Worst and Best Wild Line Ever

[BagHead]

So, a main board thread got me thinking about the worst lines I've ever seen the Wild deploy. Currently our lines (especially the 4th) look amazing compared to back in the day. Feel free to get creative, too. Maybe you remember a particularly good PP or PK unit. Or a 3v3 unit.

For my worst entry, I can't remember if this line ever happened, or if I was just worried that it would:

Chris Simon - James Sheppard - Derek Boogaard

Then again, it was the day of Lemaire, so it probably had a shift.


Best:

Zucker - Koivu - Granlund

I'm not sure they're the most skilled one we've had, but they were certainly the most effective.

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[Digitalbooya]

Best:
Whoever-Demitra-Gaborik

I think I've mentally blocked out a lot of the bad lines, though I'll say Warren Peters as 1st line center was traumatic.

 

[gphr513]

Haha I was gonna say, who's gonna break out the Warren Peters top line?

 

[Wabit]

Lamaire to Yeo to BB, with their philosophies make it hard to pick a best line.

I can't even pick a best line from last season:
Nino/Staal/Coyle-puck possession and scoring
Zucker/Koivu/Granny- defense and counter attack
Both were very good at their roles, but they complimented each other well so both could excel.

Darby Hendrickson was on some really bad lines, Stoll line was bad, the entire 11-12 FWD group was pretty bad (as a whole).

 

[TaLoN]

Best:
Whoever-Demitra-Gaborik

I think I've mentally blocked out a lot of the bad lines, though I'll say Warren Peters as 1st line center was traumatic.

The season before when Demitra was on the wing was better. It gave Demitra freedom to get loose with Gaborik more often.

I think the Zucker - Koivu - Granlund is better though, simply the most effective line we've ever had. That Gaborik line may have scored more, but when you factor in defense and offense both, no other line comes close.

 

[NonsenseElimination]

The season before when Demitra was on the wing was better. It gave Demitra freedom to get loose with Gaborik more often.

I think the Zucker - Koivu - Granlund is better though, simply the most effective line we've ever had. That Gaborik line may have scored more, but when you factor in defense and offense both, no other line comes close.

I can't disagree that that line is probably the best in Wild history. But, man, if that is the case is it any surprise that this franchise has had such dismal success? How many teams in the NHL would have their best line in the last 17 years be as weak as that one?

 

[TaLoN]

I can't disagree that that line is probably the best in Wild history. But, man, if that is the case is it any surprise that this franchise has had such dismal success? How many teams in the NHL would have their best line in the last 17 years be as weak as that one?

Weak as that one, yet it was quite possibly the best in the entire NHL last season.

Weak in terms of no single player is considered elite... but not weak in terms of what they actually bring to the ice.

It's a case of the total being greater than the sum of all it's parts.

 

[Al Lagoon]

Chris Peters, Stacy Roest, and Aaron Gavey need more love here.

 

[Avder]

Haha I was gonna say, who's gonna break out the Warren Peters top line?

That was just mind bogglingly terrible. That's got to be the worst top line we've ever had.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Haha I was gonna say, who's gonna break out the Warren Peters top line?

That was just mind bogglingly terrible. That's got to be the worst top line we've ever had.

Heatley-Peters-Setoguchi

I believe some or all of Koivu/Cullen/Brodziak were injured. It's things like this that have kept me from complaining about Koivu while others would rip him apart during that time.

 

[Avder]

Heatley-Peters-Setoguchi

I believe some or all of Koivu/Cullen/Brodziak were injured. It's things like this that have kept me from complaining about Koivu while others would rip him apart during that time.

I thought at one point it was Heatley Peters Johnson.

 

[Digitalbooya]

I thought at one point it was Heatley Peters Johnson.

Could have been. I can confirm the line I posted.

 

[WildABootMinnesnowta]

Best: Zucker-Koivu-Granlund
Worst: Jeff Taffe-Warren Peters-Jed Ortmeyer

 

[TaLoN]

That was just mind bogglingly terrible. That's got to be the worst top line we've ever had.

He had Heatley and Setoguchi as wings... no, there's been worse.

Scott fricken Pellerin was once considered this team's best overall player for goodness sake!

 

[TaLoN]

Best: Zucker-Koivu-Granlund
Worst: Jeff Taffe-Warren Peters-Jed Ortmeyer

Not sure that worst line ever actually existed.

Aaron Gavey - Stacy Roest - Jeff Nielson was a thing once and it was absolutely horrible!

 

[NonsenseElimination]

Warren Peters! Oh how terrible that guy was! Staubitz was pretty bad too. He lost almost every fight I saw him in and that was his role.

I think it was Robbie Earl, Warren Peters, and Staubitz