Minnesota is a ”very Finnish/Scandinavian” state immigrant wise.. We all know Swedish Fargo from the hilarious movie with the same name. And also we should know Suomi/Finland, Minnesota. Thus we are obliged to root for the Wild as Finns acknowledging the Nordic demographic history of the region, Minnesota.
Yet, their brand of hockey has been the best sleeping pill for me for last seven years and that is quite an achievement. Kudos for that. No kidding. Countless are the cold lonely nights I have fallen asleep a glass of Scotch beside me watching or rather listening or rather hearing Koivu Granlund and then that Swedish d man hustling the puck frantically back and forth exemplifying high work ethic as they should as Nordics - until the lights go off without a notice, without the buzzer signaling a goal or the end of the game which never came for me. Only the big sleep. Dreaming of beautiful women naked. And some good ol hockey. Slap shot revisited.
Oh and what was the thread? Kaapo Kakko... Great young player with lots of Forsberg in his style. Very promising. And sorry for the OT. But it is a good read anyway. So be it.
