GDT: 4/16/2013 Wild @ Oilers

[Puhis]

Sorry.

 

[BigT2002]

I would rather have Falk (what am I saying??) but Clark has been amazing when we have needed a smart dman. He proved it a couple times tonight too

 

[BigT2002]

Sorry.

Amazing lol

 

[Gaps]

That is cute. I'm pretty sure Mikko adopted him already in 2011

 

[Wild Caniac]

 

[BigT2002]

 

[Minnesota]

Poon swarms scare me.

 

[Lapa]

God ****ing damn it, couldn't stay awake for this.

Anyways, good to see Coyle, Brodz, Parise and FBJ scoring!

However, I don't like how we've given up 2 late goals in the 3rd period lately.

 

[BigT2002]

Poon swarms scare me.

It always scares us my friend. Always.

 

[Jaykay]

How long until teams start playing against us with their goalie pulled the whole game?

 

[Randy BoBandy]

Kyle Brodziak is one of the three stars of the night on NHL.com

 

[Fel 96]

1st star actually.

 

[youvegotit]

Clark needs to be yanked off this team immediately.

And please Yeo, don't play Spurgeon on the PK or in the final two minutes of a game when we are being pressured...

Decent game for the most part. Last 10 minutes were bs on our part, same as last night.

They need to pull the collective heads out of their collective arses and play a full 60 minutes+ from now on.

I am the only one who realizes whoever gets paired up with Spurgeon looks like absolute crap? Even Suter looked bad playing beside Spurgeon...

 

[INTOTHEVOID]

looool

 

[Avder]

I dont get why Spurgeon and Gilbert have been so bad. Last year at the end of the year they were both workhorses and pretty decent.

 

[DeuceMN]

Just made

Post of the day!!

Nicely done

 

[DeuceMN]

Imo, Spurgeon has never been good. Decent at times, sure, but never good. If the opponent ever gets physical with him, he's screwed, and that's what's been happening all year.

Teams have figured out you can't give him any space, and he's weak as hell in just about every physical aspect. He makes Granlund look like a beast

Gilbert I thought, has looked better the last couple games. I think he'll be fine, he just has been struggling for whatever reason. Stoner too, thankfully, oddly

 

[jedisports]

Maybe it's the psychologist in me, but it is interesting how some of our better players last year have gone into hiding this season... Kyle Brodziak (although last night was a slight exception lol) and even Heatley. Spurgeon and Gilbert defensively. I have to wonder if the signings of Zach and Ryan (put Brodin in there, too) have sort of caused these players to mentally take more passive roles. In other words, they had to step up last season whereas now their roles are a bit different. Probably doesn't make sense but I'm going with it. lol

I woke up this morning so satisfied with our team right now. I just thought about how awful we could be feeling right now... imagine if we would have lost the last two games? We have stepped up big these last two games and on the road on top of it all. We have to keep it up, though. Who knows, the division title might still be reachable.

 

[THEKOSTAJA]

I haven't had the chance to watch the 2 last games = Wild win both. I'll never watch a wild game again

 

[Blakkmantis]

Let's not get too excited we beat up on a couple of cream puffs after all.

 

[Dudicles]

Maybe it's the psychologist in me, but it is interesting how some of our better players last year have gone into hiding this season... Kyle Brodziak (although last night was a slight exception lol) and even Heatley. Spurgeon and Gilbert defensively. I have to wonder if the signings of Zach and Ryan (put Brodin in there, too) have sort of caused these players to mentally take more passive roles. In other words, they had to step up last season whereas now their roles are a bit different. Probably doesn't make sense but I'm going with it. lol

I woke up this morning so satisfied with our team right now. I just thought about how awful we could be feeling right now... imagine if we would have lost the last two games? We have stepped up big these last two games and on the road on top of it all. We have to keep it up, though. Who knows, the division title might still be reachable.

Spurgeon wasn't that great last year, either. I couldn't count the amount of pucks that got past him at the offensive blue line that killed any pressure the team was putting on the opposition. Ugh.

 

[MuckOG]

Let's not get too excited we beat up on a couple of cream puffs after all.

Kill joy

 

[MNNumbers]

For those wondering about standings in either a no shootout/ no overtime situation where all ties count 1 and there is no loser point or a 3 pts/ all games arrangement:

Northwest with no overtime and ties= 1 pt/each team:
Vancouver 50 pts in 43 games
Minnesota 44 pts in 43 games

Northwest with 3 pts/all games (3 pts for winning in regulation)
Vancouver 74 pts
Minnesota 68 pts

Actually, the Wild are 7-3 when the game goes beyond regulation this year, so the loser point rule is working for us. I still hate it, though.

 

[MuckOG]

From Eddy's PGT: Lots of gems to be found.....

Just watched the final seconds of the broadcast. What the ***** that clown blutterduck was chirping about. He must have felt like a real tough guy.

As another poster pointed out, he waited until he could cower behind his entire team before running his mouth. That guy is almost as big a joke as their awful beat writer Michael Russo, who's clearly more fanboy than journalist. My hate for the Wild has surpassed even that of the Flames.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

Lol calling Russo a joke. Never mind the respect he has from his peers and the whole tsn crew.