Wilderness Walk for 9-29-2010

by BReynolds on Sep 29, 2010 9:06 AM CDT in Wilderness Walks

Today's Walk is extensive. No, really. You are about to embark on a Walk that will take you from Columbus to Saint Paul, from Finland to Boston, and into subjects you never thought would be covered on Hockey Wilderness. Enjoy yourself, don't take life too seriously, and try to have some fun, will ya?

Oh, and it's picture day. Smile.

Random Wild Video of the Day:

Just a reminder. Everybody in this video is still on the team. Good things can happen. It looks bleak now, but good things can happen.

Wild News:

Wild has its good moments but can't register first win | StarTribune.com - Russo's gamer, with some notes.

Blue Jackets 3, #mnwild 2 (shootout); Zidlicky injured | StarTribune.com - Russo's Rants, with some more in-depth notes.

Wild centers positioned to carry load | StarTribune.com - Kent Youngblood writes about the center position. Would be nice if it would pay dividends now, eh?

Minnesota Wild to hold free open practice in Helsinki Sunday, Oct. 3 as part of 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere - 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere - At least the fans in Helsinki will be able to watch some hockey for free.

Stoner told to skip trip - TwinCities.com - You have to feel for the kid. Here's hoping he can pull it together.

Shootout in Columbus leaves Minnesota Wild winless in exhibitions - TwinCities.com - Brothers' gamer.

Post Game Enemy Perspective:

Game 5 (X) Recap: Jackets Punch Back, Win 3-2 in SO - The Cannon - The boys in Columbus are rather proud of their team's win. Must be nice.

Off the Trail:

Freodom: 2010-11 NHL season preview - A season preview from a blog that says it talks about everything from politics in Finland to Formula One racing. Read about how the Wild have a scoring duo of Koivu and Havlat, play the trap, and are boring. Yes, it really was posted today.

The unwritten agreement, or, Why did my team do that? - A breakdown on why some guys can go to the AHL while some guys cannot. Good stuff from the team at Something's Bruin.

Pass it to Bulis: Why Are the Atlanta Thrashers Actively Acquiring Black Players? Beginning our "Deep Thinking" portion of the Walk, Pass it Bulis explores the possibility that the Thrashers are hiring more black players... on purpose. Good stuff.

ALA | Banned and/or Challenged Books from the Radcliffe Publishing Course top 100 novels of the 20th century

ALA | Banned books from 2000-2009 - This week is National Banned Book Week. The concept of banning a book should be imposible in this country, and yet it happens everyday. What is your favorite banned book from the lists above?

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Just Zanon being Zanon in that video.

Wheel of Time, save my soul, find a way; may it be as the pattern has chosen, oh Wheel of Time..

by TheDragonReborn on Sep 29, 2010 10:52 AM CDT reply actions

Minnesota is still playing the trap? Koivu and Havlat skating together? Cats and dogs sleeping together?

by Givinchy on Sep 29, 2010 11:32 AM CDT reply actions

Wait...what?

Charlotte’s Web?

You have got to be freaking kidding me.

by brigid22 on Sep 29, 2010 12:10 PM CDT reply actions

And Winnie the Pooh.

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by BReynolds on Sep 29, 2010 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions

I agree Atlas Shrugged should be banned - I hate that book I fall asleep everytime I pick it up. Yet I love the irony in banning 1984

1. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
4. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
6. Ulysses, by James Joyce
7. Beloved, by Toni Morrison
9. 1984, by George Orwell
11. Lolita, by Vladmir Nabokov
12. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
13. Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White
15. Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
17. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
20. A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
22. Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne
25. Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
26. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
28. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey
32. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
33. The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
40. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
41. Schindler’s List, by Thomas Keneally
47. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
49. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
50. The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
72. A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
85. The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells
90. The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame

by MMcAlister on Sep 29, 2010 1:00 PM CDT reply actions

Nice list. You just have to love banning books like The Lord of the Rings. Those Hobbitts will get you if you don’t.

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by BReynolds on Sep 29, 2010 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions

You know what it is...

the Elvish Language was based on Finnish… Just Sayin’

by MMcAlister on Sep 29, 2010 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions

10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky

is my all-time favorite book to this day and the basis for a future tattoo of mine. I can’t think of a better book to be read & discussed in a high school english class. Well, I could, but you get the point. That list just pisses me off.

by shleske on Sep 29, 2010 3:43 PM CDT reply actions