Wilderness Walk for 2-11-2012: Game Day Edition

by BReynolds on Feb 11, 2012 9:01 AM CST in Wilderness Walks

The team has been called out by their coach. A player has been given his notice he is on his way out. The gauntlet has been thrown down. Now all that is left is for the team to either pick it up or walk away from it. How they respond will be interesting to watch. To have the last place team in the league be the team to face to make your point against.

Of course, on the flip side, even if they win, the skeptics have their way out. After all, it's just the Blue Jackets, right?

Perhaps a 8-0 thumping might help. Who knows what it might take at this point. What really needs to happen is to rattle off five or six wins in a row. That might actually provide some sort of evidence that they remembered how to suit up and play the game. As a reminder to the players, the bulk of Wild fans just want an effort. Win or lose, if they play well, the fans will support them.

A little hard work is all that is asked. Sorry, Tom.

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Wild News

Wild coach Mike Yeo: "We need to be gamers right now" | StarTribune.com - Also, about a month ago, but now would be good.

Rearranging the deckchairs: Minnesota puts Staubitz on waivers | ProHockeyTalk - Play those violins.

Wild coach Mike Yeo gets off skates and onto soapbox | StarTribune.com - We'll see how the team responds. Not that Columbus should be a test of any kind.

Wild can't go wrong as deadline approaches - Well, they could. It would be stupid, but they could.

Chip Scoggins: Wild caught in a cycle of so many words, so few deeds | StarTribune.com - Good read. I agree with 99%. When he calls out Nick Schultz, I get a little hazy on the evidence.

Enemy News

BlueJackets Xtra | Columbus Blue Jackets news, stats, photos, video - Newspaper source for Jackets news.

The Cannon - SBNation home for the Jackets.

Tending the Fields

VIDEO: Kyle Rau Hits Jason Zucker; Gets Game Misconduct - SB Nation Minnesota - Not a pretty sight.

The Third Intermission: Ortmeyer Returns - Indeed.

The Third Intermission: Updated: Warrioring on and some light reading on your Aeros goalies - Keep caught up on Aeros news.

Off the Trail

Hide yo kids, hide yo wives, they be making hockey memes here - Nucks Misconduct - Read the Patrick Kane comic. Good humor.

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A Gopher with a dirty hit?

I am shocked.

Cheering for good teams that are randomly awful [Twins, Wild, Packers, Hawkeyes, MCFC] since 1989. "False Hope is better than No Hope"

by Yabbs on Feb 11, 2012 9:26 AM CST reply actions

Yeah, you know it’s bad when Nathan, king of all Gopherdom, thinks it deserves a suspension. Plus, you know, leave Zucker the fuck alone, dammit. That’s the CUp you just tried to crush, Rau.

Ha ha.

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Master of unsustainable passive regression.

by BReynolds on Feb 11, 2012 10:41 AM CST up reply actions

charge, boarding, and a high hit

Coming from a gophers fan. That was dirrrrty. But I’m a bigger wild fan so I’m just pissed. Thought it was more of a charge than anything seeing as how he looked at him from about 10 skates out and decided to decapitate him.

Don't know what I'm fighting for, but I know what I'm fighting against

by PUTTINxONxTHExFOIL on Feb 11, 2012 11:26 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

I’ve been very frustrated with all the boards and hits from behind the Gophers have committed this year. Not something you want to see from a team you root for.

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by Chris Winner on Feb 11, 2012 11:38 AM CST up reply actions

Noticed a lot of it too

Lucia needs to get his shit together. As a college coach he’s supposed to be coaching them in all aspects of life, not just putting up a zillion goals. I didn’t see it but I heard Bjugstad high sticked the hell out of Zucker too. Undisciplined hockey is not a good look for the Gophers.

Don't know what I'm fighting for, but I know what I'm fighting against

by PUTTINxONxTHExFOIL on Feb 11, 2012 6:01 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

The Bjugstad high stick was a miss on a stick lift, but the Rau hit was headhunting. The biggest violator the Gophers have had this season is Seth Ambroz. Kid takes stupid checking from behind penalties all the time, and a lot of them have been in the offensive zone. He’s not a smart player.

You know you're a Wild fan if Spam Whoopie Gerald-buns comes up in conversation
Mikael Granlund = Suomi Savior

by JDesthubert on Feb 11, 2012 6:17 PM CST up reply actions

I’ll be at the Jets game on Thursday and I hope this team figures something out by then, because we need retribution for Butch. A good ass kicking would be nice.
I’ve been geared up for this game since we played them, and I hope the X is obnoxious, because I’m gonna be!

"ooooh babe, when I pick up the phone, there's still nobody home"- Floyd

by mckay10 on Feb 11, 2012 11:24 AM CST via mobile reply actions

might as well boo Bogosian since those idiots boo Heatley for no reason

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President/CEO of the Tutu Many Slapshots fantasy hockey club

by Chris Winner on Feb 11, 2012 11:35 AM CST up reply actions

go ape shit for me

No extra money :(

Don't know what I'm fighting for, but I know what I'm fighting against

by PUTTINxONxTHExFOIL on Feb 11, 2012 11:37 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

ofcourse that game has to be when I’m in class, so I can’t even boo at my tv :(

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President/CEO of the Tutu Many Slapshots fantasy hockey club

by Chris Winner on Feb 11, 2012 11:39 AM CST up reply actions

Booing will be the least of his problems, I hope Kassian is playing that night.

"ooooh babe, when I pick up the phone, there's still nobody home"- Floyd

by mckay10 on Feb 11, 2012 12:38 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

I’ll be Occupying the X for that game as well. Hopefully the Wild can avoid dirty hits that lead to concussions this time around.

You know you're a Wild fan if Spam Whoopie Gerald-buns comes up in conversation
Mikael Granlund = Suomi Savior

by JDesthubert on Feb 11, 2012 12:25 PM CST up reply actions

Per Russo

Staubitz cleared wavers, but won’t be assigned to houston right away. CF is trying to work a trade to keep him in the NHL. Classy move.

Koivu, Granlund 2012

by Wild_4_life on Feb 11, 2012 11:43 AM CST reply actions

We probably can't even give them Staubitz for free.

by cgp711 on Feb 11, 2012 1:14 PM CST up reply actions

if Nystrom went

for free, Staubitz will too.

by wild32384 on Feb 11, 2012 2:10 PM CST up reply actions

Let's take up a collection

I have… a cheap pair of headphones, an RC helicopter that doesn’t fly, and a shoestring. Oh, I just found a Chuck E Cheese token I can throw in as well.

by Dave71120 on Feb 11, 2012 4:28 PM CST up reply actions

Make it a circus circus token and now we’re talking.

by eamon17 on Feb 11, 2012 9:01 PM CST up reply actions

Also from nucks misconduct:

can someone please explain to me what is happening on this t-shirt. I swear it looks like they have giant sperm cells on their knees. I don’t know.

Wonder Twins! HOOO!

by nemo1107 on Feb 11, 2012 3:02 PM CST reply actions

I'd love to see

an alternate version of that shirt, featuring the Sedin sisters – Henrietta and Danielle. And their physiques look WWE-esque, when did they start hitting the ’roids and HGH???

by Dave71120 on Feb 11, 2012 3:11 PM CST up reply actions

It's just bizarre

by nemo1107 on Feb 11, 2012 3:32 PM CST up reply actions

Dammit

and my joke was ruined

by nemo1107 on Feb 11, 2012 3:03 PM CST reply actions

Anyone know what time they start letting people into the game?

by Bouchy Mane on Feb 11, 2012 3:39 PM CST via iPhone app reply actions

Depends

Lower concourse or 200 club around 6. But Club Level or Suites about 5:30 or so.

Koivu, Granlund 2012

by Wild_4_life on Feb 11, 2012 3:54 PM CST up reply actions

Main gates open an hour before the game. If you have reservations at the Headwaters, you enter through the suites, and can get in (I believe) 3 hours early for those. BUt you have to also have a suite level or club level ticket to get there.

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

Master of unsustainable passive regression.

by BReynolds on Feb 11, 2012 5:38 PM CST up reply actions

Hope you defeat Columbus

for two reasons.

One, the team gets its act together and starts to play the good kind of hockey we saw earlier. Second, tire Columbus out so Anaheim gets two easy points tomorrow!

@Fallenity
Go Ducks Go!
In my mind, Henrik Zetterberg is Zapp Brannigan from Futurama and that's why I call him Big Z.

by Fallenity on Feb 11, 2012 4:12 PM CST reply actions