GDT: Hockey is back! Pre-Season game 1. Jets vs. Wild 7:00pm

[Swiftt]

Thought we could make a GDT for the first game of the year!

Meaningless hockey points wise, but it’ll be good to see the boys back again.

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[surixon]

Yay hockey. Looking forward to seeing what our kids can do.

 

[Joe Hallenback]

Look forward to the Jets losing and the tears afterwards!

 

[Swiftt]

 

[jefferoni]

Go Jets Go!!!

 

[Oilpeg]

Petan playing center...interesting....

 

[jamiebez]

Petan playing center...interesting....

Why not, right?

4th line seems to be:

Perreault - X - Y

Where:
X is Roslovic or Petan
Y is Dano, Vesalainen, or maybe Lemieux

 

[GaryPoppins]

Lets see what K-Ves Roslo Perreault can do!

 

[Joe Hallenback]

Lemieux/Petan/Dano The SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT line

 

[Hobble]

My derriere has had a nice relaxing summer, but now will need to get back into top clenching-form. Tonight will be a warm-up.

 

[Joe Hallenback]

Looking forward to seeing Vesa with some NHLers against pros.

What Stanley looks like against pros

How much Niku will stand out or not

Petan at center

Appleton with his AHL teammates

 

[Neuf]

Ready!

 

[Duke749]

Wonder if I’ll be able to watch this...

 

[cbcwpg]

Can't wait to see Matt Hendricks light it up.... ooops... wrong team.

 

[robertocarlos]

Expected line-up. Pretty good too. I would pay to watch this game but it's on TV.

 

[DeepFrickinValue]

Awesome lineup

 

[Luc Labelle]

I am just giving everyone a fair warning. I'll be sitting behind Paul Maurice wearing my new Laine third jersey tonight.

If anyone accidentally catches a glimpse of me wearing the "atrocious, plain, lame, etc." third jersey I apologize in advance. For those who like the new jerseys, "Your welcome" to the two of you.

I just figured I would go for the extremely simple look compared to this:

 

[tbcwpg]

That is not a good Wild lineup. As we've seen in the past, though, a team of mostly fringe players against a team that's mostly NHL level can often get a win by the effort factor alone.

 

[Daximus]

I am just giving everyone a fair warning. I'll be sitting behind Paul Maurice wearing my new Laine third jersey tonight.

If anyone accidentally catches a glimpse of me wearing the "atrocious, plain, lame, etc." third jersey I apologize in advance. For those who like the new jerseys, "Your welcome" to the two of you.

I just figured I would go for the extremely simple look compared to this:

Hey you leave Paul Maurice's fashion choices out of this!

 

[JetsUK]

In with the preseason”s very first “This is the real test!” optimism deflater!

Would also note that the Jets’ fringe team would likely win more than a few NHL games this year (though crossing fingers that it never comes to that).

 

[Daximus]

That is not a good Wild lineup. As we've seen in the past, though, a team of mostly fringe players against a team that's mostly NHL level can often get a win by the effort factor alone.

We got accused of that a lot last year. Other teams sit their top guys and we end up icing a good lineup. But that may have more to do with our depth compared to other teams.

 

[Aggie204]

I’m liking the line up.

Players I’ll be keying in:
Petan
Vesalainen
Niku
Kerdiles
Appleton

Greenway

 

[tbcwpg]

We got accused of that a lot last year. Other teams sit their top guys and we end up icing a good lineup. But that may have more to do with our depth compared to other teams.

I think it's just the home-away dynamic. It seems to be an agreed upon system of sending your "experimental" lineup on the road and playing your best at home.

 

[Afterburner]

My excitement level now that hockey is back

 

[Atoyot]

We got accused of that a lot last year. Other teams sit their top guys and we end up icing a good lineup. But that may have more to do with our depth compared to other teams.

I think it has to do with who the home team is as well. You want to show well in front of your home crowd to start the season and get them excited for the year.