Introductions/Behind the Posters II

[TaLoN]

I'm more of a passive user here (posted once or twice only) but I follow the threads most days, so I guess I may as well introduce myself:

Name: Matt (but not Dumba...)

Age: 28

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Mikko Koivu, Mikael Granlund

Fav Current Wild: Mikko Koivu (if it still counts), Brodin, Spurgeon, Fiala

Fav Non Wild Players: Patrice Bergeron, Pekka Rinne, Roman Josi

Fav Wild Prospect: Kirill Kaprizov, Kaapo Kähkönen

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Lundell

Fav Movies: 12 Angry Men, Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Rocky IV

Fav TV Show: Band of Brothers, Archer

Fav Books: La Voie Royale (André Malraux), Dune, Around the World in 80 days

Music: Jazz, rock. almost anything except modern hip hop that I don't undersand (Nikki Minaj etc)

Hobbies: HF boards ;-) but also cooking, hiking

Fav food: Thai food

Fav Beer: Feldschlösschen (Swiss beer ;-) )

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Granlund mid air OT goal against Colorado. I remember getting up at night to watch every playoff game of the Wild that year and then I couldn't go back to sleep afterwards because of the adrenalin.../Being 50% Finnish, 50% Swiss, I always had an eye on hockey, but mostly for the national teams. At some point around 2010 I started to be interested in the NHL in order to see more hockey than once a year. I was browsing through NHL teams and saw that all of Mikko Koivu, MiG and Nino were in the same team. At that time MiG had just scored the Lacrosse goal again Russia shorlty before and Nino had shined in his first internatinoal games. I immediately started following the Wild and it became my favorite team instantly. I grew to love all the guys (Coyle, Brodziak, Spurgeon, etc). Then Fenton arrived... But I realize that I became a true Wild fan because my heart sticks with the team even after the players who brought me here were all shipped off.

How long I have been a Wild fan: 2010

Origin of screen name: been my screen name in forums and video games since I first touched a computer 15 years ago

Jerseys owned: Koivu

Married?: No. Long standing girlfriend

Kids: No

Welcome! You should post more often, good to get more opinions from different perspectives.

 

[Aftershave]

Welcome! You should post more often, good to get more opinions from different perspectives.

Thanks ! Will do and there’s plenty to talk about lately...

 

[Ziperia]

Name: -

Age: 25

Location: Southern Finland

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Mikael Granlund

Fav Current Wild: Kevin Fiala

Fav Non Wild Players: Sebastian Aho & Teuvo Teräväinen

Fav Wild Prospect: Kaapo Kähkönen

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Anton Lundell, Patrik Puistola & Matias Maccelli

Fav Movies: The Prestige

Fav TV Show: Shameless

Fav Books: -

Music: Metal & rock

Hobbies: Watching anime, reading manga and playing video games

Fav food: No idea

Fav Beer: -

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: I became a fan mostly because of Mikael Granlund.

How long I have been a Wild fan: 2013 I guess

Origin of screen name: -

Jerseys owned: No

Married?: No

Kids: No

 

[TaLoN]

Name: -

Age: 25

Location: Southern Finland

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Mikael Granlund

Fav Current Wild: Kevin Fiala

Fav Non Wild Players: Sebastian Aho & Teuvo Teräväinen

Fav Wild Prospect: Kaapo Kähkönen

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Anton Lundell, Patrik Puistola & Matias Maccelli

Fav Movies: The Prestige

Fav TV Show: Shameless

Fav Books: -

Music: Metal & rock

Hobbies: Watching anime, reading manga and playing video games

Fav food: No idea

Fav Beer: -

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: I became a fan mostly because of Mikael Granlund.

How long I have been a Wild fan: 2013 I guess

Origin of screen name: -

Jerseys owned: No

Married?: No

Kids: No

Welcome! Huge fan of the film The Prestige as well! Christopher Nolan is such a great filmmaker! Have you seen TENET yet? (Loved it! Seen it twice already)

Thanks ! Will do and there’s plenty to talk about lately...

No doubt about that... booth good and bad.

 

[Ziperia]

Welcome! Huge fan of the film The Prestige as well! Christopher Nolan is such a great filmmaker! Have you seen TENET yet? (Loved it! Seen it twice already)

I haven't. I should check it out when it comes to streaming services. I hardly go to movie theaters because its tickets are pretty expensive. I also like Inception and Batman trilogy (Although the third one was disappointment).

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Welcome to you both!

 

[HotDish]

Name: -

Age: 25

Location: Southern Finland

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Mikael Granlund

Fav Current Wild: Kevin Fiala

Fav Non Wild Players: Sebastian Aho & Teuvo Teräväinen

Fav Wild Prospect: Kaapo Kähkönen

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Anton Lundell, Patrik Puistola & Matias Maccelli

Fav Movies: The Prestige

Fav TV Show: Shameless

Fav Books: -

Music: Metal & rock

Hobbies: Watching anime, reading manga and playing video games

Fav food: No idea

Fav Beer: -

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: I became a fan mostly because of Mikael Granlund.

How long I have been a Wild fan: 2013 I guess

Origin of screen name: -

Jerseys owned: No

Married?: No

Kids: No

Welcome!

 

[Lapa]

I'm more of a passive user here (posted once or twice only) but I follow the threads most days, so I guess I may as well introduce myself:

Name: Matt (but not Dumba...)

Age: 28

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Mikko Koivu, Mikael Granlund

Fav Current Wild: Mikko Koivu (if it still counts), Brodin, Spurgeon, Fiala

Fav Non Wild Players: Patrice Bergeron, Pekka Rinne, Roman Josi

Fav Wild Prospect: Kirill Kaprizov, Kaapo Kähkönen

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Lundell

Fav Movies: 12 Angry Men, Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Rocky IV

Fav TV Show: Band of Brothers, Archer

Fav Books: La Voie Royale (André Malraux), Dune, Around the World in 80 days

Music: Jazz, rock. almost anything except modern hip hop that I don't undersand (Nikki Minaj etc)

Hobbies: HF boards ;-) but also cooking, hiking

Fav food: Thai food

Fav Beer: Feldschlösschen (Swiss beer ;-) )

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Granlund mid air OT goal against Colorado. I remember getting up at night to watch every playoff game of the Wild that year and then I couldn't go back to sleep afterwards because of the adrenalin.../Being 50% Finnish, 50% Swiss, I always had an eye on hockey, but mostly for the national teams. At some point around 2010 I started to be interested in the NHL in order to see more hockey than once a year. I was browsing through NHL teams and saw that all of Mikko Koivu, MiG and Nino were in the same team. At that time MiG had just scored the Lacrosse goal again Russia shorlty before and Nino had shined in his first internatinoal games. I immediately started following the Wild and it became my favorite team instantly. I grew to love all the guys (Coyle, Brodziak, Spurgeon, etc). Then Fenton arrived... But I realize that I became a true Wild fan because my heart sticks with the team even after the players who brought me here were all shipped off.

How long I have been a Wild fan: 2010

Origin of screen name: been my screen name in forums and video games since I first touched a computer 15 years ago

Jerseys owned: Koivu

Married?: No. Long standing girlfriend

Kids: No

Name: -

Age: 25

Location: Southern Finland

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Mikael Granlund

Fav Current Wild: Kevin Fiala

Fav Non Wild Players: Sebastian Aho & Teuvo Teräväinen

Fav Wild Prospect: Kaapo Kähkönen

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Anton Lundell, Patrik Puistola & Matias Maccelli

Fav Movies: The Prestige

Fav TV Show: Shameless

Fav Books: -

Music: Metal & rock

Hobbies: Watching anime, reading manga and playing video games

Fav food: No idea

Fav Beer: -

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: I became a fan mostly because of Mikael Granlund.

How long I have been a Wild fan: 2013 I guess

Origin of screen name: -

Jerseys owned: No

Married?: No

Kids: No

Welcome!

 

[Beastieboi]

Howdy, Ive read these message boards for ages but haven't really posted until recently, currently working a job where I have a lot of phone time.

Name: Mark

Age: 29

Location: Adelaide, South Australia

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Mikko Koivu

Fav Current Wild: Kevin Fiala

Fav Non Wild Players: Point, Eichel

Fav Wild Prospect: Boldy

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Frost

Fav Movies: The Big Lebowski, all Tarantino films

Fav TV Show: Seinfeld

Fav Books: LOTR

Music: Talking Heads, The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Queen, ELO, Elton John

Hobbies: Hanging with my Dog, Playstation, Cricket

Fav food: Tacos

Fav Beer: Coopers Dark Ale

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Moment, Mikko's 1000th game, shoot out win

Fan, I started watching hockey when I went to Canada on a holiday when I was 20, not sure why but I gravitated towards the Wild

How long I have been a Wild fan: 9 years

Origin of screen name: used to be my stupid gamertag

Jerseys owned: None

Married?: Yes

Kids: Negative

 

[TaLoN]

Howdy, Ive read these message boards for ages but haven't really posted until recently, currently working a job where I have a lot of phone time.

Name: Mark

Age: 29

Location: Adelaide, South Australia

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Mikko Koivu

Fav Current Wild: Kevin Fiala

Fav Non Wild Players: Point, Eichel

Fav Wild Prospect: Boldy

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Frost

Fav Movies: The Big Lebowski, all Tarantino films

Fav TV Show: Seinfeld

Fav Books: LOTR

Music: Talking Heads, The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Queen, ELO, Elton John

Hobbies: Hanging with my Dog, Playstation, Cricket

Fav food: Tacos

Fav Beer: Coopers Dark Ale

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Moment, Mikko's 1000th game, shoot out win

Fan, I started watching hockey when I went to Canada on a holiday when I was 20, not sure why but I gravitated towards the Wild

How long I have been a Wild fan: 9 years

Origin of screen name: used to be my stupid gamertag

Jerseys owned: None

Married?: Yes

Kids: Negative

Welcome! I think you're the first Australian Wild fan around here! That Koivu 100th game was pretty epic. Couldn't have been written any better if someone tried...

 

[mezcal]

Name: Brock

Age: 26

Location: California

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Neal Broten, Mikko Koivu, Niklas Backstrom

Fav Current Wild: Jonas Brodin

Fav Non Wild Players: Brent Burns, Braden Holtby

Fav Wild Prospect: Kirill Kaprizov

Fav Non Wild Prospects:

Fav Movies: Recently, 1917

Fav TV Show: Community, right now.

Fav Books: Permanent Record

Music: Grateful Dead

Hobbies: Toyota Land Cruisers

Fav food: Japanese

Fav Beer: Modern Times

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Grew up with the Wild, watching them as a kid and visiting my family in MN.

How long I have been a Wild fan: Childhood

Origin of screen name: I smashed some keys when I was much younger and here we are.

Jerseys owned: Wild Red Home Boogaard Jersey, Parise green alt jersey

Married?: Nope

Kids: Nope

Been here for quite some time but more off and on over the last few years. Glad to have/be on a forum like this. Cheers.

 

[Wild11MN]

Fav TV Show: Community, right now.

This is where it's at right here.

 

[TaLoN]

Origin of screen name: I smashed some keys when I was much younger and here we are.

I anyways wondered about that...

 

[Hamms Mann]

Name: Lonnie

Age: 44

Location: Dallas, Texas

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Dino Ciccarelli

Fav Current Wild: Kevin Fiala

Fav Non Wild Player: Leon Draisaitl

Fav Wild Prospect: Hunter Jones

Fav Non Wild Prospect: Yaroslav Askarov

Fav Movie: Mulholland Drive, Vertigo

Fav TV Show: American Horror Story, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Fav Book: The Postman Always Rings Twice

Music: Stone Temple Pilots

Hobbies: Hiking, Reading, Travel

Fav food: Tuna Casserole

Fav Beer: HAMM’S

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Beating Canucks in game 7 to get to the conference finals in 2003 was special.

How long I have been a Wild fan: Since their inception.

Origin of screen name: I’m a child of 70s Minnesota. Nothing says 70s Minnesota like Hamm’s.

Jerseys owned: Nate Prosser

Married?: Yes

Kids: One

 

[TaLoN]

Jerseys owned: Nate Prosser

From Elk River?
Related to him?
Read the Chuck Fletcher guide to role players?

Odd choice otherwise, but hey, you own it! Cheers!

And welcome!

 

[HotDish]

Fav food: Tuna Casserole

Casserole

 

[Hamms Mann]

From Elk River?
Related to him?
Read the Chuck Fletcher guide to role players?

Odd choice otherwise, but hey, you own it! Cheers!

And welcome!

Hey thanks! Happy to be here. Long-time lurker; thought I’d join now that I am extremely excited about our organizational direction.

I love the idea of tearing down an old and average team with the intent of trying to build top-tier talent through the farm system over time. It’s a bit scary because nothing is guaranteed to work. That said, what we were doing before wasn’t working, and we’ve been in the rut of constancy for a LONG time.

This is a great community, and I’ve always come here for info on prospects in particular.

Lol on Prosser. Well, to be completely honest, I don’t own many jerseys because of the expense involved. I’m an unfortunate combination of poor and cheap. But I saw a game worn Prosser jersey for $100...and it was too good to pass up. I guess nobody else wanted it! ; )

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

Name: Lonnie

Age: 44

Location: Dallas, Texas

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Dino Ciccarelli

Fav Current Wild: Kevin Fiala

Fav Non Wild Player: Leon Draisaitl

Fav Wild Prospect: Hunter Jones

Fav Non Wild Prospect: Yaroslav Askarov

Fav Movie: Mulholland Drive, Vertigo

Fav TV Show: American Horror Story, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Fav Book: The Postman Always Rings Twice

Music: Stone Temple Pilots

Hobbies: Hiking, Reading, Travel

Fav food: Tuna Casserole

Fav Beer: HAMM’S

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Beating Canucks in game 7 to get to the conference finals in 2003 was special.

How long I have been a Wild fan: Since their inception.

Origin of screen name: I’m a child of 70s Minnesota. Nothing says 70s Minnesota like Hamm’s.

Jerseys owned: Nate Prosser

Married?: Yes

Kids: One

Welcome!

However, I am already the long term incumbent Hamm's drinker on the boards so uh this is a bit awkward.

 

[GuerinUp]

Figured i could make a new one since the link to the old one is not working and theres new faces.

Name: Zach

Age: 35

Location: St louis park, Minnesota

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Modano

Fav Current Wild: Kaprisov

Fav Non Wild Players: Kovalchuk, Ovy

Fav Wild Prospect: Rossi

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Byfield

Fav Movies: Inglorious Basterds

Fav TV Show: people still watch tv other than for hockey?

Fav Books: to kill a mockingbird, red badge of courage

Music: lil bit of everything, but love anything electronic

Hobbies: fishing, hunting, cars, video games

Fav food: tacos

Fav Beer: i have celiac disease so this isnt fair

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: when we got a team again after the north stars were stolen

How long I have been a Wild fan: day 1

Origin of screen name: Gearin up with Guerin

Jerseys owned: Havlat (wild) home green new, Blank (wild) home green new, Weisbaden Vikings (my brothers game worn), Bayern Munich (i may watch a little futbol)

Married?: divorced

Kids: 1

 

[elnewby]

Well after living in Montana, and South Dakota over the last few years. I was offered a job back in MN and decided to take it. As much as some things about this state drive me nuts, I still love it and it will always be home. Glad to be back!

 

[wildbill97]

Name: Bill

Age: 26

Location: St. Louis (Originally from Rochester)

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Gaborik

Fav Current Wild: Fiala

Fav Non Wild Players: MacKinnon, McDavid, Ovechkin, Hedman

Fav Wild Prospect: Does Kaprizov still count?

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Zegras, Byfield, Sanderson, Askarov

Fav Movies: Stepbrothers, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Rogue One

Fav TV Show: Currently, Yellowstone

Fav Books: I don't read books unless forced to.

Music: Dave Matthews Band, The Doors, Black Pumas, Leon Bridges, Gary Clark Jr

Hobbies: Golfing and learning to play guitar

Fav food: Anything smothered in buffalo sauce.

Fav Beer: More of a bourbon guy these days, but I had to choose, probably Corona

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Grew up in Minnesota. Favorite moment is tough to narrow down, but the 2007-08 season remains the most memorable for me. I became a diehard from there.

How long I have been a Wild fan: 2003-04 season is when I went to a few games and really started paying attention to the team.

Origin of screen name: Wild Bill when I'm drinking

Jerseys owned: Gaborik, Mikko, Suter, North Stars throwback, and a Gordon Bombay Wild custom

Married?: Yes

Kids: No

 

[TaLoN]

Name: Bill

Age: 26

Location: St. Louis (Originally from Rochester)

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Gaborik

Fav Current Wild: Fiala

Fav Non Wild Players: MacKinnon, McDavid, Ovechkin, Hedman

Fav Wild Prospect: Does Kaprizov still count?

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Zegras, Byfield, Sanderson, Askarov

Fav Movies: Stepbrothers, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Rogue One

Fav TV Show: Currently, Yellowstone

Fav Books: I don't read books unless forced to.

Music: Dave Matthews Band, The Doors, Black Pumas, Leon Bridges, Gary Clark Jr

Hobbies: Golfing and learning to play guitar

Fav food: Anything smothered in buffalo sauce.

Fav Beer: More of a bourbon guy these days, but I had to choose, probably Corona

Fav Wild moment/how I became a fan: Grew up in Minnesota. Favorite moment is tough to narrow down, but the 2007-08 season remains the most memorable for me. I became a diehard from there.

How long I have been a Wild fan: 2003-04 season is when I went to a few games and really started paying attention to the team.

Origin of screen name: Wild Bill when I'm drinking

Jerseys owned: Gaborik, Mikko, Suter, North Stars throwback, and a Gordon Bombay Wild custom

Married?: Yes

Kids: No

Welcome to the boards Bill!

 

[GordieGallant]

Grew up in St. Paul.
Moved to White Bear Lake.
Married to young. Still love my wife.
2 out of 3 boys played 3 years of Varsity.
My youngest may be a better skater but he better stay out of the corners.
Happy Hour is from 4 to 5 daily.

 

[Luceni]

Name: Sebastian

Age: 32

Location: Austria/Tirol

Fav All time Minnesota player (Wild or North Stars): Mikko Koivu

Fav Current Wild: Marco Rossi

Fav Non Wild Players: Niklas Lidström (past), McKinnon (atm)

Fav Wild Prospect: Marco Rossi

Fav Non Wild Prospects: Tim Stützle

Fav Movies: Matrix (part 1 only)

Fav TV Show: None

Fav Books: Too many

Music: Orchestral classics like Mahler or Bruckner

Hobbies: Writing, Composing, making Music, soccer, basketball and many other different kind of sports

Fav food: Schnitzel and "Kasknödel"

Fav Beer: Tegernseer Spezial (best beer, you should try it...)

Fav Wild moment: Wild drafting Rossi, Christoph Brandner goal 20 years ago (first goal scored by an Austrian in the NHL)

How long I have been a Wild fan: I wouldn't call myself a wild fan, I just love to watch Austrians in the NHL and the Wild seem to be a good team for that

Origin of screen name: Luceni is the guy who killed Queen Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary ("Sisi") 1898.

Jerseys owned: Vanek Jersey (Sabres), Lidström Jersey (Red Wings)

Married?: No

Kids: None

 

[Lapa]

Welcome to the boards!