GDT: Lundqvist & The Wolf Pack @ Wild - 2/13/18 - 8pm ET

[aufheben]

 

[chosen]

I'm not sure how far Sproul falls from the standards of Pionk and to a lesser degree Gilmour but it really doesn't hurt to have them replace the standards of Marc Staal, Brenden Smith, and Steve Kampfer. The call ups are all young rested players with good skating playing their best hockey.

We haven't had an acceptable defense corp for a long time with Girardi, Staal, Kampfer, Holden taking up 50% of the ice time while icing bare minimum NHL quality play. The 2012 days of two goals or less for Henrik and the team seems like a enchanted fairy tale. A lot of it is due to the "keep them to the outside but let them do whatever they want" strategy of AV's but a lot of it is also his choice of "keep them to the outside but let them do whatever they want" type defensemen.

It's only a matter of time before AV ruins the call ups that have been great.

Why are they rested?

 

[Machinehead]

Trying to get my head around the fact that one of these teams actually has to outshoot the other.

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

Dark in the city, night is a wire
Steam in the subway,the Gardens on fire
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
Rick Nash you want him, give us a sign,
And Captain Ryan's even closer behind
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
In touch with the phone, he's lost and he's found,
JG's on the hunt, he's after you.
Grabner's outbound, till prospects are found
And we're hungry like the wolf-pack.

Apologies Duran Duran

Wow. I think I’ve hit my limit on this board

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

Trying to get my head around the fact that one of these teams actually has to outshoot the other.

Not necessarily... 0-0 shots until a shootout then they don’t count

 

[bl02]

The Manimal is Back. Kreider could be back at practices as soon as Wednesday.
Good news is that his condition was not caused directly by blood clotting issues. He's off the blood thinners.

 

[Captain Lindy]

I was hoping he'd keep Pionk/Gilmour together.

 

[Captain Lindy]

The Manimal is Back. Kreider could be back at practices as soon as Wednesday.
Good news is that his condition was not caused directly by blood clotting issues. He's off the blood thinners.

This is great news!!

 

[EdJovanovski]

Kreider said he's "foaming at the mouth" to play again
f*** it I guess we might make the playoffs afterall

 

[offdacrossbar]

just checking to see if AV is still coachin....er ..... doing that thing where he stands behind the bench and chews gum.

he is ???

ok, im out.

 

[FOD]

Kreider said he's "foaming at the mouth" to play again
**** it I guess we might make the playoffs afterall

Great news. 7-11-1 since his injury.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Not necessarily... 0-0 shots until a shootout then they don’t count

Even better. Lundqvist comes out of his net, Wild player gets the puck, breakaway to an open net, gets hooked, and a goal is awarded without a SOG

 

[Ratelleitlikeitis]

Wow. I think I’ve hit my limit on this board

Just having some fun with the thread title and what it made me think of. Sorry if it was lacking technical analysis. Be thankful you can't hear me sing it. LGR

 

[Fitzy]

Here's what our roster looks like if we sell off all the UFAs and still make the playoffs.

Kreider-Zibanejad-Buchnevich
Zuccarello-Hayes-Fast
Vesey-Miller-Lettieri
Carey-Holland-McLeod

McDonagh-DeAngelo
Skjei-Shattenkirk
Staal-Pionk

The sale of Grabner, Nash, Holden are offset by the return of Kreider, Buchnevich, Shattenkirk.

With that team I'm rolling 3 lines for 95% of the game. Miller at center because I cannot stomach having Holland as 3C for one more game.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Here's what our roster looks like if we sell off all the UFAs and still make the playoffs.

Kreider-Zibanejad-Buchnevich
Zuccarello-Hayes-Fast
Vesey-Miller-Lettieri
Carey-Holland-McLeod

McDonagh-DeAngelo
Skjei-Shattenkirk
Staal-Pionk

The sale of Grabner, Nash, Holden are offset by the return of Kreider, Buchnevich, Shattenkirk.

With that team I'm rolling 3 lines for 95% of the game. Miller at center because I cannot stomach having Holland as 3C for one more game.

If for some reason we make the playoffs, Chytil and Andersson gotta be called up, McLeod and Holland come out of the lineup.

KZB
Chytil-Miller-Zuccarello
Andersson-Hayes-Lettieri
Vesey-Carey-Fast

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

If for some reason we make the playoffs, Chytil and Andersson gotta be called up, McLeod and Holland come out of the lineup.

KZB
Chytil-Miller-Zuccarello
Andersson-Hayes-Lettieri
Vesey-Carey-Fast

Hell no. Not willing to burn a year off their ELCs for a 1st round exit.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Hell no. Not willing to burn a year off their ELCs for a 1st round exit.

I'm not willing to change the direction of the franchise for a 1st round exit, we gotta try our best to tank, but I think the pros/cons benefit the pros if the team makes the playoffs.

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

Announcing the tank was secretly management kicking the team in the ass

 

[Tawnos]

I’m confused about the title since I just watched the Wolfpack take warmups here in Charlotte.

 

[Thirty One]

I’m confused about the title since I just watched the Wolfpack take warmups here in Charlotte.

That was the River Bunnies (or whatever)

 

[Irishguy42]

Announcing the tank was secretly management kicking the team in the ass

NHL Trade Buzz: Rangers selling? Wild coach Boudreau not buying it

"If anybody's gonna take [New York] lightly, it's certainly not me. I think [general manager] Jeff Gorton is either a genius and knew that that was going to happen, or the players said … 'we're gonna show you that we don't need to abandon,'" Boudreau said Tuesday at the Wild's morning skate.

"Since that letter came out they've played awful good, and that's the team I expect to be playing tonight."

Boudreau ain't no fool

 

[Krams]

NHL Trade Buzz: Rangers selling? Wild coach Boudreau not buying it



Boudreau ain't no fool

 

[Lays]

6-1 W

Nash (2)
Zibanejad
Skjei
Zuccarello
Pionk

I appreciate you for this every game day

 

[Lays]

I really like these lines other than McLeod (considering what we have to work with rn), Pionk against Minnys first line should be interesting to see how he does, I think this game will tell a lot about Pionk

 

[Mac n Gs]

Is @Loffen ok? He hasn’t been making the GDT lately