Prediction: Minnesota won't win the Stanley Cup with Suter and Parise

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

After tonight's thrashing they'll be lucky to even make the playoffs.

 

[HOLDITHERE*]

Prediction: Oilers won't win the cup last year.

 

[triggrman]

Prediction: Oilers won't win the cup last year.

This is an awesome response.

 

[El Nino 22]

Your opinion?

I just don't see it. They're both getting old. Yes, I expect Suter to last another 5 years or so but Parise? And the rest of the team? Their center depth is a joke, will they get a #1 C?

That isnt a very bold prediction especially if you know about Minnesota sports. Suter's style of play should allow him to play till he's 40 or older. Parise on the other hand, will be done quite a bit sooner.

 

[Teppo]

This would be a bold prediction if you made it during the playoffs last year when they looked like a very solid team with a ton of up and coming prospects.

Making it now, when they are probably playing as one of the bottom 3 teams in the league, is not so bold. Its pretty easy to do.

 

[Little Psycho]

They deserve the next winter classic.

 

[MilanKraft*]

Coyle, Granlund, Nino, Haula, Zucker....they'll be fine...

 

[MilanKraft*]

When the crappy West plays the Penguins...you know...smoke show

take it with a grain of salt

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Maybe they win Mcdavid. What are the lottery odds ?

Getting better every game.

 

[Billy Mays Here*]

Parise and Suter are just fine. We need an upgrade on Koivu, goaltending and depth on defense to make a run.

Thread title should read "The Wild will never win a cup with Koivu as a center". Would be a more apt assessment.

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

In Vaneks case, he looks like a couple years away from Heatley territory.

I think you misspelled, "days"

 

[Baemon Severson*]

Oh well

 

[10coach*]

Your opinion?

I just don't see it. They're both getting old. Yes, I expect Suter to last another 5 years or so but Parise? And the rest of the team? Their center depth is a joke, will they get a #1 C?

I'd be shocked if they don't win the cup within the next 5 years or so.

 

[10coach*]

Their FA pickups were more based on what they accomplished in the past than what they bring now. Vanek, Parise, and Suter are all starting to decline. In Vaneks case, he looks like a couple years away from Heatley territory.

Who ever said they are starting to decline?

 

[taylord22]

They'll be fine. Ultimately, there are larger reasons they may not win the cup with those players...namely the Central Division and its unwillingness to taper off.

 

[NHL1674]

After tonight's thrashing they'll be lucky to even make the playoffs.

News Flash....they aren't making the playoffs and most Wild fans already know that. There is a reason most are hoping for a tank.

 

[Kamiccolo]

News Flash....they aren't making the playoffs and most Wild fans already know that. There is a reason most are hoping for a tank.

That was not the expectation coming into this year at all.

 

[Billy Mays Here*]

That was not the expectation coming into this year at all.

No, but it has been for at least a week now.

 

[NHL1674]

No, but it has been for at least a week now.

More like weeks.

 

[Billy Mays Here*]

More like weeks.

For me and you and some others, yes. But even a week ago there were still some Wild posters saying we can turn this around or that tanking is stupid, which is why I only said a week. Embrace the tank Wild fans, it will be so much easier to handle the rest of the season that way, trust me.

 

[Tyrus]

I'd be shocked if they don't win the cup within the next 5 years or so.

Really? You don't see 5 others team (not even including repeats) win the Cup rather than the Wild in the near future?

Chicago, LA, Anaheim, St-Louis, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Montreal, New-York and Nashville all seem likely to win soon or in the distant future, maybe multiple times each.

Then there's teams who are all more likely to go on a deep run in the next two years than the Wild, like Washington, San Jose or Boston.

 

[Slick Willy*]

Winning a Cup isn't exactly easy to do, for any franchise. The Flyers haven't done it in 30 years, and the Flyers are one of the coolest teams in hockey history.


Buffalo hasn't ever done it. Vancouver has never done it. Toronto hasn't won in.....


So...as I said, winning a Cup isn't exactly easy to do.

 

[BanditKeith99]

I predict they won't win with Kyle Brodziak

 

[TOML]

They could. They're underperforming at the moment and could be an LA-style under-the-radar threat in the playoffs, easily.

 

[Infinite Jest]

They could. They're underperforming at the moment and could be an LA-style under-the-radar threat in the playoffs, easily.

That LA team that crept into 8th and won it all was much, much more talented than this Wild roster.