behemolari
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trading Koivu makes sense and does not, it all depends how much you're getting back for him. don't wanna see him traded.
depends on who you can get for him
Michael Russo said:To Granlund’s right sits Zach Parise, usually with a half-dozen reporters orbiting him. To Granlund’s left sits Matt Cooke, also popular with the press because he’s a quote machine.
Granlund eyeballs everything, listens to every word, and never gripes that so many are hovering in his personal space.
“He’s learning and taking everything in,†said goalie Niklas Backstrom, who knows Granlund better than most.
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When Granlund struggled in his first season with the Wild, he took it to heart.
“The one thing with Granny, he’s such a proud guy and he’s highly intelligent,†Wild assistant general manager Brent Flahr said. “This was probably the first time ever he didn’t have immediate success at something.â€
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“He’s a pretty competitive kid,†Cooke said. “Sometimes he’s so gifted at slowing the game down and opening up ice, you almost underestimate his compete and his battle level and mistake it for not being determined.
“But you watch the way he’s playing in our own end this year, he’s knocking guys off pucks, he’s eliminating guys from plays.â€
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Parise says Pominville has constantly raved about how much he loves playing with Granlund.
“I didn’t really understand it until I finally played with him [recently],†Parise said. “He jumps into holes and plays with a lot of speed in the neutral zone, which is nice for a winger. When your centerman is driving with speed through the middle, it opens a lot of things up. He makes really good plays with the puck. He’s developing really well.â€
This could be a really cool redemption moment for Granlund. He seemed to hit kind of a skid after he missed the shootout goal in the WJC. A strong showing in the Olympics could really help his confidence, especially playing so well recently.
3 goals 13 assists for 16 points in his last 20 games with 31 shots on goal.
Pretty good step up with Mikko out! Hopefully he keeps it up after Mikko comes back.
That's on pace for a 12 goal season. If Koivu scores 12 in a season everyone criticizes him, but it's just fine when it's Granlund ?
That's on pace for a 12 goal season. If Koivu scores 12 in a season everyone criticizes him, but it's just fine when it's Granlund ?
Granny
Stastny
Koivu
Haula
That sounds like a great four centers
BTW Koivu averages about 19 goals per 82 games, he does average around 46 assists each season (not bad) every 82 games for 65 points every 82 games. The problem is, he averages 66 games a season (well, around 66 games a season. We don't know how many he'll play this season). So he averages around 52 points for us every season. Hopefully he stays healthy but we know that isn't going to be the case.
Posted that before and got stones thrown at me. To be honest if we wen with lines as
Parise-Granlund-Pommers
Nino-Stastny-Zucker
Fontaine-Koivu-Coyle
Cooke-Haula-Mitchell
I would be ecstatic about seeing that. That is 4 lines that play for a mismatch, and you know good and well one, if not 2, are going to get it against teams not named Chicago, LA, or St. Louis.
Because Stastny is not better than Koivu, so why would Stastny beat out Koivu?
Its pretty much that simple.
If you have a workable plan to bring in a better center than Koivu that would knock him down to the third line, i'm all for it.
But even with Koivu as defensively responsible as he is, he still scores at a higher rate than Stastny.
Because Stastny is not better than Koivu, so why would Stastny beat out Koivu?
Its pretty much that simple.
If you have a workable plan to bring in a better center than Koivu that would knock him down to the third line, i'm all for it.
But even with Koivu as defensively responsible as he is, he still scores at a higher rate than Stastny.