GDT: G74: Kraken @ Wild 7pm CT (ESPN+/HULU)

[Soldier13Fox]

Stupid fight. Soucy too chickenshit to fight for himself? Good hit and compete level from Shaw

 

[Sweetnut]

That kind of fights is just not needed

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Fairly certain my lip read had Spurgeon saying "Goaldy" to Boldy with a chuckle.

 

[The Enemy Within]

Quite the game. We just continue to roll and I am loving it. Hopefully we perform well on Wednesday as it will be a much more important game standings wise.

 

[Soldier13Fox]

Goaldy and MAF... fantastic

Fairly certain my lip read had Spurgeon saying "Goaldy" to Boldy with a chuckle.

I saw the same thing!

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Stupid fight. Soucy too chickenshit to fight for himself? Good hit and compete level from Shaw

He probably didn't have a problem with a nothing hit.

 

[Soldier13Fox]

He probably didn't have a problem with a nothing hit.

Then Yanni shouldn't have either. It's just a dumb "fight"

 

[Minnewildsota]

I'm just glad Boldy stepped up with both our big scorers out (Kap and Reaves).

 

[Wild11MN]

How close is Wild to clinch ATM?

The Wild now have 95 points.

The two teams with a chance to sneak in:
Nashville's max possible points are 100.
Calgary's max possible points are 97.

Those are if Nashville wins all 10 and Calgary wins all 8.

 

[Minnewildsota]

The Wild now have 95 points.

The two teams with a chance to sneak in:
Nashville's max possible points are 100.
Calgary's max possible points are 97.

Those are if Nashville wins all 10 and Calgary wins all 8.

So the magic number is 3 wins.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

So the magic number is 3 wins.

Nash has Boston tomorrow, Calgary has LA, its all but assured at this point.

 

[Webster]

Happy for Boldy who finally found some chemistry with his linemates. Just have to hope that the Wild can re-sign Johansson, problem is he's playing so well that other teams could offer more than the Wild can afford.

 

[63firebird]

This ESPN crew is unbelievable. They talk over the play constantly.

Noone seems to call the game anymore. Just constant rambling drivil, ignoring the actual play.

The play by play does that and sets tone.
Anylyst gives that in BREAKS. Most commentators just want to hear themselves talk nowadays.

 

[63firebird]

2 scoring lines and 2 great goalies makes me wonder if they can get to the second round.
It sure would be nice to not get whacked in first round again.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Happy for Boldy who finally found some chemistry with his linemates. Just have to hope that the Wild can re-sign Johansson, problem is he's playing so well that other teams could offer more than the Wild can afford.

They're pretty clearly going to squeeze Addison on his contract (probably not more than $1.5M), and the bringing back Duhaime, Shaw, a 13th forward and 7th defenseman probably isn't going to be any more than $3.5M total which will leave us around $10M for Johansson + Gustavsson + Gaudreau if Rossi is plugged in somewhere as well. I don't think that an average of $3M for each is too out of line for those 3.

 

[57special]

Stupid fight. Soucy too chickenshit to fight for himself? Good hit and compete level from Shaw

No, Soucy is probably too embarrassed to go after a guy who is 9” shorter than him. The whole thing was stupid. Gourde is too good of a player to fight Shaw, and it proved nothing. They’ll probably feel pretty stupid once they look at the replay.

No harm done…Shaw can handle himself, as Dewar did earlier. Donato taking free shots at Dewar when he was pinned up against the boards was lame. Donato is lucky that Dewar slipped, because his blood was up, and he was throwing with intent. I don’t think Donato knew that Dewar can fight, and thought he had easy pickings.

The next game will be a reality check. If they play the way they have in the past few games they are going to get beaten. The Avs have way better finishers.

 

[Digitalbooya]

@Digitalbooya twiddling his thumbs, smiling creepily, villainous laugh "I did it, I created a MONSTERRR!"

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Extra thought on this game, Hartman has looked great lately, even without Kap, he has been trying moves and IMO, been the best player on that line by a long shot. He has his shot back in form and his stickhandling is really coming around from the start of the year. Having the good version of Ryan Hartman is an overlooked piece of the puzzle if the Wild are to be successful in the playoffs.

 

[Soldier13Fox]

Extra thought on this game, Hartman has looked great lately, even without Kap, he has been trying moves and IMO, been the best player on that line by a long shot. He has his shot back in form and his stickhandling is really coming around from the start of the year. Having the good version of Ryan Hartman is an overlooked piece of the puzzle if the Wild are to be successful in the playoffs.

Agreed. He had a miserable (that an understatement) year. But the last month or two he's looked fantastic.

 

[Igright]

A very good game. I only wish Fleury had his shutout.

 

[57special]

A very good game. I only wish Fleury had his shutout.

Ehh…keeps him humble.

Agreed. He had a miserable (that an understatement) year. But the last month or two he's looked fantastic.

Amazing that he can so look so good, and so bad, all in the same year. His shot, when he’s on, is really good.