POLL: Are Wild Fans Pleased?

No.

because I don’t remember punching anyone in the face recently.

but i thought that might be the wrong answer

haha. I’m just being a smart@$$

would be my answer to question 1. If the poll question had been asked last week after the Canucks game, I may have voted yes. Instead I went with the Are you Nuts option. I consider myself the kind of person always to find a bright side in everything. After last nights game, I see no bright sides or optomism with this team. I’m starting to wonder if Richards is the problem.

I am pleased with the Wild so far. Sure we aren’t the tops on the division or conference, but we aren’t expected to be this year. We have a new GM working to fix HWSNBN’s mistakes, filling the team with a decent amount of talent and potential, making smart and economic moves, while allowing us to remain competitive despite Richards’ difficulties behind the bench. So far this year our only blowout has been the last game against Vancouver, other than that our losses have been close ones that need only a 60 minute effort to turn into wins. I am fine with booting Richards for someone who can get a full effort out of the club and some of its players. A lot of guys are bringing the lunchpail every game: Burns, Falk, Koivu, Cullen, Schultz, The Grinders. Lats has started to pick it up (see the sick stick save he made last night?). Zidlicky is getting back into it. PMB might help if he can get healthy.

Plus I am wholly convince thay Mikael Granlund is going to be a STUD.

I think we need to boot Richards and get an offensively minded player if PMB can’t put up points (Bill Guerin is still available, just saying or we can always trade Cam Barker)

I actually was contacted by HockeyBuzz. There was a question, and it did have a poll. The question appeared to be written in Russian, so I used the handy-dandy interwebs translator, and found a question which was quite appealing. The translation asked “Are you, or are you not, pleased about the wild burritos they have this year?” Not knowing what a wild burrito was, but knowing that I have never found a burrito I didn’t find intiguing, I natually, voted “pleased.”

It was only later, after Erika, my wife/librarian/information seeker/fact finder, mentioned that this correspondance was written with Belarussian colloquialisms, that I realized I had, in fact, been bamboozled.

I appologize for contributing to the statistical outcome.

I will now take off my wristband in shame.

is no. As of right now, the Wild are mediocre. I’m hoping they can turn it around.

Time for Mr. Negativity to chime in. I am tired of getting 30-40 minutes from these guys. I think everyone here is giving Burns a little too much credit, he’s making two or three bone headed plays a game, but hasn’t been horrible either. The two I have been most disapointed with are Havlat, who may have had his ego flattened when chicago won without him.I don’t even notice Marty when he’s on the ice. keep in mind I was defending Havlat last year.
      The other player and it pains me to say this, is …Cal Clutterbuck, I think Cal may be drinking a little too much of the Kool-aid and buying too much into his fan favored status.
 Cal may do well to remember what got him into this league, and refocus on those things instead of trying to a more finesse player. He’s still one of the hardest working guys out there, but not living up to the standards, he set for himself.
Other than obviously Cullen, One of the biggest bright spots that no one is mentioning is Nystrom, he is putting out the effort that I expect from Cal

I put the 3rd option. I’m only not pleased with the Wild’s performance on ice, however.

I really do trust Fletch, and I think he’s making huge strides in the right direction. This is still not Fletch’s team. Think of what he did with the Wild’s second line. He completely retooled that line with players that weren’t around in the old regime and they’re (arguably) the most talented scoring line on the Wild.

Also, if the Wild keep doing poorly, Fletch can keep building through the draft. What’s better than one Granlund? TWO GRANLUNDS!

Brad Ratgen is a buffoon and I am surprised you would care what he has to say. I don’t know about other Wild Fans but I think the Wild have a ways to go but they might be “turning” the corner.