Minnesota Wild vs. Calgary Flames: Game Recap

by nathaneide on Mar 7, 2010 6:16 PM CST in Events

Minnesota Wild 2-5 Calgary Flames

The Minnesota Wild did not come out with enough effort or desire to win today. That became painfully apparent 19 seconds into the game as Rene Bourque tipped home the Steve Staios shot. It was, frankly, all down hill from there.

From strange decisions made by the refs to Jarome Iginla busting out of his Wild scoring slump to the oft-maligned Vesa Toskala getting the start to Guillaume Latendresse's two goals when it should've been around six goals there is very little to say about the 400th game at the Xcel Energy Center, so I'm just not going to.

Feel free to vent in the comments. This performance isn't worthy of actual discussion. This team is out of the playoffs. I think we're done.

See you on Tuesday for the Panthers.

Hockey Wilderness Three Stars:

Jarome Iginla (3 G, 1 A)
Guillaume Latendresse (2 G)
Rene Bourque (1 G, 3 A)

Five Questions to Answer:

Calgary get payback? Completely.
Jarome Iginla is the leading scorer against the Wild, but is goal-less since 2008. Will the streak be extended? Sorry, I may have screwed the pooch on this one. I gave the Dick and Bert kiss of death.
Which Wild team will show up? The Edmonton loss one.
Can Guillaume Latendresse extend his goal lead? He is awesome. Very awesome.
Will the Wild miss Derek Boogaard? Hell no.

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Poor decisions with the puck lead to turnovers which lead to goals. Horrible passes, and even worse penalties. This game was one to forget.

by Goken17 on Mar 7, 2010 6:32 PM CST reply actions

Unless you're Nick Backstom's glove

by Goken17 on Mar 7, 2010 6:33 PM CST up reply actions

After the first 2 goals, Backs had some beauties. He kept the team in it, but it was not to be. Bouncing pucks and whatever other excuse. Damn.

Let's Go Wild!

by redheadzeb on Mar 7, 2010 6:42 PM CST up reply actions

Kelly Sutherland is a Putz.

I yelled it as loud as I could at the end of the game (to the amusement of those around me), and I stand by it now. IMHO, the Wild were really back in it until that absolute BULL SHIT call of “goalie interferrence” against Mikko.

Maybe the television replay saw something we didn’t, but we’re at that end: I was watching that play very closely; I’m sorry, if he even brushed Toskala, it was because of the defender behind him. Koivu could have really made Veska hurt (and within the rules thanks to the defender behind him). What I saw was that he held up and Kelly Sutherland (out of position as usual) made the call. At first, I thought they called the Calgary defender for hauling him down—everyone was cheering. Then, the Flames touched the puck and no whistle. I was pissed off instantly. I usually don’t get that angry, but WTF!?!

Beyond that, the Wild didn’t play well and deserved to lose. Fuck it.

Let's Go Wild!

by redheadzeb on Mar 7, 2010 6:41 PM CST reply actions

Maybe he was trying to “make up” for a missed call against Nolan in the corner earlier that period

by Goken17 on Mar 7, 2010 7:02 PM CST up reply actions

The interferrence? I saw a few of those not called both ways—especially in the corners. Other than that, I really don’t think he knew what the hell he was doing.

Let's Go Wild!

by redheadzeb on Mar 7, 2010 7:08 PM CST up reply actions

No, I agree there were a lot of missed interference calls, but Nolan had a pretty blatant hook that wasn’t called early in the period.

by Goken17 on Mar 7, 2010 7:55 PM CST up reply actions

Toskala came out of the crease and Mikko tried to avoid him, no way that should have been called. Then on the powerplay giordano gets away with the trip on zannon. If only the rest of the team played like Gui, we’d score 5 goals a game. I didn’t think the team played that bad. Especially after they were down 2-0.

by Chris Winner on Mar 8, 2010 7:24 AM CST reply actions

I agree

The team did do a decent job of getting into the zone and setting up scoring opportunities — they just couldn’t finish. That’s really the key problem with this team is the lack of genuine closers — and that’s not something you can address through systems.

by SpaethCo on Mar 8, 2010 7:47 AM CST up reply actions

Nope

You address it by re-signing Marian Gaborik.

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by nathaneide on Mar 8, 2010 9:22 AM CST up reply actions

Sorry? Who?

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by BReynolds on Mar 8, 2010 12:25 PM CST up reply actions

by SpaethCo on Mar 8, 2010 12:58 PM CST up reply actions

Blown calls

This guy has missed so many calls, it makes me think he is trying to change the rules of the game. I saw the play live, and I have seen the replays. Absolute joke of a call. Mikko made contact, but just barely. He was pushed by a defender from behind, and had another defender standing a foot in front of Toskala. He should have been given an award for not making as much contact as he should have. Next time, Mikko. Plow him over. If you’re going to take the penalty anyway, may as well get in a good lick, right?

Speaking of running the goaltender, did anyone else really want to see Nolan destroy Toskala when he charged out to stop the breakaway? I did. Should have laid him out and put the puck in the net. Toskala was a skater making a play at that point, not a goaltender.

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by BReynolds on Mar 8, 2010 12:32 PM CST reply actions