GDT: Wild @ Predators - 7:00pm CDT on FSN - Doob's Night Off Edition

[Avder]

I want to play Nashville. If we do this good against them with our teams top 4 guys out, just imagine the blood bath that awaits them when we bring our A-game.

 

[TaLoN]

Kings are officially out.

Vancouver/Calgary the first matchup lock in the west

 

[Loopy0ne]

play darcy again IMO

 

[123TripleDoge]

blues on saturday.... where's mike rupp when you need him?

 

[tomgilbertfan]

play darcy again IMO

If Kuemper played that'd mean Dubnyk would have a week between games.

Saturday = Playoff lineup.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

 

[jimbowman]

Blues will obviously try to run Dubnyk.

 

[Avder]

Kings are officially out.

Vancouver/Calgary the first matchup lock in the west

And it's not even a lock who's home or away in that one yet.

The playoff picture isn't coming into focus until saturday.

What time do we play our game on Sat btw?

 

[57special]

We'll need a good showing in St. Louis, that's for sure.

But if we lose, Blues have a better chance to get top spot overall if ANA loses, and we would play Anaheim, wouldn't we?

 

[NHL1674]

The definition of crazy.

 

[Avder]

But if we lose, Blues have a better chance to get top spot overall if ANA loses, and we would play Anaheim, wouldn't we?

If we win it would either get us into a matchup with Nashville (if Chicago also loses in regulation), set the tone for a matchup against the Blues, or send us into a matchup with Anaheim if Anaheim loses in reg and we win in OT/SO.

If we win, literally any of those three could be our opponent.

 

[Al Lagoon]

And the Marcoleptic's goal just got #1 on ESPN top 10

 

[BurnsyMN]

Not sure if it was ever mentioned tonight but that could have been the very last game Backstrom ever dresses for the Minnesota Wild. I can't imagine they dress him the final game of the season or at all in the playoffs. He's given a lot to the franchise and it's not the most ideal way for him to end his career.

*Stick tap* Thanks Backy

 

[TaLoN]

If we win it would either get us into a matchup with Nashville (if Chicago also loses in regulation), set the tone for a matchup against the Blues, or send us into a matchup with Anaheim if Anaheim loses in reg and we win in OT/SO.

If we win, literally any of those three could be our opponent.

Our goal for the game should be to win... period, then let the chips fall where they may. (Hopefully to a series with Nashville though...)

 

[Al Lagoon]

Not sure if it was ever mentioned tonight but that could have been the very last game Backstrom ever dresses for the Minnesota Wild. I can't imagine they dress him the final game of the season or at all in the playoffs. He's given a lot to the franchise and it's not the most ideal way for him to end his career.

*Stick tap* Thanks Backy

I hear you there - what a good team player he's been, no ego or drama, and plenty of good goaltending.

Sad that he just ran out of juice.

 

[Avder]

Our goal for the game should be to win... period, then let the chips fall where they may. (Hopefully to a series with Nashville though...)

Exactly. We've got something to play for yet.

 

[TaLoN]

Exactly. We've got something to play for yet.

Preferably a win in regulation too... to eliminate Anaheim as a possible matchup. That's the team I'd rather face the least.

 

[Spurgeon]

And the Marcoleptic's goal just got #1 on ESPN top 10

We've been killing it with #1 highlights this year. Nino's goal, Charlie's goal, and now Marco.

 

[57special]

Not sure if it was ever mentioned tonight but that could have been the very last game Backstrom ever dresses for the Minnesota Wild. I can't imagine they dress him the final game of the season or at all in the playoffs. He's given a lot to the franchise and it's not the most ideal way for him to end his career.

*Stick tap* Thanks Backy

Agreed. He was a top G in the league for years. Like most athletes, his body betrayed him.

 

[NHL1674]

Not sure if it was ever mentioned tonight but that could have been the very last game Backstrom ever dresses for the Minnesota Wild. I can't imagine they dress him the final game of the season or at all in the playoffs. He's given a lot to the franchise and it's not the most ideal way for him to end his career.

*Stick tap* Thanks Backy

Definite stick tap to Backs. Sucks to see him go out this way. He's been such a professional about it too. Couldn't have been easy.

 

[BurnsyMN]

Definite stick tap to Backs. Sucks to see him go out this way. He's been such a professional about it too. Couldn't have been easy.

Hopefully he is offered a job within the organization. Perhaps goalie coach in Iowa or goalie scout in Finland.

 

[NHL1674]

Hopefully he is offered a job within the organization. Perhaps goalie coach in Iowa or goalie scout in Finland.

Unless he still wants to try and play one more time. Wouldn't be shocked if he just tested the water.

 

[hipchecks]

Not sure if it was ever mentioned tonight but that could have been the very last game Backstrom ever dresses for the Minnesota Wild. I can't imagine they dress him the final game of the season or at all in the playoffs. He's given a lot to the franchise and it's not the most ideal way for him to end his career.

*Stick tap* Thanks Backy

Most definitely. Guy is a true pro and one of my all time favorite players. If I'm not mistaken, he holds most of the Wild's goaltending records. Hope he eventually finds his way back in the organization with some kind of coaching or managing job. I know he's expressed how much he loves Minnesota.

 

[Al Lagoon]

Blues will obviously try to run Dubnyk.

Dude is 6'6".

Not the same as running Backstrom.

Plus, I've seen Dubs give plenty back to guys that violate his personal space.

 

[Digitalbooya]

KUEMPER!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just want to say that I was one of the few who still had confidence in him.