locked in!

Eventually it has to be our year, right?

Right?..

LGW!

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Whole lot of nothing. But Guerin talks about Quinn. Also talks about the Makar extension and that Quinn may be after “other things”.

I can't find anything. We're less than a month from opening night and I still don't know where the Wild will be broadcast.

Family and I have begun a new tradition where we pick a game or two each season to visit an opposing team’s barn and watch the Wild. Since this is the last year the iconic Saddledome will still be standing, we figured Calgary would be a nice option. To any who have been, is it worth it to sit way up in the Press Level seats? My mother might have a hard time seeing from there. Tickets aren’t too bad in the 200 levels either and that might be a more reasonable spot while still getting the overall experience.

Maybe I’m overthinking it all, but anyone who has been there, chime in and let me know what you thought of the place and where you sat!

Alright fellas, ladies and everything in between we need to stop giving any time or attention to the outside nonsense. This is what it’s like to finally be a destination. They either hate us or wish they were us. Devils fans only have hopium, Detroit fans are delusional at best. Lions don’t concern themselves with the affairs of ants. Don’t concern yourself with the affairs of lesser teams. Minnesota has a team that players have on their short list, have confidence not fear. Don’t argue with idiots who’s lives are so boring they have to make up stuff about players on other teams. Don’t care when other fans try to reinforce their own wants and wishes by twisting comments or nobody bloggers.

We are the State of Hockey, the games in our blood and our bloods in the game.

💎 🙌 💎 ❤️

Selling some of my collection over on r/hockeyjerseys

The guys who make shivers run down your spine when you remember they ever played for the team. For me it's

Martin Hanzal

V1C Rask

Kyle Quincey (apparently he only played 18 games for us in 17-18. Somehow every shift is trauma in my brain)

Thought I’d share this here. Long time Wing’s fan and I listen regularly to the Winged Wheel Podcast (WWP).

This week, they interviewed top Wing’s (and a top NHL) prospect Trey Augustine (goalie).

They asked him the player with the most deceptive/hardest shot to save in his career so far and he said Matt Boldy.

Surprised me, as while I know him as a top NHL winger, I did not expect to hear his name as top shooter from a goalie perspective.

Figured you all would like to hear this.

The thing that worries me the most is its going to look similar to early Dallas jerseys. Love the night time logo and the concept in general, but man I cant get over the fact that a black jersey and green striping with cream accents is just going to look like stars jerseys on broadcast. I honestly think a better concept would've been something like the winter classic jerseys but instead going back to St. Paul's roots in ice polo before structured hockey was brought in. Those old sweaters would make a stunning inspired jersey that would look great both in person and on broadcast. Just wanted to hear some thoughts on the jerseys, Cheers!

queue brock faber's "AND THE BUS"

Cap space aside, why has this guy not been signed by any team?

This guy is good for 30-40 points a year. Hes not flashy, but he is 27 and being that he is unsigned, could most likely get him for quite cheap.

Are there some underlying metrics of his that are huge red flags?

September is at the door knocking and we are almost to training camp (players report the 16th, on the ice 17th) so thought I’d open up a chill conversation for the group as we all trickle back in from the off season and get to focusing on what really matters: hockey.

So question for today is: what is the one thing you are most looking forward to this season? Ideally this is something very specific and not overly broad (like I can’t just say Brock Faber because that’s obvious and also not in the spirit). Could be a specific game on the schedule, a milestone, the first Shabby to Kirill etc.

Hey all! My mother is proud of herself for finding this puck at a thrift shop, but we can't figure out whose signature this might be, and it was just labeled "puck" so that's no help.

We're reasonably sure the number is 25, but none of the names we can find that are associated with that number seems to match the signature. I'm aware that signatures can vary, but I haven't found anything online that matches this one so I'm stuck. I included the back of the puck in case it helps narrow down the possible date range at all.

I'd appreciate any help!

wild threads! at St Mary's Athletic Complex in Michigan

I am so pumped!

First of all, this seems to be the most likely lineup game 1:

Kaprizov-Hartman-Shabanov
Coleman-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Yurov-McCarron-Brink
Foligno-Trenin-Foligno

Honestly, I don’t hate that bottom 9. It’s not flashy or anything but for a ‘good’ team it absolutely gets the job done.

What stands out to me is that top line. Aside from Kaprizov you have two 3rd/4th line players. That’s the problem imo. All the players in the bottom 9 belong where they belong, which is why it’s strange (to me) that our bottom 6 seems to be the biggest criticism around the league. Despite what people say about Coleman, he is a middle 6 winger, and the 2nd line is part of that group. However, on the top line, aside from Kaprizov, the players are above where they belong. Honestly I would argue swapping Hartman with Yurov would make the Wild’s depth better since Hartman is the perfect 3rd line guy, but I’m not sure you want Yurov and Shabanov, as fun as that line would be, I’m not sure you want them munching top line minutes; at least not right away.

Obviously putting all three of the Wild’s core top 6 players (you know the ones) on one line would not be sustainable and would make the middle 6 infinitely worse.

In all fairness, this team could absolutely replicate the production from last year.

Shabonov, if he clicks with Kaprizov, could be a 40, 50, or if we’re superrrrr lucky, 60 point player

Coleman could easily cash in 40+ points playing with Boldy

Brink may not be as certain as coleman but definitely has 40 point potential

Buttt this is if everything goes right (still very possible however)

So idk. Just some food for thought. Obviously the main concern, unless Yurov suddenly has an insane breakout, is a 1c. I do think Larkin would help this team immensely but it seems that ship has (likely) sailed… It really does seem like this team is one top 6 forward (more specifically a center) away from true, bonafide contention, since defense and goaltending are among the best in the NHL and winger depth ain’t too shabby

I’d also like to note that this is a team whose best regular season ever contained no Faber or Hughes on the d core, hartman as their 1c, along with jordan greenway and marcus foligno on their second line. So in terms of making the playoffs, I’m not all that concerned. In 2023 we also went on the crazy 20 game or something point streak with brandon duhaime playing second line minutes lmao

Tldr; imo top line is the issue, not bottom 6 or depth