Wilderness Walk for 1-16-2012

by BReynolds on Jan 16, 2012 10:31 AM CST in Wilderness Walks

Everyone is ready to see way more of this, right?

A month or so ago, the question was: How many ways can we come up with to say the Wild are pretty good? Now, the question is: How many ways can we come up with to say the Wild are absolutely cooked?

Last night's news about Mikko Koivu is not going to be well received. By any one. One thing I am a bit disappointed about, but not completely surprised, is the reaction from fans outside Minnesota is more about who replaces Koivu in the All-Star game than who replaces Koivu in the Wild line-up. Which is fair, but it sure would be nice to read about something that matters, and not the corporate boondoggle that is about to take place in Ottawa.

Ah well.

Links after the jump. I wonder what they're about.

Wild News

Mikko Koivu injures shoulder during shootout loss at St. Louis | StarTribune.com - Le sigh.

Koivu injury could throw team in even larger state of flux | StarTribune.com - Indeed. What happens next is anyone's guess.

Time to pack it in? Mikko Koivu out at least a month with shoulder injury | ProHockeyTalk - Yes. Yes it is.

Report: Minnesota Wild lose NHL All-Star Mikko Koivu for month; can they survive? | Puck Daddy - Yahoo! Sports - No, they can't survive.

Wild blue-liners lacking offensive punch | StarTribune.com - Pretty helpful group, they are.

Tending the Fields

The Third Intermission: Weekend wrap-up - Hope the folks in Houston are ready to lose player after player the rest of the year.

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I hope Fletch doesn't mortgage the future in a panic move.

Seriously, the names Russo tossed around this morning were pretty much garbage besides Ruutu who I wouldn’t mind having if Koivu were still healthy. Now we just need to take our lumps and get this season over with. Let Wellman play second line center, it won’t be pretty, but it will give management a good sample size to see if he is a NHL player (not sure if he is much more than a good call up right now).

by cgp711 on Jan 16, 2012 10:45 AM CST reply actions

wellman at 2nd line center

This makes a ton of sense. Lets figure out if we need to cut bait on this kid. If he succeeds we start next season with an experienced center.

Fletcher: please don’t deal anyone not named Zanon, Harding, Zid, Schultz, (or K bro if the offer is obscene)

by Pewterschmidt on Jan 16, 2012 11:10 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Is Wellman a RFA?

by cgp711 on Jan 16, 2012 11:29 AM CST up reply actions

yes

Editor:Hockey Wilderness Swarm Beat Writer:In Lax We Trust Now with more Twitterness: ReynoldsSBN

Master of unsustainable passive regression.

by BReynolds on Jan 16, 2012 12:02 PM CST via Android app up reply actions

I'm not too happy...BUT...

If Fletcher can maybe get some picks and we keep losing…we may at least have a really good draft. Aaaaaand that’s the only bright side I can think of at the moment.

Proud Sioux Falls Stampede Season Ticket Holder and #1 Nate Prosser Fan! Go Wild!

by wild4life on Jan 16, 2012 11:03 AM CST reply actions

Lot's of D-men that are projected to go early in this draft.

I wouldn’t mind us grabbing one that can play now instead of a project (no offense Brodin, you’ll be worth it in due time).

by cgp711 on Jan 16, 2012 11:31 AM CST up reply actions

This season

From most comments, it seems like people are already looking forward to next season. Sheeesh! Let’s try to be a lil positive here. Maybe Mike Yeo gives a few trademark speeches (a la Houston’s playoff run) before every game, maybe Cullen and Heatley decide to carry this team on their backs while putting up season-highs, maybe…. oh who am I kidding? The Wild are done!! The fat lady has sung :(

Son-of-a-bitch is dug in like an Alabama tick!

by Mark It Zero! on Jan 16, 2012 11:32 AM CST reply actions

Ways to say the Wild are cooked

1. Stick a Falk in them, they’re done.

2. Anyone up for some Pizza?

3. As the Stoners would say: We’re baked.

4. They just couldn’t bring the Heat.

5. It was a Cullenary disaster (Think about it)

6. POWE! The Wild’s bubble has been bursted

7. They Skoula’d the season.

8. They Zidlicky’d the season.

9. It’s Hards to win when the D isn’t Backs-ing up the goalies

10. Mikkoh-no!

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by JSLandry on Jan 16, 2012 12:01 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

winner

Editor:Hockey Wilderness Swarm Beat Writer:In Lax We Trust Now with more Twitterness: ReynoldsSBN

Master of unsustainable passive regression.

by BReynolds on Jan 16, 2012 12:03 PM CST via Android app up reply actions

HILARIOUS!!!!

Son-of-a-bitch is dug in like an Alabama tick!

by Mark It Zero! on Jan 16, 2012 12:10 PM CST up reply actions

WELL PLAYED SIR

by wildfansec108row11 on Jan 16, 2012 12:19 PM CST up reply actions

NHL.com would steal these for their inane front page headlines,

except they still don’t believe the Wild exist.

by mg7505 on Jan 16, 2012 1:58 PM CST up reply actions

Are you saying my jokes are inane? :(

Ohhh, who am I kidding! :P

Besides, you’re right, as far as nhl.com is concerned, there is no Minnesota Wild.

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by JSLandry on Jan 16, 2012 2:00 PM CST up reply actions

Your jokes aren't inane

because they’re jokes, they’re funny, and they’re posted in the right forum. But when a professional sports website makes every headline and video clip title a pun on someone’s name … that is inane.

by mg7505 on Jan 16, 2012 2:03 PM CST up reply actions

So my jokes are good? JOY :)

You’re right though, you’d think they could lay off the puns a little bit.

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by JSLandry on Jan 16, 2012 2:05 PM CST up reply actions

oh, come on...

you guys ain’t done yet.. there’s only two teams in the West that should be talking this way (and maybe Edmonton).. however, yes, I do think the Wild will be looking over their shoulders at the Avs and Stars rather than grappling with ‘Nucks/Wings/Hawks/Sha-arks at the top.. but you’ve managed to beat a bunch of these teams before and you’ll do it again, with or without Koivu..
I, for one, am not on the “Koivu Out/Wild Dead” bandwagon..

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by mightymike D on Jan 16, 2012 12:28 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

Well

Considering the Wild have lost 13 of their last 15 (Only four of which were without Koivu), I have a hard time imagining them getting out of this particular pickle..

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by JSLandry on Jan 16, 2012 12:33 PM CST up reply actions

yeah, it's a big slump alright..

but my eye-test still says Minnesota will be a hard team to play against right up to the Playoffs..

"Kevin, You can't play Doom Metal while wearing a scarf"

by mightymike D on Jan 16, 2012 1:14 PM CST up reply actions

We can only hope you're right

Because they haven’t been very hard to play against for anyone lately.

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Twitter: BubbleWild48

by JSLandry on Jan 16, 2012 1:18 PM CST up reply actions

You may have had conjunctivitis for the past month

because the Wild haven’t passed anyone’s eye test recently.

by mg7505 on Jan 16, 2012 2:00 PM CST up reply actions

From Kent Youngblood

Yeo had some interesting lines out there for practice. He had Cullen on the top line with Dany Heatley at one wing and Nick Johnson on the other. Kyle Brodziak centered the second line, with Darroll Powe and Devin Setoguchi. The Third line was Warren peters with Cal Clutterbuck and David McIntyre. The final line was incomplete, as a player will be called up from Houston, according to Yeo. But Monday assistant coach Darby Hendrickson was skating with Brad Staubitz and Casey Wellman.

Yeo must have zero confidence in Wellman if he’s back down to 4th-line minutes again. Wild are missing three of their top-6, and Wellman is being asked to fill in with Staubitz. His time in Minnesota should really be done.

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Regressing all the way back to high school hockey.
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by JDesthubert on Jan 16, 2012 1:19 PM CST reply actions

Either that

Or desperation to shake things up. I do have to say that it doesn’t make sense to put Wellman down there when he played so well with Cullen against San Jose.

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by JSLandry on Jan 16, 2012 1:37 PM CST up reply actions

Moving Clutterbuck and Johnson up I could see as a desperate to spark the team, but moving Powe up to the 2nd line over Wellman is more than just trying to find a spark. Nothing against Powe, but Wellman should have way more offensive talent, but Yeo is having Wellman play 5 minutes on the 4th line.

You know you're a Wild fan if Spam Whoopie Gerald-buns comes up in conversation
Regressing all the way back to high school hockey.
Mikael Granlund = Suomi Savior

by JDesthubert on Jan 16, 2012 1:41 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, that's pretty weird

I guess we have to trust Yeo, but it’s a head-scratcher

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Twitter: BubbleWild48

by JSLandry on Jan 16, 2012 1:44 PM CST up reply actions

Fail for Nail.

Editor:Hockey Wilderness Swarm Beat Writer:In Lax We Trust Now with more Twitterness: ReynoldsSBN

Master of unsustainable passive regression.

by BReynolds on Jan 16, 2012 2:41 PM CST up reply actions

I dunno, I'm not a fan of Russian players

There’s something about how they like to believe the KHL is a real league and always threaten to go there if they don’t get their way always turns me off.

by cgp711 on Jan 16, 2012 2:43 PM CST up reply actions