GDT: Minnesota Wild @ Anaheim Ducks - 7:00pm CDT - FSN
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Dr Jan Itor
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Randy BoBandy
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StealthClobber
A Digital Frontier.
behemolari
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Ducks struggle had to end at some point, however their game was inferior to us ..not worried
gphr513
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Well at least we played well I suppose... We'll just get them next time.
Didn't mention this earlier but great GDT Generic User. Really great job!
Didn't mention this earlier but great GDT Generic User. Really great job!
StealthClobber
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Good 60 minutes. I love how people on Twitter freaking out. 
The wild were due for a 60 minute game and Anaheim was due for some puck luck. I kind of had a feeling this would happen.
The wild were due for a 60 minute game and Anaheim was due for some puck luck. I kind of had a feeling this would happen.My thoughts
- Koivu's line was great all night.
- PPG was pretty meh. I think Yeo should try somebody other than Pommer on that line. He just doesn't seem to compete as hard as Parise or Granny and I'd like to see what someone like Coyle could do there.
- Third line was brutal. They were out for the first 3 goals against and registered 2 shots in total. I thought Vanek had looked pretty good so far this season but tonight if he wasn't turning the puck over he was invisible.
- The fourth line looked solid. They had a few good chances and were physical.
- Dubnyk hasn't looked like the impenetrable wall he was last season although it's still early so hopefully he can back on track.
- Also, not sure if it was the ice or what but there was an unusually high amount of passes that got by our defenders on the point when we were in their end.
- Koivu's line was great all night.
- PPG was pretty meh. I think Yeo should try somebody other than Pommer on that line. He just doesn't seem to compete as hard as Parise or Granny and I'd like to see what someone like Coyle could do there.
- Third line was brutal. They were out for the first 3 goals against and registered 2 shots in total. I thought Vanek had looked pretty good so far this season but tonight if he wasn't turning the puck over he was invisible.
- The fourth line looked solid. They had a few good chances and were physical.
- Dubnyk hasn't looked like the impenetrable wall he was last season although it's still early so hopefully he can back on track.
- Also, not sure if it was the ice or what but there was an unusually high amount of passes that got by our defenders on the point when we were in their end.
DANOZ28
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we lost both games this weekend, how do you sugarcoat that? im sick of losing to the ducks. this game was a measuring stick and we couldnt get it done.
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Measuring stick against a winless team desperate to break their slump. Season is still very young.
gphr513
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He hasn't looked great, but the first goal he was likely screened (or it was tipped). The second one was a beauty of a deflection.
Measuring stick how? We've played other solid teams this year already on the road. Anaheim was winless so it's not like they were playing at an elite level. We had the number 1 offense in the league up till tonight (yay small sample size) and were due for a game like this. Goes back to my question the other night about how we were playing vs. actually winning. Still hard to complain about 7 points in 5 games when you look at it that way.
I saw a lot of the same things. IMO- it's pretty clear that Granlund is the guy that dictates how the 1st line looks. Pominville has his ups and downs but he's a steady enough player that I really doubt he's going to be the reason that line is either terrible or great on any given night. If you want to try Coyle on that line, why not switch him with Granlund?
Having said that^, Coyle was pretty bad tonight. Hopefully just a blip, but I saw a lot of last years Coyle tonight. Neither Vanek or Fontaine gave him much help either.
Dubnyk looks like a guy who is trying to "just not screw it up". Doesn't seem like he has much confidence right now, and he's hiding in his net quite a bit.
Please just put the D back to what it was last year. I know it's really impatient to be bitching about this already, but what is the upside to the changes? Spurgeon was supposed to add offense to the 1st unit? Yeah, that's not happening. Brodin would be much more comfortable on the left side? Yeah, no. Not 1 single Dman looks as good in his spot as he did last year. Dumba is rapidly approaching a healthy scratch. Aggressive in the dzone and making the safe play on offense is not how Dumba needs to be playing.
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Funny, I'm one of the few Vanek supporters and I didn't like his game much at all tonight.
Fontaine had good effort tonight, and was close to making some plays so I was probably more frustrated with his game than upset.
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