Yeah I'm guessing those sticks are enough to get through the start of training camp, and then depending on if they like them, they'd get another couple dozen made up.
I believe NHL'ers go though 100-150 sticks each on average through the season, so a dozen sticks might only last 2-3 weeks.
It's probably the lasting impression left on non-MN fans.
Really outside of the success into early December, what happened to the Wild? Butch got suspended at the start of the year, some guys were injured...then Setoguchi fell down on the shootout. I mean, from a national (especially Canadian) perspective, that's about it as far as they are concerned. They didn't have any statistical standouts or intriguing rookies or really anything. I suppose the Zidlicky mess could be in the mix as well. It was a pretty forgettable season.
It's probably the lasting impression left on non-MN fans.
Really outside of the success into early December, what happened to the Wild? Butch got suspended at the start of the year, some guys were injured...then Setoguchi fell down on the shootout. I mean, from a national (especially Canadian) perspective, that's about it as far as they are concerned. They didn't have any statistical standouts or intriguing rookies or really anything. I suppose the Zidlicky mess could be in the mix as well. It was a pretty forgettable season.
It's true - lets be honest, the Wild have been the NHL equivalent of that quiet kid in high school who doesn't talk and no one really knows. Hell even locally the only talk about the team since January has been "what happened since the start?" and about Parise/Suter/Granlund.
It's true - lets be honest, the Wild have been the NHL equivalent of that quiet kid in high school who doesn't talk and no one really knows.
That's because they played under Lemaire forever, and Risebrough was content to stick with Gabby and do nothing else. That old mental image of the Wild is going to be a tough one to break but it's gonna start this year.
That's because they played under Lemaire forever, and Risebrough was content to stick with Gabby and do nothing else. That old mental image of the Wild is going to be a tough one to break but it's gonna start this year.
That's one reason. It also doesn't help that they're a young team, play in a division where everyone is a thousand miles away and haven't made the playoffs in 4 years.
That's one reason. It also doesn't help that they're a young team, play in a division where everyone is a thousand miles away and haven't made the playoffs in 4 years.
Well said - that's the Wild dilemma in a nutshell.
