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I can be reached by phone or text 8am-7pm cst 972-768-9772 or, once joining the board I can be reached by a (PM) Private Message.
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jedi17

Columbus Blue Jackets - Mon 06 Mar 2017, 6:29 pm

Post Battle #64 vs. the New Jersey Devils 
March 6, 2017, 10:15 AM ET [6 Comments]

Paul Berthelot
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Final Score: Blue Jackets 3 – Devils 0

Game Summary

The Jackets started this home and home with the Devils with a victory. The Jackets weren’t the sharpest, whether it was because it a back to back or due to New Jersey’s trap game, they didn’t get a ton of chances or opportunities. They did outshoot the Devils by a slim 22-20 margin. The Jackets as we’ve seen numerous times this season did well to convert on their limited opportunities. 

When things aren’t going well, the cliché is always get to the net and get pucks towards it. No one on the Jackets does a better job at that than Boone Jenner. He is always the crease and causing havoc for opposing goalies and defencemen.  

Boone picks up his 13th goal of the season here doing what he does best. In the process Brandon Dubinsky as you can see in the tweet recorded his 400th career point on the play. 
The Jackets got themselves a gritty goal, and then they got themselves a beautiful goal, thanks to a great individual effort from Oliver Bjorkstrand. 

This goal shows how far Bjorkstrand has come this season. Earlier in the season, he probably picks one of those first lanes and get the puck on net. Now however he has the confidence and the ability to read the play and make moves like that to get him into the perfect scoring area. He always had the ability and the skills, now it appears he is more comfortable with the speed of the NHL and can make these fantastic plays. 

Bjorkstrand kept his strong play up picking up an assist on Sam Gagner’s second goal in two games. 

Bjorkstrand makes a very subtle play here to shift the puck over to Gagner. He shows that same awareness he displayed above. His strong game was rewarded by receiving some time on the first power play unit in place of Gagner. Gagner looks to be heating back up. Goal scorers are streaky and Gagner is no exception. Off one of the worst cold streaks of his career, he now looks to be on a hot streak. 

Finally, what else can be said about the play of Sergei Bobrovsky. He has given up one goal in his past three games and has posted back to back shutouts for the first time in his career. He didn’t face a ton of shots, but was there when the team needed him. He is playing on another level right now. 

jedi17

Minnesota Wild - Mon 06 Feb 2017, 8:42 pm

Granlund: Budding Superstar?
February 6, 2017, 12:27 PM ET [9 Comments]

Dan Wallace
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It has been long stated that the Wild don't have the superstar players that some of the league's elite teams have. Well at the end of the day it isn't about superstars it is about winning as a team. 

We can go through history of team sports and find prime examples of Hall of Fame players that never won a championship, yet they are revered as "Superstars." Is the term too often used? Absolutely!!! So what characteristics make a player a superstar, and is a superstar always a superstar, even after their better days are behind them?

Talent is clearly at the top of the list when it comes to characteristics of star athletes. But there is also a whole lot more, drive, intelligence, heart, just to name a few.

So taking a closer look at the Minnesota Wild, and more importantly Mikael Granlund. Granlund was drafted with the 9th overall selection in the 2010 NHL draft. He was highly touted from the very start, but his progression in the NHL has been a bit more methodical.

The accolades that are being used to describe Granlund, by his new head coach Bruce Boudreau should speak volumes of just how good Granlund is and he is just now scratching the surface of the player that he can become. Boudreau has called Granlund "as good a playmaker as I have ever seen for a winger." That is some pretty lofty praise from a guy that has been around the professional hockey game for most of his life, having coached and played with some of the very best to ever play the game.

Boudreau, himself deserves a lot of credit in helping Granlund to become the player he is today. The move to the wing has been a perfect fit for Granlund, combined with the free reign that Boudreau gives to his players to use their creativity, have unlocked the previously untapped potential of #64.

Granlund has always been a relentless worker and very reliable on the defensive side of the puck. Now we are seeing the spectacular vision and creative playmaking ability coming to fruition in the offensive zone. Granlund has always been a gifted scorer, he is just now tapping into it all at the NHL level.

It takes time for players to mature and not every player does this at the same pace. In our instant gratification world that we currently live in, we often get caught up in current happenings and miss the process of how things and in this case players progress.

There were more than a few Wild fans that had grown to think that the tremendous offensive talent from Granlund would never materialize at the NHL level. Many called for him to be part of any deal to bring in the much needed scoring that previous Wild teams were missing.

Well fast forward to February 2017, and Mikael Granlund is now leading the Minnesota Wild with 48 points which is also tied for 13th in the NHL, with Capitals superstar, Alex Ovechkin. 

As the trade deadline approaches keep in mind that often the best moves that teams' make may just be the trades they never make. 

Chuck Fletcher is absolutely working the phones as he should be, but the moves he is contemplating are taking a whole different scope this season, than they have in years past. This Wild team has clearly established themselves as an upper echelon Western Conference contender. So the moves Fletcher makes must be looked at a lot differently as well. 

Chemistry is the common denominator in every top team, from every sport. So any move that Fletcher is contemplating, he must take into account the long term affects on his team's locker room. We often make it sound so simple, but managing the salary cap, the upcoming expansion draft, and future considerations make being an NHL GM a full time 365 day a year job, with not much time to stop and smell the roses.

jedi17

Minnesota Wild - Mon 06 Feb 2017, 8:37 pm

Granlund: Budding Superstar?
February 6, 2017, 12:27 PM ET [9 Comments]

Dan Wallace
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It has been long stated that the Wild don't have the superstar players that some of the league's elite teams have. Well at the end of the day it isn't about superstars it is about winning as a team. 

We can go through history of team sports and find prime examples of Hall of Fame players that never won a championship, yet they are revered as "Superstars." Is the term too often used? Absolutely!!! So what characteristics make a player a superstar, and is a superstar always a superstar, even after their better days are behind them?

Talent is clearly at the top of the list when it comes to characteristics of star athletes. But there is also a whole lot more, drive, intelligence, heart, just to name a few.

So taking a closer look at the Minnesota Wild, and more importantly Mikael Granlund. Granlund was drafted with the 9th overall selection in the 2010 NHL draft. He was highly touted from the very start, but his progression in the NHL has been a bit more methodical.

The accolades that are being used to describe Granlund, by his new head coach Bruce Boudreau should speak volumes of just how good Granlund is and he is just now scratching the surface of the player that he can become. Boudreau has called Granlund "as good a playmaker as I have ever seen for a winger." That is some pretty lofty praise from a guy that has been around the professional hockey game for most of his life, having coached and played with some of the very best to ever play the game.

Boudreau, himself deserves a lot of credit in helping Granlund to become the player he is today. The move to the wing has been a perfect fit for Granlund, combined with the free reign that Boudreau gives to his players to use their creativity, have unlocked the previously untapped potential of #64.

Granlund has always been a relentless worker and very reliable on the defensive side of the puck. Now we are seeing the spectacular vision and creative playmaking ability coming to fruition in the offensive zone. Granlund has always been a gifted scorer, he is just now tapping into it all at the NHL level.

It takes time for players to mature and not every player does this at the same pace. In our instant gratification world that we currently live in, we often get caught up in current happenings and miss the process of how things and in this case players progress.

There were more than a few Wild fans that had grown to think that the tremendous offensive talent from Granlund would never materialize at the NHL level. Many called for him to be part of any deal to bring in the much needed scoring that previous Wild teams were missing.

Well fast forward to February 2017, and Mikael Granlund is now leading the Minnesota Wild with 48 points which is also tied for 13th in the NHL, with Capitals superstar, Alex Ovechkin. 

As the trade deadline approaches keep in mind that often the best moves that teams' make may just be the trades they never make. 

Chuck Fletcher is absolutely working the phones as he should be, but the moves he is contemplating are taking a whole different scope this season, than they have in years past. This Wild team has clearly established themselves as an upper echelon Western Conference contender. So the moves Fletcher makes must be looked at a lot differently as well. 

Chemistry is the common denominator in every top team, from every sport. So any move that Fletcher is contemplating, he must take into account the long term affects on his team's locker room. We often make it sound so simple, but managing the salary cap, the upcoming expansion draft, and future considerations make being an NHL GM a full time 365 day a year job, with not much time to stop and smell the roses.


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