Post-Game Talk: Norris Division Final: Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago Blackhawks

[TaLoN]

Yeo has grown a lot these playoffs just as the team has! Very impressed with the job he's done! All that favoritism that he used to do in the regular season has become a distant memory! Just need to get a better PP coach and this staff seems golden!

 

[Avder]

Yeo has grown a lot these playoffs just as the team has! Very impressed with the job he's done! All that favoritism that he used to do in the regular season has become a distant memory! Just need to get a better PP coach and this staff seems golden!

Its just a phenomenal turnaround the man has pulled. This team upgrades its pp to merely 'serviceable' and suddenly were lethal. He's got us playing great puck possession. Hes letting the youngsters deliver. He's holding players accountable. He's getting a LOT better at matching lines.

I missed this Yeo.

 

[BurnsyMN]

Its just a phenomenal turnaround the man has pulled. This team upgrades its pp to merely 'serviceable' and suddenly were lethal. He's got us playing great puck possession. Hes letting the youngsters deliver. He's holding players accountable. He's getting a LOT better at matching lines.

I missed this Yeo.

This reminds me of something he said near the end of the Colorado series. Something along the lines of he just threw out the idea of trying to match lines. Obviously he can try to get a mis match at home but it seems like he's got his team believing any line can play against anyone.

 

[Lennu32]

All business. He wants to win it all. This year.

Not just him. The team wants to win it too. With him. Yeo might be ok guy after all, if he only would let Granny to run #1 PP...

 

[NHL1674]

Do you know how many Cups these wins are costing us?

It's nice seeing the Hawks rattled for once.

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Man, this is fun isn't it? What a blast.

 

[Avder]

I've officially made an avatar bet with a Hawks mod.

It's on now. **** just got real.

 

[TZM]

Yeo has grown a lot these playoffs just as the team has! Very impressed with the job he's done! All that favoritism that he used to do in the regular season has become a distant memory! Just need to get a better PP coach and this staff seems golden!

Gotta agree here. If and when he stays, I hope he can continue the way play they're playing now. This is the Yeo system the team needs for the whole season. Impressive.

Also, luv u Matt Cooke.

 

[Sharppi]

Is it sunday yet?

 

[Avder]

Is it sunday yet?

No it's only saturday

 

[this providence]

Spurgeon and Scandella have been playing some scary good hockey.

 

[SunDin]

In my eyes this was the Wilds best 5vs5 performance of the year. This was more a 4-0 and last game more a 4-2 game. But whatver aslong as we win, Very proud of the guys tonight!

I always have to give critics tho, the PP wasnt good tonight. Need to change.
Any news on Ballard?

 

[Foxlockbox]

In my eyes this was the Wilds best 5vs5 performance of the year. This was more a 4-0 and last game more a 4-2 game. But whatver aslong as we win, Very proud of the guys tonight!

I always have to give critics tho, the PP wasnt good tonight. Need to change.
Any news on Ballard?

On what night, during the playoffs, has our PP been good yet?

 

[Avder]

In my eyes this was the Wilds best 5vs5 performance of the year. This was more a 4-0 and last game more a 4-2 game. But whatver aslong as we win, Very proud of the guys tonight!

I always have to give critics tho, the PP wasnt good tonight. Need to change.
Any news on Ballard?

Nothing about Ballard last night. I'd say watch twitter starting after noon when the Wild have media availability. Maybe we find out something.

I'm not expecting him for game 5 to be honest.

 

[SunDin]

On what night, during the playoffs, has our PP been good yet?

Indeed, the phrase i was looking for was "more worse than before"

 

[Avder]

Indeed, the phrase i was looking for was "more worse than before"

Any night where we actually score a powerplay goal is a good night for this powerplay.

 

[Avder]

Good god, Russo's twitter this morning is just loaded with articles.

Even Souhan, that lowest common denominator hockey hating jerk, has an article praising the Wild this morning.

 

[WildFinn*]

Chicago has played 85 Stanley Cup Playoff games since 2003 and have been held to fewer than 24 shots on eight occasions. Four have come in the first four games of this series.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=718658

 

[Al Lagoon]

Spurgeon and Scandella have been playing some scary good hockey.

An Avs fan posted on the main board that if they could grab 2 Wild d'men, it would be those two.

 

[Syan Ruter]

Wild getting some respect on the main board, people are taking notice. The feeling I have now is completely new

 

[tomgilbertfan]

From an Avs fan

Games 3 and 4 in the Hawks/Wild series were ridiculously similar to games 3 and 4 in the AVS/Wild series. Hawks are getting outworked and outshot just like we did. Their fans are complaining that the Hawks aren't doing anything despite the horrible game 3. Sounds familiar?

Also I love our 3rd line a lot.

 

[Jacques The Mayor]

Optimism is a scary feeling.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

 

[Al Lagoon]

Just looking over the playoff stats, the one that jumped off the page at me - Heatley leads the team with a +7. This from a guy who finished the regular season a team worst -18.

Brodin and Granlund are next best at +4.

Not everybody's favorite stat, but I found it interesting nonetheless.

 

[StealthClobber]

From the absolutely hilarious playoff photoshop thread: