GDT: Prospect G1: CHI @ Wild 7pm CT (stream at CHI website)

[Wabit]

Not even guessing on the lines.

The game is free and open to the public.

Let go Wild

I'll try and post the stream link (or video) in the GDT. But I might not be on, so if a mod finds it first please do the edit.

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[57special]

CHI has some nice D prospects. Del Maestro, Phillips( I thought he was a NHL'er already?), Korchinski, Allan.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Reichel will be the one to test our D and Wallstedt, he looked great for them last camp and is ready for a big year in the NHL, he is the measuring stick for our guys IMO.

 

[MNRube]

Besides obvious ones, I’m intrigued to see how Johansson, Milne, Haight & Petrovsky perform. Be great if we can add another legit NHLer from that group

 

[57special]

I get as excited as the next guy to see how our prospects are doing, but these prospect games are a bit of a shitshow. Very few players have familiarity with one another, and the play gets very scrambly as a result.
Rossi and Beckman...I guess you can add Giroux (but I have low expectations for him), and possibly ROR and Lambos together might be the exception. Even the goalies get affected.

 

[Digitalbooya]

This game will determine how many prospects are busts.

 

[Minnewildsota]

This game will determine how many prospects are busts.

That's an over simplification.

Obviously, this one game will determine the rest of these kid's lives.
Do well? Making it to the show.
Do poorly? We'll find them under an overpass somewhere.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

On paper, this seems pretty stacked in our favor, lots of guys pretty far along their development paths, I think our depth at forward is a huge gap, first lines relatively even and then Wild advantage after that. Wallstedt in net is a massive advantage, the D is probably the most similar but even there the depth is really good on the Wild side.

 

[DeagleJenkins]

On paper, this seems pretty stacked in our favor, lots of guys pretty far along their development paths, I think our depth at forward is a huge gap, first lines relatively even and then Wild advantage after that. Wallstedt in net is a massive advantage, the D is probably the most similar but even there the depth is really good on the Wild side.

sounds like a loss is incoming.

 

[AKL]

On paper, this seems pretty stacked in our favor, lots of guys pretty far along their development paths, I think our depth at forward is a huge gap, first lines relatively even and then Wild advantage after that. Wallstedt in net is a massive advantage, the D is probably the most similar but even there the depth is really good on the Wild side.

I'm not so sure. Most of our top forwards (Ohgren, Yurov, Khusnutdinov) aren't playing, and I think Reichel can match Rossi 1 for 1 in this game. The rest of our depth isn't extraordinary, I think Chicago has a couple pieces on par with us there.

The one spot we've got the dynamite edge in is goaltending, so I think our guys should be able to win it, but I don't think it'll be a blowout.

 

[AKL]

I'm assuming our top line will be Beckman-Rossi-X, so it's gonna be a pretty fun to watch these two top lines go at it.

 

[BagHead]

I'm assuming our top line will be Beckman-Rossi-X, so it's gonna be a pretty fun to watch these two top lines go at it.

Holy hell, Blueline Stauber had a kid and he's also a goalie? If he's half as entertaining, this is must watch hockey.

 

[AKL]

Holy hell, Blueline Stauber had a kid and he's also a goalie? If he's half as entertaining, this is must watch hockey.

I don't think they teach them to play like that anymore, but maybe it's stuck in the DNA

 

[57special]

On paper, this seems pretty stacked in our favor, lots of guys pretty far along their development paths, I think our depth at forward is a huge gap, first lines relatively even and then Wild advantage after that. Wallstedt in net is a massive advantage, the D is probably the most similar but even there the depth is really good on the Wild side.

CBH D is huge, and decent defenders at the least. Vlasic, Del Maestro, Allan, Phillips, Korchinski. Reichel is also very, very good. He was one of the guys who really caught my eye last year in the AHL....was over a PPG.

 

[BagHead]

I don't think they teach them to play like that anymore, but maybe it's stuck in the DNA

I don't think they taught them to play like that then.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

CBH D is huge, and decent defenders at the least. Vlasic, Del Maestro, Allan, Phillips, Korchinski. Reichel is also very, very good. He was one of the guys who really caught my eye last year in the AHL....was over a PPG.

Reichel definitely caught my eye in this showcase last year, he wasn’t at Boldy’s level but he was very good.

 

[Wabit]

I put the CHI youtube stream at the very top of the GDT.

 

[AKL]

Uh oh, Wallstedt bust?

 

[Wabit]

Not a good start.

 

[AKL]

Wasn't really overly impressed by any of our guys that period. Good on Wallstedt for keeping it to one goal, hopefully the skaters wake up in the second period here.

 

[Jbcraig1883]

Not much to say. Thought Milne had a good neutral zone read to pick off a pass and get the puck in deep. Lambos distributed well. But you can tell they aren't used to playing with each other. Expect passing to get better as game goes on.

 

[Wabit]

Wasn't really overly impressed by any of our guys that period. Good on Wallstedt for keeping it to one goal, hopefully the skaters wake up in the second period here.

I noticed #60 for MN in good ways. Nobody else stood out for me.

 

[AKL]

I noticed #60 for MN in good ways. Nobody else stood out for me.

Yeah I thought Milne was the best, but not great by any means. I was pleasantly surprised by him a couple times, but that might be more because my expectations for most of these guys are pretty low.

 

[Wabit]

Yeah I thought Milne was the best, but not great by any means. I was pleasantly surprised by him a couple times, but that might be more because my expectations for most of these guys are pretty low.

Reichel is on another level compared to any Wild players.

 

[AKL]

Reichel is on another level compared to any Wild players.

Oh yeah I was just referring to our guys. I knew Reichel would be a problem from watching him last year. He was a guy I really liked at the draft too.

I had a hunch coming in that it was gonna be our goaltending that wins this for us, so far, that still looks like it's going to need to be the case.