The Official 2011-12 Regular Season Talk Thread

[jack1535]

According to Tweets on Twitter Bob is starting for Philly in the classic.

[ImTellinTim]

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I think Minnesota will continue to be mediocre with Backstrom in goal. Not at all worth what we are paying him.

I disagree strongly with this. Early in the season, the Wild were getting outshot and scoring about 2.5 goals/game, and they had the most points in the NHL. Backstrom was a huge part of that.

The Wild will continue to be mediocre as long as their leading scorer list continues to look like this:

2010-2011: Martin Havlat, 22
2009-2010: Andrew Brunette/Guillaume Latendresse 25
2008-2009: Owen Nolan 25

Right now, Dany Heatley is on pace to lead the team with 24. There is and has been a void of scoring talent on this team since Gaborik left town. There is no one you can count on outside of flashes from Koivu that a guy will put the team on their back and carry the scoring load. When you watch the Wild go forward on offense compared to the top teams, it's like watching two different sports.

[gopher_guy]

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I disagree strongly with this. Early in the season, the Wild were getting outshot and scoring about 2.5 goals/game, and they had the most points in the NHL. Backstrom was a huge part of that.

The Wild will continue to be mediocre as long as their leading scorer list continues to look like this:

2010-2011: Martin Havlat, 22
2009-2010: Andrew Brunette/Guillaume Latendresse 25
2008-2009: Owen Nolan 25

Right now, Dany Heatley is on pace to lead the team with 24. There is and has been a void of scoring talent on this team since Gaborik left town. There is no one you can count on outside of flashes from Koivu that a guy will put the team on their back and carry the scoring load. When you watch the Wild go forward on offense compared to the top teams, it's like watching two different sports.

It might to be too much to say we will continue to be mediocre with him in net, but I stand by my statement of him not being worth what we are paying him.

He's top 5 in the league for goalie salary, I believe? He definitely isn't a top 5 goalie in the NHL.

[l3ulvl]

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The classic tomorrow has been bumped to 3pm.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/sports/pro/hockey&id=8487034

Kinda works out, I can watch the bowl games early, then switch back n forth with hockey after a couple hours, then watch the 3rd period exclusively, then go to the 2nd round of bowl games already in progress.

[TheMatrix31]

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I love that it was moved. Totally didn't want to wake up at 10am just to watch.

[slickdtc]

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Pumped to see my Flyers in the Winter Classic again... this time in Philly!

Won't be making the ride up to Philly but we'll have a fire going and see these guys play hockey how it was meant to be. It'll be nice.

[jb12780]

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Marc Stall will be back in the lineup: http://blueshirtsunited.com/photos/430

[BlueNGold]

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Don't let Milbury get on the ice with those 10 year olds. He might try to beat one up.

Also, that Flyers jersey is amazing. They need to make that an alternate.

[TripleCrown9]

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He just slipped up and said Blue****s instead of Blueshirts. Awesome.

[MizzyMike05]

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typical philly fans booing the canadian national anthem lol

[DJ]

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Man, I love this game. I really hope in the next 1-3 years, the Winter Classic makes its way out to Colorado, either at Sports Authority Field or Coors Field.

[TripleCrown9]

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Man, I love this game. I really hope in the next 1-3 years, the Winter Classic makes its way out to Colorado, either at Sports Authority Field or Coors Field.

My guess is it would be at Coors Field. Other than Buffalo and Pittsburgh, they're always at baseball fields.

EDIT: I shouldn't say always, because there have only been 5 WCs. But other than Ralph Wilson Stadium and Heinz Field, it was played at Wrigley, Fenway, and now Citizen's Bank Park. Also, if I had to predict where it is next year, I'd say Yankee Stadium or Comerica Park.

[jb12780]

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I could see them opening up the dome at the Rogers Centre and doing it there.

EDIT: Or Target Field in Minnesota.

[Bellsprout]

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If I could get a ticket, which would be nearly impossible because that state would gobble them up in a matter of minutes, I'd have to consider making the trek to Target Field if the Wild got one of these once.

This is awesome.

Spoiler

Due to the recent nature of my hockey fandom, this is the first Winter Classic that I'm watching live.

[ImTellinTim]

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Between this, the games they play in Canada, all the college games they've done, and the HS games they play on Baudette Bay on Lake of the Woods, the whole outdoor novelty is lost on me at this point.

Dayman, too bad hockey wasn't on your radar when they played a game at Lambeau...