The Minnesota Wild’s playoff hopes hang by a thread as injuries plague the team. From leading the NHL with an 18-4-4 start to struggling with a depleted roster, the Wild’s season has been a rollercoaster. Kirill Kaprizov’s absence and the team’s scoring woes take center stage.
Seth Toupal and Zach Zeman dissect the Wild’s predicament, analyzing the impact of 202 man-games lost to injuries and suspensions. They explore the team’s offensive struggles, with Matt Boldy and Marco Rossi failing to fill the void left by injured stars. The hosts break down the Wild’s challenging final 10-game stretch and compare it to their playoff-chasing rivals.
Will the Wild secure a playoff spot despite their injury-riddled roster? Can they overcome their offensive slump and fend off the surging St. Louis Blues and Calgary Flames? Tune in for an in-depth analysis of the Minnesota Wild’s fight for postseason contention in the ultra-competitive NHL Western Conference.
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14 Comments
Kusdindinof now on 1st line for Boston
It's been brutal to watch. The team is so far below the cap and to have all the players out makes it so much worse. Just hoping the team is healthy next season.
Khusnidinov is the new Marchand for Boston, getting under skin, getting a few points, but hey, we got brazzeau..
Gustavsson has the same amount of Power Play goals as Johansson does this year.
You've never seen a team have an injured player with no timeline? As Av fan-it happens all the time. And that's not even bringing up Landeskog.
analytics nuts on STAR TRIB trying to tell me Boldy isn't overpaid…@ 7 mil per…really?
let's count those man games lost shall we? these fans DESERVE information on THEIR TEAM…speak up Billy and stop being so DEFENSIVE…whining and more whining…thanks Seth…"you gotta win games with what you have"…
As a Pred I will just throw this out there-but when we had Hynes, IIRC for his entire span Preds had to handle an unusual high injury percentage.
Billy G needs to go!!!!!
We can understand brutal injury count, reinjury, up and down streaks! That all is part of the reality if the fastest game on Earth. The thing that absolutely is pissing me off is Billy Guerin acts like WE DON'T DESERVE THE HONEST TRUTH ABOUT KIRILL AND EK'S INJURY, PROGRESS IN REHAB. The pr!ck gets mad when it is insisted he be transparent with the folks who pay the bills!
Edmonton is direct about when Draisaitl and McDavid will be back. It's not top secret people!!! In NYC you would have daily protests at MSG and it would be mainstream news!!!
Prior to the start of the season, I had thd Wild missing the playoffs. That is still very much a possibility. Billy recently said they are in year 4 of the "5 year plan." It all comes together next season, evidently.
The Wild missed playoffs last season, as well as "the Covid season," so if they miss this season as well, that's half of Billy's tenure in MN on the outside looking in. I'm not sure how many GMs get that long of a leash.
Billy needs to make MAJOR moves this off-season.
*If there's no path to getting that protected top5 Jiricek pick back by missing might as well just makes playoffs for an additional 4 games.
It’s hard to say exactly why the Wild have been exceptionally elusive about answering questions regarding KK and other injured players. Part of the unknowns include what the owner and agents have requested about how information is or isn’t communicated. It’s clear they both have a lot of reasons why.
Faber is wore out
За счёт чего Миннесота пройдет Вегас в плей – офф ? Большинство хромает, меньшинство отвратительное худшее в лиге одно из худших .