GDT: 25 - November. Bertuzzi @ Wild (EMERGENCY GDT)

[57special]

I think Suter needs reminding he's a Dman..

No, the forwards have to start producing rather than rely on the D to create offense.

 

[Spurgeon]

Parise and Fontaine need to come back. This team can't play with a bottom 6 consisting of grinders and AHLers.

Dumba also really needs to figure out that defense is the key point of being a defenseman. I don't know if he needs to switch back to 55 or what, but he has not looked good at all.

 

[123TripleDoge]

Sleepy, lazy game from the wild, I will never understand how a team can perform like that. In any game I played I hated the idea of losing from not working hard enough. If the other team is better and it happens fine but to play like you don't care is just complete BS.

the wild are kings of that

playing a game you should win? NOPE

playing with a depleted lineup when you're out of the playoff picture and only hurting your draft position? WIN WIN WIN

 

[57special]

Just watched the first and third periods. Thought the Wild were the better team, but couldn't put the puck in the net.

Our forwards have to practice shooting from all sorts of angles, and when they are in less than optimum conditions , I.e. From one leg, when a pass is in skates, when it's knee high, backhands, etc..

Vanek continues to play well.

Pominville.... Just a non factor. Not deserving of top 6 time, let alone #1PP time.

Dumba... Been a fan of his potential, but now he's at the point where he makes a lot of mistakes AND he doesn't have any positive offensive plays.

Prosser... really, he's just bad, bad, bad. Worst player on the team. Stoner light.

Two callups showed nothing.

I thought Haula had a really non descript game. Couldn't catch a pass to save his life. Absolutely no threat to score.

We really have no depth to speak of on this team. The AHL guys stink, with the possible exception of Olofsson, but frankly, our problem right now is getting our forwards to score. Poms is killing us in that regard, and not having Parise, and to a far lesser extent, Fontaine. Scandella, too... He always chips in with something positive.

 

[Wild11MN]

the wild are kings of that

playing a game you should win? NOPE

playing with a depleted lineup when you're out of the playoff picture and only hurting your draft position? WIN WIN WIN

Athletes don't try to lose. Lots of teams win towards the end of the season to worsen their draft pick. Newsflash: they don't care. They're trying to win.

Another thing I don't get is why people say they just don't try as hard some games. They know how competitive the league is - they're not intentionally going at it less than other games. Athletes just don't have their 'A' game every single time on the ice. It happens to every team. Every single team has bad games. It's not because they're not trying. Sometimes teams just have off games and people don't see to understand it. It would be different if we consistently looked bad with a lot of talent. But we're 3rd in point % in the conference, at least coming into the game. People need to just accept it sometimes.
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[123TripleDoge]

Athletes don't try to lose. Lots of teams win towards the end of the season to worsen their draft pick. Newsflash: they don't care. They're trying to win.

Another thing I don't get is why people say they just don't try as hard some games. They know how competitive the league is - they're not intentionally going at it less than other games. Athletes just don't have their 'A' game every single time on the ice. It happens to every team. Every single team has bad games. It's not because they're not trying. Sometimes teams just have off games and people don't see to understand it. It would be different if we consistently looked bad with a lot of talent. But we're 3rd in point % in the conference, at least coming into the game. People need to just accept it sometimes.
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i didn't say they were purposely losing... but playing lazy is infectious and this was a lazy game.

The Wild are notorious at this point for losing the "should win" games (even when it's one of the best teams in franchise history" and then winning worthless at the end which have kept them in mediocrity for so long. There's a reason they've been middle of the pack forever

 

[thestonedkoala]

Hey Yeo, we have other defensemen...

 

[Spurgeon]

Hey Yeo, we have other defensemen...

Suter played 29 minutes. Not insane considering Dumba is playing like **** and Scandella is out.

 

[Billy Mays Here*]

Good first 10 minutes, then the team went to sleep, Dubnyk didn't play particularly well either. On to the next one.

 

[57special]

I couldn't figure out if Brodin is playing badly, or if he is being handed so many hand grenades by Dumba that it makes him look bad.

I thought we had LOTS of really good chances in front of the net, but just couldn't bang one in.

Suter got caught on the one goal, but don't know how Spurgeon wasn't aware of Hansen. He's got to be wondering if he's looking down at the VAN end and he only counts 4 Blue Jerseys.

Overall, I can't be blaming Suter... he was great, but just trying to do to much to create offense.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Suter played 29 minutes. Not insane considering Dumba is playing like **** and Scandella is out.

We still have Brodin, Spurgeon and Folin...How is it we have depth but don't have depth. That's bizarre.

 

[TZM]

We still have Brodin, Spurgeon and Folin...How is it we have depth but don't have depth. That's bizarre.

On par with Prosser. He'd be a good call-up but not really a full time NHLer.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

We still have Brodin, Spurgeon and Folin...How is it we have depth but don't have depth. That's bizarre.

Only one of them plays Suter's side.

 

[CROCODILE SEATS]

11 giveaways will not win you a lot of games.
Especially when the opponent only has 6.

 

[Minnesota]

On par with Prosser. He'd be a good call-up but not really a full time NHLer.

IMO, Folin has played better than Prosser and Dumba lately.

 

[borisbadenough]

Coyle has been our mvp

if only he had vision and could pass..lol

 

[llamapalooza]

I didn't think they looked lazy at all. Sloppy as all hell, sure, but mental lapses are not necessarily the same as a lack of effort.

That said, that game was atrocious. Everyone is stupider for having watched it and the only silver lining is that everyone who was forced to play in or sit through watching that game will eventually die.

 

[Puhis]

I didn't think they looked lazy at all. Sloppy as all hell, sure, but mental lapses are not necessarily the same as a lack of effort.

That said, that game was atrocious. Everyone is stupider for having watched it and the only silver lining is that everyone who was forced to play in or sit through watching that game will eventually die.

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to watch it, expecting a good showdown between old rivals and a probable Wild win.

 

[WildisLaw]

Glad I didn't watch the final 5 minutes of the 2nd and all of the third. Boo the hell out of this team. Injuries aren't an excuse, the Canucks are ****ing horrible.