tomthestone*
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I've watched Matt Cooke play in our division for five years now. If you're really expected him to be three times the player Clutterbuck is you're going to be incredibly disappointed.
Stick to your own board if all you're going to do is come here and tell us how great the Wild are. Yeah, I wish we got more value for Nino. But for whatever reason he didn't fit here, and now he's gone. What he does doesn't concern us.
Please don't get me wrong. The Wild are so far from great. Barring something unexpected or a trade for Vanek at the deadline, we'll probably be lucky to do better than we did last year as the final team in the playoffs. And I don't think Nino is some hall of famer in the making, just glad my favorite team got a toolsy young player in return for a guy who had no future in Minnesota. I honestly hope it somehow works out for Clutter to the point where he can help out by being a bit of a protector for JT out there.
...but I'm fairly certain you'll see 15 fly around a defender down the wing and clank one off the glass more than once a night. There won't be enough bone-crushing hits to make up for bricky hands and other shortcomings. You guys will see.