Emergency GDT. Game 2, Wild @ Avs. 8:30pm CST, 4:30am Finland Time.

[plock]

I would absolutely love if someone can explain to me how Yeo is a good coach.

Brodziak and Spurgeon can.

 

[NHL1674]

If we are being objective, Roy is coaching at home. He has every advantage matching lines. Just pointing that out.

It didn't appear to make a difference during the regular season. Roy still out coached Yeo at the Xcel.

 

[BusQuets]

Koivu with 0+2 is the only one who gets clean sheet from me.

 

[vitogor]

Kuemper is back, and that's about the only good news we have heading back to St. Paul.

Those humongous big turnovers in the first game are even more humongouser bigger now...

 

[Sharppi]

Or all the players can play on the World Cup then right?

Couldn't really care less about that Skoda Cup -tournament.

 

[Minnesota]

Koivu with 0+2 is the only one who gets clean sheet from me.

Coyle has played well all series. Kuemper stood strong.

 

[JudgeJimmie]

Thats what I think too... Welll we are down on the ropes now.. Gotta have an amazing comeback to win this series.. Can we do it? I'm not sure.. I hope so..

Thing is, almost ALL of the Avs goals have come on straight UNSCREENED shots. I'm trying to remember the goals from the first game, but I seem to remember Bryz just getting beat straight under his blocker like 3 times?

I don't think Keumps lets those in, he doesn't let in the straight shots on the first two goals either. Avs will actually have to earn their goals with Keumps in unless his nerves get to him when starting the next game.

 

[Antsman41]

we still have a small chance for the 2nd round with Kuemps btw pipes...

No one benefits from this other than the box office.

 

[Mubiki]

McKinnon, Stastny, and Landeskog apparently combined for 10 points.

I am just laughing so hard at this point.

This. We need to design a line to shut that line down. Balance goes out the window. I don't care who you put on it, but it needs to happen.

 

[BurnsyMN]

Don't feel like looking back if it's been discussed but Koivu got embarrassed by Mckinnon twice. Stopped skating and tried to poke check. Mckinnon laughed at him then skated around.

 

[BusQuets]

Coyle has played well all series. Kuemper stood strong.

Oh yeah Coyle and Kuemper too.

 

[melinko]

I don't think you can put this on the top line. Pominville/Granlund/Moulson have provided nothing though. They have a clear weakness and that is a fast physical game.

 

[JudgeJimmie]

This. We need to design a line to shut that line down. Balance goes out the window. I don't care who you put on it, but it needs to happen.

I seriously think they only score 1 goal tonight (the third one) if Keumps was in. Bryz did rob Statsny once, but other than that

 

[vitogor]

This. We need to design a line to shut that line down. Balance goes out the window. I don't care who you put on it, but it needs to happen.

Or at least goon it up

 

[NHL1674]

Coyle has been great. Some of the kids have actually outplayed the vets.

 

[The Enemy Within]

Thing is, almost ALL of the Avs goals have come on straight UNSCREENED shots. I'm trying to remember the goals from the first game, but I seem to remember Bryz just getting beat straight under his blocker like 3 times?

I don't think Keumps lets those in, he doesn't let in the straight shots on the first two goals either. Avs will actually have to earn their goals with Keumps in unless his nerves get to him when starting the next game.

I didn't like how Bryz played tonight for sure. I can't really blame him for game one though.. We definitely win that game without him being hung out to dry a few times.. But yes I feel way more conident in Kuemper.

 

[WildisLaw]

You spend to the cap and you're getting beat by kids making the minimum. C'mon Mild. I'd rather see Kuemper finish out this series though, he looked really good.

 

[Antsman41]

Hell, I'd go Pommer/Haula/Coyle 1st.

 

[Jarick]

Moulson has been a waste of cash most of the time.

 

[Minnesota]

Hell, I'd go Pommer/Haula/Coyle 1st.

I think the Avs underestimated Haula during game 1... This game, they shut him down. He's not an offensive dynamo, but he does create good depth scoring.

 

[NHL1674]

I didn't like how Bryz played tonight for sure. I can't really blame him for game one though.. We definitely win that game without him being hung out to dry a few times.. But yes I feel way more conident in Kuemper.

He didn't look good though against the Preds. He was letting in goals that weren't screened. He developed a very quick habit of it. I know guys were taking that game off, but he looked very out of sorts.

At the end of the day, there is no excuse for this roster to be swept, yet that is the direction we're heading. What's hard to take is that many of the guys don't appear to be in playoff mode. If they can't get fired up and take it to the next level for the postseason, then what's the point? And this is the second year in a row where many haven't shown up. That's a problem.

 

[Avder]

You spend to the cap and you're getting beat by kids making the minimum. C'mon Mild. I'd rather see Kuemper finish out this series though, he looked really good.

I think it's a matter of coaching at this point.

Roy knows how to motivate his kids and get the most out of them.

Yeo doesn't know how to motivate his vets and consistently punishes his kids.

 

[kfan22]

If that happens I'll feel genuinely happy about this team for the first time in while.

Yeo is the worst thing to happen to this team in years. I think we dump him mid season we're 2nd or 3rd in the division at the end of the year.

The Wild had the 3rd best record in the league since January and still finished over 10 points back in the division so i doubt it!

 

[PariseSuterKoivu]

Only problem I have with these first 2 games is Bryz. Otherwise we've played to our potential.

 

[BigT2002]

Hell, I'd go Pommer/Haula/Coyle 1st.

Pommers/Haula/Niño

But doesn't matter. Yeo still puts out lines in the zones they shouldn't be in.