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Summer Hockey Fill: Get to know the Minnesota Wild
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Sometimes a Good Old Fashioned Beating Is a Good Thing
The Blueshirts need to remember where they stand, regardless of whether or not they are winning the series, they are the underdogs, they are the ones who are expected to be down in the series right now. If the Rangers don't revert back to the way they played earlier in the series, especially...
Backstrom Re-Signed
As per TSN, the Minnesota Wild have re-signed Niklas Backstrom to a four-year, 24 million dollar contract extension.There was no doubt that they needed to do something with Backstrom, but I think they may have made a mistake. Backstrom is of course a superb goaltender, but he probably isn't one of...
View From The Frontier
I know that the NHL struggles in competing for television ratings with poker, but in my efforts to reach out to this apparently huge market of, ahem, sports enthusiasts - I'll use a metaphor to describe today's NHL trading deadline to them. The "river" card is about to be revealed and it's time to...
Protecting the Goalie
It is early in the post butt spanking Ottawa just laid on the Wild, and it still smarts a little. That said, I'm moving past it. It's just who I am. So, we take a look at Russo's notebook for tomorrow, and find that Backstrom is not happy about being crashed into after he has the puck. I don't...
Backstrom Named All Star Reserve
Niklas Backstrom will be the lone representative for the Wild at the All Star game in Montreal. Backs is more than deserving having 19 wins, a save % of .929, and a GAA of just 2.14. Koivu was snubbed, and the debate will now ensue about who else should have been in, and who is in who should be...
Talent. Anyone? Game Plan. Anyone?
I feel as though I have a responsibility to write a scathing post about how bad this team is playing right now. Problem is, I have a Bachelor's in Business Administration and 14 years of experience as a manager. In my education and experience, I have been taught not to bring up a problem unless I...
Backstrom Starting to Get the Credit he Deserves
There is an excellent article about Niklas Backstrom over on NHL.com. A couple quotes: "I think he has held our team together," Minnesota backup goalie Josh Harding said. "We've had a couple of key injuries this year and he's been the backbone of our defense. Nik has been outstanding. It...
10 Greatest And Not So Great Moments In Washington Capitals History
(RC Note - I made a wager with CapsChick at View From The Cheapseats on Thursday's Habs - Caps game. The loser would have to post about the winning team on site at the losers blog. It sounded like fun to me and she was game. Well the Habs went and blew it big time so here I am, foot in mouth,...
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