodin|5|18|23|||||||
D|Ryan Suter|3|34|37|||||||
D|Matt Dumba|12|14|26|||||||
D|Jared Spurgeon|7|22|29|||||||
D|Marco Scandella|13|18|31|||||||
D|Mike Reilly|1|4|5|||||||
D|Christian Folin|6|13|19|||||||
D|Nate Prosser|1|3|4|||||||
D|Tyson Strachan|0|0|0|||||||

243 goals, would be a new Wild record I think?!


Predictions:

Vanek continues to transform into a pass first player.
Zucker scores a ton.
Pomenville continues his decline in talent.
Folin scores close to as many points as Brodin, with significantly less ice time.
Granlund scores LESS than 50 points.
Carter scores close to 20 points.
Scandella... NOT Dumba lead all defensemen in goals.
Strachan doesn't play more than 1 game for the Wild, and Mike Rielly is sent down quickly, after disappointing everyone with a horrible defensive play.
Carter, Prosser, Coyle and Folin lead the team in fighting majors for the year.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

2015-16 Minnesota Wild

Pos|Name|G|A|Pts

C|Tyler Graovac|1|4|5|||||||
C|Ryan Carter|3|10|13|||||||
C|Charlie Coyle|15|25|40|||||||
C|Mikael Granlund|10|40|50|||||||
C|Mikko Koivu|10|35|45|||||||
C|Erik Haula|8|10|18|||||||
C|Jordan Shroeder|4|6|10|||||||
L|Zach Parise|30|30|60|||||||
L|Thomas Vanek|23|25|48|||||||
L|Jason Zucker|25|20|45|||||||
R|Justin Fontaine|10|25|35|||||||
R|Nino Niederreiter|31|20|51|||||||
R|Jason Pominville|20|30|50|||||||
D|Jonas Brodin|3|22|25|||||||
D|Ryan Suter|3|35|38|||||||
D|Matt Dumba|15|10|25|||||||
D|Jared Spurgeon|10|15|25|||||||
D|Marco Scandella|13|15|28|||||||
D|Mike Reilly|1|4|5|||||||
D|Christian Folin|2|6|8|||||||
D|Nate Prosser|1|4|5|||||||
D|Tyson Strachan|0|0|0|||||||

 

[hirawl]

I know I have way too much goals but I don't care. Besides there's nothing wrong with my numbers. It's the Wild who are probably unable to reach my prefectly good numbers. Nothing wrong with the numbers. We want the cup

 

[TaLoN]

I worried less about overall goal totals and more on individual points and then guesstimated likely distribution of those points for each individual.

 

[tyratoku]

I worried less about overall goal totals and more on individual points and then guesstimated likely distribution of those points for each individual.

Pretty much what I did.

I originally estimated based on each player playing 82 games and everyone living up to potential. Then I went back and checked goal totals and we would have been the highest scoring team in the league last year by about 60 goals. I obviously went back and fixed a lot of it after that.

 

[Hall of Faber]

I worried less about overall goal totals and more on individual points and then guesstimated likely distribution of those points for each individual.

If I do one. I'll just aim extremely low on everyone. Dead puck era is back.

 

[Generic User]

Filling one out myself.

2015-16 Minnesota Wild

Pos|Name|G|A|Pts

C|Tyler Graovac|4|4|8|||||||
C|Ryan Carter|5|8|13|||||||
C|Charlie Coyle|16|28|44|||||||
C|Mikael Granlund|15|38|53|||||||
C|Mikko Koivu|13|42|55|||||||
C|Erik Haula|11|19|30|||||||
C|Jordan Shroeder|8|11|19|||||||
L|Zach Parise|32|35|67|||||||
L|Thomas Vanek|29|34|63|||||||
L|Jason Zucker|25|19|44|||||||
R|Justin Fontaine|9|12|21|||||||
R|Nino Niederreiter|25|25|50|||||||
R|Jason Pominville|16|38|54|||||||
D|Jonas Brodin|6|27|33|||||||
D|Ryan Suter|5|42|47|||||||
D|Matt Dumba|15|18|33|||||||
D|Jared Spurgeon|9|26|35|||||||
D|Marco Scandella|12|13|25|||||||
D|Mike Reilly|4|7|11|||||||
D|Christian Folin|3|7|10|||||||
D|Nate Prosser|1|5|6|||||||
D|Tyson Strachan|0|1|1|||||||

 

[Victorious Secret]

2015-16 Minnesota Wild

Pos|Name|G|A|Pts

C|Tyler Graovac|6|4|10|||||||
C|Ryan Carter|6|12|18|||||||
C|Charlie Coyle|13|28|41|||||||
C|Mikael Granlund|13|35|48|||||||
C|Mikko Koivu|15|33|48|||||||
C|Erik Haula|6|8|14|||||||
C|Jordan Shroeder|7|11|18|||||||
L|Zach Parise|37|35|72|||||||
L|Thomas Vanek|26|34|60|||||||
L|Jason Zucker|30|19|49|||||||
R|Justin Fontaine|12|18|30|||||||
R|Nino Niederreiter|28|20|48|||||||
R|Jason Pominville|20|35|55|||||||
D|Jonas Brodin|7|24|31|||||||
D|Ryan Suter|4|36|40|||||||
D|Matt Dumba|10|15|25|||||||
D|Jared Spurgeon|12|20|32|||||||
D|Marco Scandella|14|14|20|||||||
D|Mike Reilly|2|9|11|||||||
D|Christian Folin|5|5|10|||||||
D|Nate Prosser|1|4|5|||||||
D|Tyson Strachan|1|1|2|||||||
G|Devan Dubnyk|0|2|2|||||||

YOU'RE ALL FORGETTING GOALIES. They are solid for 2 points.​