Minnesota Wild General Discussion - 2023-24

[Spurgeon]

I want MBN simply because the Wild I don't think has ever had a three-named player

JEE

 

[BagHead]

Don't let Joel Eriksson Ek hear you say that.

I also believe Mats Zuccarello used to be Mats Zuccarello Aasen, not sure why he dropped the final part of his name.

I looked up his parent's names on Google, thinking that would maybe give the answer, and I found this picture of his dad for my efforts.

Spoiler: Enjoy!

 

[thestonedkoala]

Never existed

He was a violent leprechaun!

Man, I am having a rough morning. I still want MBN so we keep our resident Norwegian.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

He was a violent leprechaun!

Man, I am having a rough morning. I still want MBN so we keep our resident Norwegian.

Glutton for punishment.

 

[Sweetnut]

I looked up his parent's names on Google, thinking that would maybe give the answer, and I found this picture of his dad for my efforts.

Spoiler: Enjoy!

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Oh, he cut his hair?

 

[BagHead]

Oh, he cut his hair?

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I almost made this comparison! I'm so glad you did!

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Probably a lazy comp but Bransegg-any hard feels like a right handed Ohgren to me. He’s got great compete and can rip it.

Rossi being a good 3C in the league right now makes him a player that provides a high floor as a likely 2nd line center in his prime with upside to be more than that if he gets faster. This is my daily prayer that we don’t trade him simply because he doesn’t play a hard brand of hockey.

 

[57special]

Probably a lazy comp but Bransegg-any hard feels like a right handed Ohgren to me. He’s got great compete and can rip it.

Rossi being a good 3C in the league right now makes him a player that provides a high floor as a likely 2nd line center in his prime with upside to be more than that if he gets faster. This is my daily prayer that we don’t trade him simply because he doesn’t play a hard brand of hockey.

I'm all for size and toughness, but at the end of the day it's who gets the most goals in the other guys net. Rossi can be a decent two way #2C who puts up 45-50 pts. on a consistent basis. More if he gets good linemates and PP usage. I'll take that over anything that we have right now except JEE. Only way we trade him is if we get a better young C coming back, and what team is going to do that?

 

[MNRube]

I'm all for size and toughness, but at the end of the day it's who gets the most goals in the other guys net. Rossi can be a decent two way #2C who puts up 45-50 pts. on a consistent basis. More if he gets good linemates and PP usage. I'll take that over anything that we have right now except JEE. Only way we trade him is if we get a better young C coming back, and what team is going to do that?

He’s going to be really good. He takes zero shortcuts and seemed hyper-focused on his defensive responsibilities. He was 2nd on the team in ES scoring for much of the year and was playing on an anemic PP2 with the likes of Gaudreau, Foligno and Mojo.

I think he will be a 60 + point C as soon as next year. He doesn’t have great chemistry with 12 or 97 yet, but people said JEE would never find that and look how that turned out.

Makes zero sense to trade him. Especially when you spent the majority of the year playing him with offensive duds. If you want to maximize his value, you give him PP1 time and more ES strength time with our star wingers

 

[Roman Maroni]

If we can run foligno zuc and Freddy on the 4th line we might just have something next season.

It’s called an expensive 4th line….

 

[Roman Maroni]

I'd happily move into that garagemahall. I've even been playing around with barn quilt ideas for it.

Wild, Wild Alternate (Northstars), and Viking colors.

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Hate to be a buzzkill, but no Vikings colors please…..grew up listening to my sisters scream “Run Fran Run!”. When you are like 7 years old, you have to root against your sisters. So I’ve never been able to cheer for the Vikes. Throw in some Twins colors and it would probly work!

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Hartman seems like he’s not a culture guy yet Guerin treats him as if he is

 

[MuckOG]

 

[AKL]

Hartman seems like he’s not a culture guy yet Guerin treats him as if he is

Hartman is absolutely one of those guys you love to have on your side but would hate to be against. Brad Marchand, Tom Wilson, etc.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Hartman is absolutely one of those guys you love to have on your side but would hate to be against. Brad Marchand, Tom Wilson, etc.

Yeah I think that’s probably true

 

[AKL]

I would be very interested in seeing what other suspensions the league has handed out for similar acts as this one. As far as dirty stuff goes, this was 98% disrespectful to the referee (for doing a shit job frankly), and 2% dangerous to anyone. A fine seems like it would be a more appropriate punishment but I guess they just want to throw the book at him due to him being a "repeat offender".

Video in the article for anyone who hasn't seen it yet

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I think you need to come down fairly hard on guys throwing stuff "at the officials". No real problem with this.

 

[AKL]

I think you need to come down fairly hard on guys throwing stuff "at the officials". No real problem with this.

If he had thrown it at the official I'd 100% agree with you

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

If he had thrown it at the official I'd 100% agree with you

Doesn't have to hit him to be "at". It was close enough.

Towards, general direction, whatever.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Can’t throw a stick without getting suspended. Suspension does not matter though and the ref deserved the public display for incompetence. Fine with this outcome, hope that ref gets talked to behind closed doors as well though (probably a pat on the back and an attaboy since it was the golden boy Knights.)

 

[Wabit]

Hate to be a buzzkill, but no Vikings colors please…..grew up listening to my sisters scream “Run Fran Run!”. When you are like 7 years old, you have to root against your sisters. So I’ve never been able to cheer for the Vikes. Throw in some Twins colors and it would probly work!

It was really just a creative exercise to challenge myself for fun.

I used your shed as a backdrop in photoshop and found a lot of things I didn't like about that quilt color scheme. The dark green and purple blended together when it's a small (scene for distance). The forest green doesn't seem to be the same shade as your shed already has, it's too close so it looks "off". The wheat color doesn't look good when compared to the shed siding color.

Same template with North Stars and Twins colors. I'd probably go with a different design, but the colors work on your shed.

 

[Roman Maroni]

That’s a lot of shed no matter how you look at it. 72 x 80 with 20 foot sidewalls…..

Parked tractor and planter and 2 semi tractors in there with tons of room to spare

 

[AKL]

Doesn't have to hit him to be "at". It was close enough.

No but it does have to be at him to be "at" him. If it's intentionally not at him, it can't be "at" him.

But hey, agree to disagree. A suspension isn't all bad. Should help our tank to not have him around.

 

[Wabit]

That’s a lot of shed no matter how you look at it. 72 x 80 with 20 foot sidewalls…..

Parked tractor and planter and 2 semi tractors in there with tons of room to spare

Give me teenage daughter 20 mins and you'll be wondering where the floor went...

 

[57special]

Elite tank move by Hartman. Now Kap has to squirt the ref with water in the next game, and Boldy criticize them on camera. Or, flip it around, and have Kap ask "why we get the shit officials."