GDT: Detroit Red Wings @ Minnesota Wild 2/17/13 5 PM CT

[TZM]

It is the second meeting between the Wild and Wings. First one ended in a 3-5 win for the Wings.

Johan Larsson will most likey make his NHL debut today. The gritty two-way center has scored 27 points (13g 14a) in 50 games with the Houston Aeros in the American Hockey League. Larsson wears jersey #47 as a Wild.

Jason Zucker could play his seventh game on NHL level today. He played a six games with the Wild last season and totaled 2 points (0g 2a). Zucker leads Houston Aeros in points with 41 (19g 22a). He wears jersey #16 as a Wild.

Detroit Red Wings

Home: 5-3-1 Away: 2-2-1 (4th in Central Division)

Projected lineup:

Cleary - Zetterberg - Brunner
Abdelkader - Filppula - Samuelsson
Tatar - Emmerton - Eaves
Miller - Andersson - Tootoo

Kronwall - Lashoff
Ericsson - White
Quincey - Huskins

Mrazek

Leading scorer: Henrik Zetterberg with 5g 13a = 18 points.

Minnesota Wild

Home: 5-2-1 Away: 1-4-1 (3rd in Northwest Division)

Projected lineup:

Parise - Koivu - Heatley
Zucker - Brodziak - Setoguchi
Larsson - Cullen - Clutterbuck
Mitchell - Granlund - Rupp

Suter – Spurgeon
Gilbert – Brodin
Prosser – Stoner

Kuemper

Leading scorer: Mikko Koivu (3g 8a) and Zach Parise (7g 4a) tie with 11 points.

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[jedisports]

Thanks for the thread.

Wild win 3-2.

 

[Hall of Faber]

I don't get why they schuduled this game during the gopher game. Stupid. I'm going to miss it anyways because I have a hockey game. DVR for me. Excitied to see if the two kids can spark the offense. Wild win 3-2

 

[Jarick]

Excited to see Larsson and Zucker. Not excited about the fact that my teammates are likely going to spoil the outcome for me again in the dressing room.

 

[Kaptain]

We suck, and therefore we will lose.
26-1 Wings.

 

[Lapa]

Parise-Koivu-FBJ
Zucker-Larsson-Seto

..please?

 

[Aapo]

I predict Wild win this one 4-3

Wild goals: Parise, Heatley, Suter, Granlund

Red Wing goals: Nyquist x3

 

[Lapa]

3-2 Wild win in the OT. Granny, Brodin and Seto with goals.

 

[Victorious Secret]

Excited to see Larsson and Zucker. Not excited about the fact that my teammates are likely going to spoil the outcome for me again in the dressing room.

Thats the worst thing. Do all that time avoiding tvs and phones and people just blow it. Bleh.

Hope there isn't much overlap between the Gophs and this.

 

[b0rn2beWild]

Line-ups? Do you think Zucker and Larsson will play tonight?

 

[countrygentleman]

I was reading yahoo puck daddy's Three Stars of the night and number one star was John Tavares. He netted a hatty and YPD said the Islanders won the game because "Tavares was the difference." I leave everyone to ponder how many times have the Wild won ( or lost) a game because Koivu was the difference maker (or not.) That's something a captain should be doing far more often than Koivu does. Yeah, generally he plays a solid game but he rarely takes over a game on his own and brings home the 'W' single handely.

 

[Grover]

Parise-Koivu-FBJ
Zucker-Larsson-Seto

..please?

I like it

 

[Victorious Secret]

I was reading yahoo puck daddy's Three Stars of the night and number one star was John Tavares. He netted a hatty and YPD said the Islanders won the game because "Tavares was the difference." I leave everyone to ponder how many times have the Wild won ( or lost) a game because Koivu was the difference maker (or not.) That's something a captain should be doing far more often than Koivu does. Yeah, generally he plays a solid game but he rarely takes over a game on his own and brings home the 'W' single handely.

You're talking about a possible top 5 player in the league vs. Koivu. Kind of a big difference between roles. This is stupid to even ponder.

 

[Hall of Faber]

Excited to see Larsson and Zucker. Not excited about the fact that my teammates are likely going to spoil the outcome for me again in the dressing room.

Good for me that noone even knows who the Wild are here.

 

[countrygentleman]

You're talking about a possible top 5 player in the league vs. Koivu. Kind of a big difference between roles. This is stupid to even ponder.

I'm not asking Koivu to net hat trick after hat trick but I am asking that he starts playing more of a pivotal role and starts being the difference maker more than 5 games a year for this team.

 

[Victorious Secret]

I'm not asking Koivu to net hat trick after hat trick but I am asking that he starts playing more of a pivotal role and starts being the difference maker more than 5 games a year for this team.

He does, whether you see it or not. If you aren't asking him to score 3, then whats the point of comparing him to Tavares' game?

 

[Minnesota]

I was reading yahoo puck daddy's Three Stars of the night and number one star was John Tavares. He netted a hatty and YPD said the Islanders won the game because "Tavares was the difference." I leave everyone to ponder how many times have the Wild won ( or lost) a game because Koivu was the difference maker (or not.) That's something a captain should be doing far more often than Koivu does. Yeah, generally he plays a solid game but he rarely takes over a game on his own and brings home the 'W' single handely.

Comparing Koivu and Tavares?

I wouldn't even know where to begin responding to your post. You're comparing apples and oranges.

 

[TZM]

Comparing Koivu and Tavares?

I wouldn't even know where to begin responding to your post. You're comparing apples and oranges.

I don't think both would be a fruit.

 

[THEALLKNOWING*]

I'm not asking Koivu to net hat trick after hat trick but I am asking that he starts playing more of a pivotal role and starts being the difference maker more than 5 games a year for this team.

Mikko has just as many points this year as the Baby Jesus Parise. Captain of an NHL team. Captain of Finnish national teams. All-star last year. Wild have more points this year than the NYI in the same amount of games.

Tavares overall #1 pick, he better be putting the puck in the net.

 

[Minnesota]

It's easy to tell Country Gentleman hasn't watched Tavares play; he's nonchalant as hell.

Scoring goals =/= being a difference-maker

... Unless you're only looking at boxscores... Which is how this entire conversation began.

 

[BigT2002]

Brodin and Granlund scoring today would make everything okay in my book

 

[Engebretson]

Hopefully I'll get to watch some of this game tonight. I'm calling a 1 goal game, just not sure if it's a win or a loss for the good guys.

 

[jedisports]

Must win today.

 

[Engebretson]

It'll be interesting to see how much of a spark the kids make in the lineup tonight. Hope they make a good impression.

 

[Sharppi]

3-2 Detroit wins and it feels ******* horrible. Franzen with OT goal.