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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

The Wild start the season with a 5-0 win.

Gus with a shut out
1st line: Kaprizov 3 assists, Boldy 1 goal and 2 assists, Rossi 1 goal 1 assist

Hartman with 2 goals

Ek with a goal

Our centers also took 56% of the face offs.

Sturm out and JEE had a terrible night at the dots. Bodes well. What doesn't? Liam O on the 4th and not a single shot on net. He may have to be moved because you can't send him back down. His confidence has to be shot. I'm not giving up since it's just 1 game but it's something to watch.

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

The Wild start the season with a 5-0 win.

Gus with a shut out
1st line: Kaprizov 3 assists, Boldy 1 goal and 2 assists, Rossi 1 goal 1 assist

Hartman with 2 goals

Ek with a goal

Our centers also took 56% of the face offs.

Sturm out and JEE had a terrible night at the dots. Bodes well. What doesn't? Liam O on the 4th and not a single shot on net. He may have to be moved because you can't send him back down. His confidence has to be shot. I'm not giving up since it's just 1 game but it's something to watch.

From what I read, Ohgren went backwards during training camp. Yurov has progressed, but is still adjusting to the smaller ice sheet. They moved him off of center. The hockey writers think wing was always his natural position. Strange that they were saying how well he meshed with JEE and Tarasenko. Suddenly he was in the press box for game 1.

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser
Yeap. This might be a tough year with that D. When you score 9 goals in 2 games and 1-1, that says something. We gave the Jets a lot scratch for Jiri and he sits in the press box? [:-]

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

Up 3-0 (thanks solely to LA taking dumb penalties. We were on the PP pretty much the whole 1st) and still have to sneak it out in the shootout is not great. I love the offensive upside of ZB but he's going to be massive growing pain on D this year. We'll have to stay patient. Jiri sits again. I misspoke and said "Jets" when I meant Jackets but my point stands. We gave up a haul to get him and now we just put him in the box? Makes no sense.
JW was solid/good at times but also let in a couple of [:o]'s.
Last note. We should try scoring some while it's 5 on 5. I'm not sure they've been told but those count too.

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser
We always struggle in Dallas and the first 2 periods last night were no exception. We looked better in the 3rd but I'm sure they let off the gas a bit.

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

Dallas is bigger, faster and younger. The Wild are still medium sized, medium speed and a year older.

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

Yeap, you guys are on it. Don't need to repeat but the thing that really chaps my ass is things like "MoJo is sucking on the 3rd line so lets move him to the 2nd to get him going!" [X(]

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

The problem is that nobody from Leo to Guerin to Hynes is willing to play the long game. They are unwilling to see if the young guys can do what they were drafted to do. So David Jiricek, Carson Lambos and Hunter Haight get sent to Iowa, while Zack Bogosian, Daemon Hunt and Ben Jones are on the roster. Liam Ohgren and Danila Yurov rotate between the press box and 4th line while Marcus Johansson, Marcus Foligno and Vlad Tarasenko skate top 6 and middle six positions.

Are Ohgren, Yurov, Haight, Jiricek and Lambos the guys? I don't know. What I do know for an absolute fact is that Bogosian, Hunt, Jones, Johansson and Foligno are not.

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ORIGINAL: stfrank
We are the anti-Buffalo team. Their draft picks get pushed into the league too soon and kill their confidence and ours get mired in the AHL so long they get tired of bus rides and lose theirs.
I would just as soon bottom out this season and get another top draft pick for a new regime to use. I know that is dreaming, but it appears it is time for a change at the top or Kirill's prime will be wasted along with lots of money.