Wilderness Walk for 12-16-2010: Game Day Edition

by BReynolds on Dec 16, 2010 8:48 AM CST in Wilderness Walks

Oh, Dino. At least you have your clothes on.

Every one still alive? Been a long time since you had a Wild game to watch. I figure maybe you may have atrophied or simply given up. It is difficult to get pumped up for the Ottawa Senators, it really is. Thus the reason for the Brent Burns bobblehead night. Also tonight, the Wild will honor Dino Cicceraelli. That should be a good time, so make sure you are at the X, and in your seat, by 7.

Remember also that it is nearly a year to the day the the Wild's equipment went up in flames in Ottawa. The league made them play anyway, and the Wild got worked. It was the end of what had shaped up to be a pretty good run, and the Wild were never quite the same again. Do they get their revenge tonight?

Before you make the jump, check out the Facebook Question of the Day, and don't forget to file your intelligence reports for the HWRG2000. Also... everyone remembers the Hockey Wilderness store, right? It is right there on the left hand side! Only nine days left until Xmas!

Wild News

Navigating the West takes total precision | StarTribune.com - If you are reading my work over at SBN Minnesota (you better be), you would know my opinion on the Western Conference standings, and the Wild's place therein. To sum up: they're done.

Minnesota Wild could be without two veterans against Ottawa - TwinCities.com - Indeed. Such shocking news... since, you know, they were also out against the Ducks. Oh, and the Kings.

KiPA's Korner

Hitting The Post: Western Conference = wacky competition -As a fan of the Penguins, KiPA would likely have a minor heart attack every day if he had to cheer for a Western Conference team. Good to see him venturing into the madhouse for just a bit.

Enemy News

Sports - Hockey - Ottawa Citizen - The first of two papers in Ottawa, and the only one whose sister paper in Toronto didn't steal work from Pension Plan Puppets and then pretend like the world around them being pissed off didn't matter.

Hockey | Sports | Ottawa Sun - Here is the other one. The one that does have a sister paper in Toronto that ripped off Pension Plan Puppets.

Silver Seven - The SBNation Sens blog. Probably the best place for our readers to go for Ottawa perspective.

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Loved watching Dino play back in the old Met Center.

It’s a much deserved honor. Heck, if he wants to lace it up, he can’t be any slower the Bruno. ;-)

I can’t see too many positive outcomes left for the Wild this season except to start working on the best deals they can make to reshape this team. Get some solid effort and prepare to move Bruno, Mitts, Theodore, at least one of the D-men (maybe Schultz), Madden… really anything that can be turned into decent picks or prospects. The Wild need to do something, and I think that something is to load up with any many picks/prospects and to try to parlay that into a Draft day move for either an additional high pick or a good player for a decent package.

And, I want to be clear, I don’t see the Wild battling up hill and finishing in 9th, or even just sneaking into 8th, as a positive result for this team. It’s obvious that the Wild, as constructed, are at best a fringe playoff team. The core is aging, the team is slow, there isn’t a game changer on the roster. It is time for the Wild to make a drastic move… and that has to start with off loading some contracts even if that hurts a little bit.

by Krotz the Wall on Dec 16, 2010 9:08 AM CST reply actions

+1

by MinnesotaRage on Dec 16, 2010 10:55 AM CST up reply actions

I’m excited for tonight! One of my friends loves the Sens, and according to her they haven’t been doing well as of late. I hope we rain down victorious, a from tragedy to triumph sort of thing. It’s also at home, that fire happened on a road trip. I know were not the hottest team in the league at the moment, but they are ours, and it’s important to support effort.

According to my friends: I talk about hockey way too much.

by Jilliette on Dec 16, 2010 10:16 AM CST reply actions

My road still isn’t plowed so I guess I’m taking a little snow day from school & I actually got to read every. single. thing. on the walk today. Woohooo. See you all tonight!

by shleske on Dec 16, 2010 10:30 AM CST reply actions

I think we need to remember were only a year and a half into new territory. Some areas need a little shake up. But the whole western conference from forth down, are pretty mediocre. We aren’t really any worse than anyone else. I watch a lot of hockey, and every fan is going thru what we are. Some nights you shine, most are average. We just have to wait till our little winning streak comes. I’m one of the first to get down on them, but I won’t desert them either.

by mckay10 on Dec 16, 2010 2:47 PM CST via mobile reply actions