In the words of great MSG broadcaster Sam Rosen: It’s Marian Gaborik Night in St. Paul
Posted on December 20th, 2007 – 5:09 PMBy Michael Russo
I got an email from a reader that sent me this NY Times blog link and asked if I’d ask Gaborik about it.
It’s pretty cool footage. Fast fwd a bit.
Gaborik on Thursday morning: “Reminds me when I played. When our line scored, all three guys would go canoeing on the ice. Celebration’s are different there. It’s for the fans. Also, the fans, it’s usual for the fans to chant the whole game. It’s more fun that way.”
Postgame comments:
First of all, here’s a TSN link with highlights (click on the right of the page) of the Wild’s 6-3 win over my brother’s favorite team.
How special was this night? Gaborik’s performance led ESPN’s SportsCenter, which as we all know, doesn’t happen to the NHL everyday in the States.
Just a spectacular night here at the X. The only thing most amazing about Marian Gaborik’s magical five-goal night over the Blueshirts was he didn’t score six or seven.
Wild teammates were trying, that’s for sure.
If you gave up your tickets, you only missed the most goals by a player in an NHL game in more than a decade (Sergei Fedorov vs. Washington in Dec. 1996).
I once gave up tickets to an Al Leiter no-hitter and have regretted it ever since. Sorry, had to rub it in.
As Mark Parrish said to me behind the locker room: “Shades of the Russian Rocket. Shades of the Russian Rocket.”
Parrish knew the dynamic Pavel Bure, who scored 58 and 59 goals in Florida, only scored four goals in a game in Florida and not five for one big reason. Parrish and Bure share the Florida record with four goals in a game.
But, Bure did score five memorable goals once — in the 1998 Olympics semifinals for Russia in a 7-4 win over Finland. And here’s the thing: In the irony of all ironies, one of Gaborik’s buddies emailed him a YouTube clip Thursday of Bure’s five-goal performance. Gaborik joked to his friend, “I’ve got to get five goals tonight.”
This guy called his shot! He’s Babe Ruth!
Gaborik was simply sensational tonight. Most amazing was the clutchness of the goals.
Goal #1: Less than three minutes after the Rangers make it 1-0, Aaron Voros’ suffocating forecheck springs Pavol Demitra and Gaborik for a quick 2-on-1 and goal out of nowhere for a tie score.
Goal #2: Late in a second period power play, Gaborik bats his own rebound out of the air.
Goal #3: Less than two minutes after, and after Brent Burns drew a retaliatory penalty for his clobbering of Petr Prucha, Gaborik drives the net and scores in highlight-reel fashion on a backhanded sky shot. After the natural hat trick, Gaborik excitedly waved his tonque.
Goal #4: Some defenseman you all love slipped on a banana peel and Nigel Dawes cut the deficit to 4-3. There was even time for anybody to get tense and think, “Holy moly, they may blow it!” Just 41 seconds after Martin Skoula’s self-described “screw up,” Gaborik bailed his teammate out.
Goal #5: Stereotypical high-speed Gaborik breakaway.
As my pal from the NY Daily News, John Dellapina joked after the game, “I’d let the Rangers off the hook. They haven’t been here in four years. They forgot how good Gaborik is.”
Brendan Shanahan, who spent years in Detroit, didn’t, saying, “We ran into a world-class hockey player who had the game of his life. I’ve seen a lot of him and he’s maybe one of the top three or four players in the game as far as being dangerous with the puck.”
In the end, first five-goal game (heck first four-goal game) in Wild history and second six-point night for Gaborik.
Lots of unsung heroes tonight: Brent Burns, Josh Harding, Aaron Voros, Dominic Moore-Branko Radivojevic-Stephane Veilleux line, Pavol Demitra, P-M Bouchard, and others.
Wild has won four in a row and nine of 12 to again squeak into first in the Northwest. Wild is 7-0 on Saturdays, oh, but Detroit’s in next.
Lastly, Here’s Brian Stensaas’ story on Islanders’ GM Garth Snow saying Don Lucia’s coaching hurt Kyle Okposo.
It’s 12:30 a.m. I’ve been at the arena since 10 a.m. I hope my car’s still in the parking lot and starts. Good night.
308 Responses to "In the words of great MSG broadcaster Sam Rosen: It’s Marian Gaborik Night in St. Paul"
Russo, i know this has nothing to do with you above post. I read on spector’s site, your comments about Nick Schultz and his upcoming FA status. I think the wild really needs to give this guy the contract and the money he deserves. I think if the wild are going to have success in the future, Nick will be part of it. He may not be as offensive as Burn’s but my gosh is he a good defenseman. Sticth an A to his chest while were at it.
austin I haven’t left yet, only takes a few seconds to get to the living room.
Lookin’ forward to this game, it’s the first one I’ve be able to watch since like 5 games ago.
Go Wild!
Wish I could say the same smuggla. When they are on 45 they are not on Mediacom, when they are on FSN I have been gone.
just watched the video, all I can say is wow
Thats sux iceman where do u live
I made it to the X tonight. Looking forward to seeing the Rangers. Just hope it’s not like the last game I was at … Crosby and co.
PB&J line, I like it…
u up in a suite mbrose?
WTF was that intro giddy up from Dumb and Dumber? Are you kidding me? What are these clowns thinking?
Jager?? As in Jagermeister? Amazing simply amazing.
Wow!
I was going to rant about 1 shot in 13 minutes but that 2nd shot was killer.
Great work guys!
Looks like another night of rope a dope
Smuggla - no, down in 109. Got a close up of gabby’s goal there. I think they caught Jagr’s line late on the shift.
that was a fantastic pass by Voros, this kid can do everything.
Oi, I just got my internets working again. I like teh even score so far.
On the replay you could see that Gaby shot that one in about a centemeter from the post
Cool PP do we have hope that we will got a shot off?
Did anyone see Demitra’s reaction there? He is getting pissed!
Woo Gabby! That’s my boy!
I have another nickname suggestion: when Johnsson and Schultz are out there together they are the “Nickel Defense” line (#5 and #55).
And of course, anytime Gaborik comes back into our zone it’s the “dime package”.
I really hope Gaby doesn’t spend too much time watching Jagr tonight because Jaro’s putting on a clinic on how to float in your own zone, float through the neutral zone and only get it ramped up when it might be a scoring chance. It’s really a shame to waste that much talent.
Our best player is on fire, that doesn’t suck
OMG! Burns!!!!
What a hit by Burns!
That’ll make some hit highlight reels. Burns is learning from Hill now too?
2 hits by Burns Houston!
burns is a hitting machine, the gabby show tonite, i love it.
That a boy Burnsy!!
Hat trick for Gabby, there will be some bald heads coming out of the arena tonight!
hat trick baby!!!!
Hat Trick!! This is fantastic!
Double shot of Burns!!
Leads to
Off with the Hats
Internet problems Direct TV problems
Life is not good unless your #10
I liked the 2nd hit better Austin because it showed he was very aware and was not going to be a victim.
Last 2 Gaby goals were hard work.
When you throw your hat at home at least you get it back. Just make sure you don’t have a ceiling fan on, that could be dangerous.
Defense sleeping on that one …
Typical Wild
Give up a goal shortly after they score
Voros is stud. I think he likes being on the first line
Yeah Houston I agree.
Does anyone know the the rule on the elbow call? He didn’t lift his elbow so it’s not a penalty?
Dang, stupid Rangers scored…
Not enough guys on top of Voros on that breakaway. Gabby with time is Voros with space. Can’t think of a Voros goal off the top of my head that someone hasn’t at least had a stick on him.
Is anyone else getting audio drop outs on channel 45?
I got Direct TV and it keeps cutting out and then over play with some other TV show
Harding looks a little out of control tonight, sliding out nearly to the bottoms of the circles when he pushes across.
I have the Rangers feed on CI…
What’s up with that no call on the Goalie interference?
I wasn’t gonna say anything, but I can’t help it.
Dumb and Dumber continue with more bafoonery
Are you suprised by that Smuggla?
Same feed for me Austin, I’m bummed I can’t get a HD feed tonight hough 
I’m watching on 45, getting the same audio problems. The Mr said it reminds him of those old Max Headroom shows or something.
Burns got one game at wing and he is a different player, is that the third time he’s rushed the puck deep into the zone? Good chances on the first two.
HD wouldn’t do me much good since I have a crappy TV .
MSG 621 Direct TV is coming in fine, HD and all
And someone other than Gabby finds the net. Is the PMB drought over, or has Parrish taken a little damage to earn the goal? Looks like PMB got it through, I’ll let them argue over it.
Great job on that PP, supper puck movement and pressure. Good job keeping it in etc. Great all around play
Woo! Butch with the nice shot! And the nice tip by Parrish!
Wow, just saw an isolation shot of MP on the bench and he didn’t spit!!!!
Loved the hits by Burns. Congrats to Gaby on the Hat Trick. PMB way to light the lamp finally! This is a good game.
Yeah Baby!!!
So no tip by Parrish? That’s good for PMB!
Voros could work on his fighting skills though 
Rangers need to quit whining. Two of the PPG came on unsportsmanlike conduct penalties which were unnecessary.
Draw in the Voros fight.
Jeeze, Voros is awesome. I am so glad he got brought up. Not that great of a fight though, mostly just jockying for position.
Damn, smart play by the Rangers to take Voros off the ice for 5 minutes in exchange for a goon…
Voros didn’t stand a chance fighting southpaw like that, good enough to defend and survive to fight another day. Maybe Boogy can do some critiquing and teaching like he did at the fight camp over summer.
PMB is alive and well after all. Finally a missing persons case with a happy ending. Boy not a very exciting fight there. Voros just needs a goal for the Gordie.
Chris, I would love to see Voros get the Gordie.
Wow, what a play. Too bad it didn’t pay off.
Holy cow! What a play and super save on the Parrish shot.
He’s been one thing off from a Gordie in several of the last games. I love this kid, he’s just fun to watch.
Smart play by Lund there on the Parrish chance. You could hear Demitra calling for the puck there too, he screamed for it.
Crap PP here now
Yeah not too good there… the Rangers looks frustrated though, so that’s a plus.
Exactly Intoblivion, Voros did well avoiding letting that goon pound on him.
Voros brings a lot to the table. Boogie fight camp in the summer will only make him the tough guy that we all can love.
Scoring 4 goal s aren’t oh never mind i don’t want to start something were I have pay .
maybe it’s because he’s back in his home state, but Joe Micheletti hasn’t been that bad tonight.
And I blow sunshine up Lundqvist’s butt all day and he goes and lets in 4 on 12. Nice.
…not that I’m complaining about either of those things, mind you…
Burns’ elbow definitely made contact with Prucha’s melon, but his arm was tight against his side to me. Is that still a penalty?
I was told if lead with the elbow or use it as the primary point of impact it is a penalty. So it being tight to the body is not a penalty.
However it did look like Burns did leave his feet on one of those hits which could have been called for charging.
Re: Gaby’s quote in Russo’s post…I had the pleasure of sitting behind a big Slovakian fan group at one of the World Cup games at the X, and he’s right: those guys are nutters! They chanted the whole game, waived banners and flags…it was awesome.
My favorite chant:
“Please Get A Goal!”
“Please Get A Goal!”
“Please Get A Goal!”
I don’t know, it’s just so earnest.
Yeah NiNY, I was wondering the same thing. It is interesting… where is your rule book?
Maybe now that Gabby is producing goals, it opens up for BBR and other lines too.
Thanks farmtown, that makes sense. I think you are correct on that point.
Well, this period has not been quite as exciting as he second… but then again, it’s pretty hard to get more exciting than that second period.
Way to go Skooba
A new Skoula low? I think I just threw up a little on my keyboard.
OMG Skooba!!! Sigh…
Well, if that doesn’t just define Martin Skoula’s career in a Minnesota uniform, I don’t know what does…
Heard on NHL network that Gordie Howe was 51 when he played in his last All Star Game. BAD MARTY!
That is the ULTIMATE Martin Skoula screwup. Sit him DOWN!
Harding should strangle him. Thankfully, Gaborik is awesome so we get the two goal lead back.
Good thing his teammates come to the rescue. I think Gabby may get a star for the nights game, just a hunch.
But he did it well. JL will praise him.
And Gabby gets it back.
Sweet! Hahaha! 4th one by Gabby! That erases Skooba mistake.
SKOOBA!!!!!!! Please stay off the ice!
YEAH GABBY!!!
What a game for Gabby
omg, the Skoula abyss has sunk to new depths, I can only defend him so much.
Skoula’s right back out there, trying not to put it past Harding himself …
I mean, come on. How can a player, completely unpressured, fall flat on his breezers and allow an opposing player to score from five feet in front of his own net? How?
BTW, here is the Elbowing rule
Rule 46 - Elbowing
46.1 Elbowing - Elbowing shall mean the use of an extended elbow in a
manner that may or may not cause injury.
46.2 Minor Penalty - The Referee, at his discretion, may assess a minor
penalty, based on the degree of violence, to a player or goalkeeper
guilty of elbowing an opponent.
46.3 Major Penalty - A major penalty, at the discretion of the Referee,
shall be imposed on any player or goalkeeper who uses his elbow to
foul an opponent. A major penalty must be imposed under this rule
for a foul resulting in an injury to the face or head of an opponent (see
46.5).
46.4 Match Penalty - The Referee, at his discretion, may assess a match
penalty if, in his judgment, the player or goalkeeper attempted to or
deliberately injured his opponent by elbowing.
46.5 Game Misconduct Penalty - When a major penalty is imposed under
this rule for a foul resulting in an injury to the face or head of an
opponent, a game misconduct penalty shall also be imposed.
46.6 Fines and Suspensions - When a major penalty and a game
misconduct is assessed for a foul resulting in an injury to the face or
head of an opponent, an automatic fine of one hundred dollars ($100)
shall be imposed.
If deemed appropriate, supplementary discipline can be applied by
the Commissioner at his discretion (refer to Rule 29).
Honestly, to Skooba’s defense (and probably against my better judgement), that Skoobs screwup could happen to anyone. It does not happen often, but when it does it’s painful to watch.
Did Skoula trip over the goal line?
WTF, you HAVE to destroy a player that runs into your netminder like that!!!!
I have to say this … I’ve been watching the NHL for over thirty years and I have NEVER seen a National Hockey League player standing stationary on his skates lose his balance without being touched and surrender the puck leading directly to a goal. Never. Not once.
Gaborik for five. Wow.
5 for Gabby, Lundy should Haseked him!
FIVE!?
NUMBER FIVE!!!
Wow! Gabby is a beast!
We want Voros!!!!
Give the kid a Gordie!!!
Maybe someone should tell Skoula about the beginning skate classes at Wakota arena. I’ve heard of loosing an edge but please, that was just dumb.
Go Gabby go!! 5 goals, wow!!
Look at Gabby’s face. he is so happy with himself.
BTW, Houston thanks for breaking out the rule book there. That clears up that Burns hit/no call.
Gabby going for the double triple 
No prob Austin, many refs still woulda called it though IMO. (And I did think he left his feet a bit too as someone else mentioned)
This is a highly entertaining game. I can’t imagine what it must be like at the X tonight. I wish I were there!!!
Hard to believe the Wild looked so bad the first 1/2 of the first period.
Rangers broadcast teeing up Gaborik by saying Toronto’s Darryl Sittler in 1976 was the last player to score six in a game ….
Has Voros been missing shifts?
Yeah Egad I noticed that too. It would be awesome if hegot it though.
IIRC, Houston, Voros appears to be splitting time with Rolston skating with Demitra and Gaborik in the third period. Power play coming for Minnesota.
Austin, I’m with you!
He might get 6 goals but he wont get 11 points
I just have not seen him in a while Egad. Seemed like 4 shifts of Gabby w/o him and I didn’t see him on another line.
Well, he’s got six points now … I could go for five goals in five minutes …
I’m noticing the rest of the Wild players with some jump in their step due to Gaborik’s excellence. Which is a great thing.
What a game for Gaby! This is best game I have watched so far this season. Wish I was at the X instead of on my couch.
I think he’s being shifted in and out, Houston … haven’t been looking specifically for him. Gaborik not starting this power play on the ice.
There is Voros
Voros now out on power play with Gaborik and Demitra … another penalty on the Rangers, so Gabby may get 5-on-3 time ..
Someone tell Skuba the lines are uner the ice for the love o G.
Gabby is great when he tries, sorry everyone but he is the Randy Moss of Hockey.
under not uner
What an idiot Rozival is.
He’s had two tries for number six …
three ….
I wonder who they’re trying to spoonfeed
Probably the guy who just went from tied for 34th to tied for 9th in goals scored.
Everyone is trying to pass to Gabby now. It’s hilarious.
Does anyone else giggle every time the announcers say the name “Tootin”?
#1 Star … Skooba!!!!!
Oh and the icing on the cake for me tonight… Gabby is on my fantasy team 
First player in eleven years to score five goals in a game.
Haha, when’s the last time a hockey player was carried off the ice? Only thing that would have made it better would have been number 6 on the PP for that elbow.
That was just spectacular. I am very happy for Gabby and the rest of the team. If only they played with that much spirit all the time.
Wow
Gabby is getting hot.
that was cool how Hill and Carney carried him off the ice.
Hopefully we get a little carry over for Saturday night.
Great game tonight. I really hope we can keep this up for Saturday. Maybe on Saturday Voros will finally get his Gordie.
Awesome! Carney and Hill had me LMAO carrying Gaby off the ice.
Whoever had December 20th, 2007 in the “Sidney Crosby’s First GHHT” pool, please come accept your prize.
Gaborik…wow…what can you say? We hear abuot guys who are threats every time they touch the puck in a game…Gaby scored basically every time he touched the puck tonight. Special performance.
Honestly, I can’t really even comment on Skoula other than to say that he should buy Gaby a new house for having the game he had so that maybe Skoula’s own game will be glossed over in our collective memory.
Nice “tune up” for the Red Wings!
night’ guys (and gals), GO WILD!!! Woo!
Am i looking at the leader board right? After tonight’s win the Wild are the #2 team in the west?
Wow, from 6 to 2. What a nice turnaround in the last 3 weeks.
Hill looked like he had a vicious little slash mark on the right side of his neck there at the end…anyone else notice that?
w00t
the main headline right now on tsn.ca’s hockey page is “Gabby The Great”
I was at the game…AMAZING Game. First I have to say Skoula SUCKS. He freaking TRIPPED and once again gave the other team a goal.
Gabby on the other hand…simply AMAZING. After he scored his 5th goal, everyone in the X started to chat “Gabby.” It was freaking awesome. Kind of funny after Russo posted Gabby’s quote about chanting during the game.
also…(I’m too pumped to sleep right now)…that was the second-straight game we’ve won after the opposition scored the first goal.
nhl.com has Gaby’s name misspelled in their headline about the game tonight.
well that was fun
i remember telling my brother after marion’s 3rd, “there is 15 minutes left in the 2nd, he could get 6″ never really though he would come close.
i also saying “we have 2 shots” with about 2 minutes left in the 1st to which he replied, we have 1 goal, efficient.
two cats. number 17 and orr both were trying to get burns to drop em late in the 3rd. orr was on the same shift that shepard got run with about 5 minutes left and 17, too lazy to look him up, was with about a minute left. happened off camera. i didn’t see the hit on prucha, just the 2nd hit. was it clean? the replays at the building weren’t that good. i know the ranger bench was livid. i thought coach was going over the boards.
Maybe When Russo showed that NY Times article to Gabby it lit a fire in him! What an amazing display!
I was at the game tonight. Great win. Electrifying crowd.
I just wanted to chime in on the Skoula, cough, situation. At the next TV timeout after the “Skoula” goal, one of the referees skated over and picked something off the ice right where Skoula fell. I was at the other end of the ice so I do not know exactly what it was. It may have been shrapnel from the Gabby hats.
Anyone down on that end see what he picked up?
watched the game but my wife was using the PC all night….all I have to say is WOW.
Looked to me like Souba just caught his edge - the dumb thing was coming out from behind the net in such a hesitant manner. Move your feet and skate, man.
Greenstar - I thought Burns’ hit was clean. It looked like he used only shoulder to me, though he might have caught the guy in the chin. Hard to tell. Renney was complaining in his post-game about the officiating.
Marty S - the last shred of his pride?
Burns went in at a funny angle, almost back to and he did make contact with the elbow but his arm was down to his side, he certainly did not lead with the elbow.
The second hit was after and Tuytin came at Burns hard like he was going to take his head off. Brent saw him coming and put the shoulder to him before Tuytin had a chance. It was good to see Brent was both aware and able to handle the situation.
Just got home. What a game. LOTS of fun. Crowd was really into it. Who was that guy with the number 10 on his back? Everybody played well. Burnsie was a target in the third. Colton Orr tried to discuss the game with Burns late in the third but Burnsie wasn’t in a talkative mood.
just saw the hit curtesy of on the fly. looked clean to me. when burns first came up he always hit with his back.
when skoula f’s up, he don’t do it half ass.
Way to go boys, showed some good heart tonight! Too bad the X isn’t in Slovakia! That was one of the coolest things I’ve seen. We would have had a Marian Gaborik parade through downtown after the game if we were in Trencin.
Great game to be at. I was at the x tonight, and, boy, did the fella’s put a show on (or gabby did). Burns hit was classic, the first was a clean hit and the second was protecting himself. That sent the crowd into a tissy…….
Heh, just got done watching it on the tivo. Wow!
I even enjoyed the Skoula play at that point, even though it made me a little nervous. I was chuckling because it was Skoula and it was truly a classic. Ten years from now, we’ll be talking about that game where Gabby went crazy and so did Marty! Both in their own special way.
The Burns hit… yeah, it could have been an elbowing call. His arm came up a bit, but whatever. It wasn’t obvious at full speed and certainly didn’t look like he was trying to use his elbow. I had to watch about 3 or 4 slowmo replays before I thought it could have been called, so in real time I’m sure it probably looked pretty clean unless you were Prucha. Though he might not have seen anything.
So we’ll see how this win streak holds up against the Wings on Saturday, eh?
Wow. I thought watching Gaborik in the first that he was ‘feeling it’.
I didn’t think he would get five though. Without good goaltending he could have had seven!
I hope they destroy the Red Army on Sat…
Anybody read the story about Islander’s GM Snow and his comments about Okposo and Lucia?
I am really surprised to hear a GM be so public with his criticism about a drafted players coach. Over and over he said how bad the coaching was in the whole program.
Has anyone heard that level of criticism from other NHL teams?
Don’t forget Tim Young’s five markers against the Rangers in 1979. This is an oversight in your column today.
if they would have left ludquist in, he would have had 6. ludquist didn’t stop much.
the first goal a highlight real play. the don doesn’t do it justice. voros between the legs and thru two defenders to demitra who finds a wide open gabby for the slam dunk. tic-tac-toe.
equally impressive was gabby’s pass to PMB for his goal.
I know we get frustrated with him but when he is on, he has the potential to do this every game. it ain’t going to happen but the potential is there. he has been playing the last 4 games like this.
he’s a special talent. just need to keep him healthy.
G* - I am one of those who argues that Gabby isn’t consistent but boy am I put in my place when he goes on a streak like this. And you’re right, the first goal was beautiful.
Funny that after the first night JL tried Voros with those two he later said the one thing he learned that night was that Voros didn’t belong there. Do you think Gabby and Demo saw something they liked because he was back with them within a game or two and has complimented them nicely.
I knew the Wild did the right thing before last season when they picked up Demo to lock in Gaby. Now I see what I was so excited about!
Keep up the good work Gaby!
Smuggla, who centered the Gabby-Demo-Voros line last night?
Thanks Marty S for clearing the air on your, (cough) I mean Marty’s goal.
Russo:
The blog’s status goes up a few notches when players actually start chiming in… Congrats…
Early in the game it was Demo, who I’d like to recognize for sucking it up, doing his job and finally player center and not loafing and whining about it.
Did anyone notice? Am I imagining things or did Voros, not play much if at all after his fight late in the second period.
Good to hear that Demo sucked it up. I personally don’t buy the “Demo doesn’t like to play center” in JL’s system as an excuse for his mediocrity of late. A player with that kind of natural talent can succeed in any system if he doesn’t beat himself mentally before he even starts. Gabby’s confidence has a bit of trickle down effect- Gabbonomics if you will. Lets hope he can inspire Demo and others tomorrow against Detroit.
I like that RogueGopher: I’d like to see thee “Gabbonomics” last all season…
ESPN’s comments on Gabby’s night included the comparison to similar accomplishments in other sports.
5 goal games - 55
450-yard passing games - 49
2 home runs in an inning - 52
60 points in an NBA game - 59
Those looking for a tougher Wild team this year will note that the Wild rank 10th in fighting majors with 21. Boogey accounts for only 6 of those.
What an amazing game. I hope the boys didn’t use everything they had; I hope there’s something left for tomorrow might.
RG - What do those numbers mean? The number of times that event has happened?
If you combine Voros 6 NHL fights with his 3 AHL fights for this season you get the same number he had all of last year in the AHL.
Sorry, its the number of times a player has accomplished those various feats.
Re: Demo - D&D asked Gabby about that in the second intermission and Gab said that Demo is getting more comfortable in the centerman role. It would be a nice solution to the center problem if Demo can center that line in the long term. And I really like Voros on that line.
Skoula will be held of of practice today with “deep pride bruise” and could finally be scratched tomorrow.
“Gabbonomics” - Love it. Trickle down effect?
Glad to see Demitra and Gaborik clicking like we’ve been promised. We’ve seen glimpses in the past but last night they were reading each other’s thoughts.
Good to see Burns skating the puck in for a shot when he’s got room. I hate it when defense passes up ice when they’ve got room to skate.
Skoula - Looked like he was trying to reverse and go back behind the net. I don’t know why, it looked like there was a wing alone on the boards to his right.
I unfortunately wasn’t able to see the game, but Kurtz’s call of #5 was outstanding (before Reid mentioned that all the hats were gone and to start throwing the chairs).
Interesting about Demo. I certainly don’t want to underestimate the importance of feeling confident in a position, but there’s something to be said about deciding you’re going to embrace a position and adjust your game. The best can do that and I think Demo is capable if he can be motivated.
Gabbonomics: The trickle down effect that causes the level of play of the other skill players to rise when Gabby is hot.
Who knows, maybe JL told Demo he was allowed to forecheck from the center position.
BNAG: Joe Micheletti was jabbering about something or another and then, when Gaby picked off the pass, he goes “oh, and here comes Gaborik..”
It was great.
On Demo at center: I suspect that the current four-game streak they’re on has a lot to do with his not complaining about playing center.
Hopefully Gabbonomics will continue tomorrow and there will be no oh-ffensive recsssion.
NiNY, at least Reid waiting a few seconds before he stepped on Kurtzie. Reminded me of the Rashad Hail Mary call when the headphones fell off the play by play guy (who’s name escapes me at the moment). Not quite as good, but close.
Good catch Dave, January 15th 1979 Timmy Young scored 5 against the Rangers. I had fun playing with the 2 year old little Ms Gato last night, but I really wish I would have seen this game. Don Russo - us old North Star fans are extremely disappointed that you did not fully research this item!
Wow, what a game. I watched the NYR feed on CI, Rosen(any relation to Mark?) and Joe M. were just gushing about all things MN/hockey related. Very cool.
On the Burns/Prucha hit, I’d say it looked as though Prucha was trying to lean back to avoid the blow, making it look worse than it really was. And for Tyutin, “No soup for you!”.
Simply amazing performance by Gaborik but…
it scares the hell out of me that nobody else is stepping it up. 22 SOG and Gabby had 10 of them. And this going into a game hosting the class of the Conf., if not the league. Hopefully the Wild do not need to be reminded of the massacre that took place on the 7th? And outshot almost 2-1.
They need a TOTAL team effort, not a great individual performance. Any why the X didn’t let Skoula loudly hear it after his buffoonery, I don’t know. What a dunce.
NiNY you obviously had the Rangers feed right? I also enjoyed the commentary around the point where Skooba fell down. He said something like “Well I was going to start talking about something else..” It was pretty funny.
I was so excitied for Gaborik that I wore my Gaborik shirt to work today to show my pride
gabbonomics needs a wikipedia entry.
on the fly used MSG for the highlights. i enjoyed it.
since that was my first 4 and 5 goal game, is there a tradition of throwing anything after the hatter? women’s undergarments?
in defense of the don, falness was saying on the radio that lou nanne called in to say tim young was left off the list he must have read of player to score 5 against the rangers. falness said he got the info from the wild staff and i’m guessing the don got it from them as well. i tried to google 5 goal games and it ain’t coming up with much.
sully, as for skoula. there is something about kicking a cat when he is down.
shots don’t tell the whole story. plus it was one of those nights that you just feed the hot hand.
The most exciting game of the year to watch even from my couch. It brought out every emotion that I have…excitement, disappointment, anger, sheer terror (Skoula) and exhiliration. This is why I love this game! I agree with Smuggla that Demo finally looked like he gave a crap and hustled. I wore my Wild jersey last night and my 6 mo. old daughter absolutley loves it already. This is a good sign.
The funny thing about Timmy’s game is that it was in MSG and the Ranger fans were chanting for the 6th goal! I remember watching that game on TV. Glad Louie called in to correct the error. Did you play the over last night Green*?
Sorry I have posted in awhile. It’s been a crazy few weeks.
Anywho, couple of quick thoughts and questions.
1. WOW, that is all I can say!
2. I don’t watch the four letter network anymore because of their lack of NHL coverage amongst other things, but can anyone tell me how early, or late in SportsCenter Gabby’s night was talked about? If it was talked about at all?
3. Garth Snow can suck a nut. I admit I follow North Dakota hockey more than I do the Gophs, but Lucia is one of the best coaches out there. His track record speaks for itself.
stayed away from the wild game.
went 1 - 3 - 1. shootout loss with boston, win montreal, loss carolina, loss dallas and push with dallas under as i don’t think i got 5.5.
goes without saying, all allegedly.
DJ, watching Sportscenter for hockey highlights is like waiting for Skooba to score a goal.. they might do it at some point, but don’t hold your breath. I like how the front page of ESPN.com is all about LeBron Vs. Kobe… who gives a crap about basketball nowadays anyway?
Okay, I have to throw this out here.
We’ve all been waiting for DR to make a move to bolster our offense, add a center, give us that one additional player that puts us over the edge.
As well as this team is gelled right now, and considering they’re starting to show signs of actually being a contender…I think Mikko Koivu has become that trade/FA signing.
Think about it. They are no longer playing like they’re using Mikko’s absence as an excuse. They’re going out and winning games on their own merits. The lineup is playing pretty solid hockey right now.
And we know we’re going to get a guy who was arguably the most-complete player in the NW division until he got hurt this season. Who would we have traded for that would have been better? Anyone we got would have had to learn the system, and if he was a center obviously there would have been a pretty steep learning curve/adjustment period.
I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but DR’s patience (reticence?) in this case seems to have paid off.
(Now, of course, we’ll get spanked by the Wings tomorrow and everyone will be doom and gloom again…)
I’ve been preaching patience during the low times. the Don said on the radio that he thinks this team is good enough to make a run but they have to decide to want to work hard every game for it. lately they have. koivu will be the shot in the arm, the 2nd wind so to speak, when he returns.
One thing I would like to see: Voros getting a GHHT, he’s getting so close and I think it’s only a matter of time. I still haven’t decided which part of the game I liked the best, the snapshot of Hill ribbing Burns on the bench after those two hits; Skoula being, well Skoula; or Gabby showing the rest of us that maybe he could switch to baseball after 2/5 goals were smacked right out of the air. Great game and can’t wait until Saturday vs. the Red Wings!
from nydailynews who says that gaborik is our only star
“We talked about (Gaborik) all day, I don’t know,” said center Chris Drury, who played his worst game as a Ranger. “He’s that explosive. He’s that fast.”
DJ - Gabby’s highlights were the first thing on Sportscenter this morning, followed by the Pittburgh/St. Louis highlights, and then Sid the Kid’s GHHT last night
Is the Crosby GHHT on you tube this morning? I would like to see it.
from nytimes if you didn’t hear JL’s postgame
“When the crowd yelled on his last shift, when the crowd stood and was clapping, I had a flash that Lafleur played,” said Lemaire, referring to his former Montreal linemate Guy Lafleur.
Green Star — I agree that the shots don’t tell the whole story. But my fear is that while the Wild have won some close games this month despite being outshot, sooner or later, some of the meager shots they have been getting won’t be going in and we’ll be right back searching for shots and goals. I’d feel much better if they were peppering the goalie.
more from nytimes
“Five on five, I think we really outplayed this team,” Shanahan added. “It’s just one of those weird nights where the chances they got were really good, and we ran into a world-class hockey player who was having the game of his life.”
i understand sully. my thinking is if you get 15 quality chances and 25 shots one night then 15 quality chances and 40 shots the next, what is the difference really? we can flip it on net from outside all day but 95% of them will be harmless. if we keep getting chances, then i’m not that concerned with shots myself.
Yeah G*, but you gotta remember that some of those crap shots from the outside may just get the Wild a fluky goal. If you don’t shoot it you don’t give the the goaltender a chance to screw it up and give you an easy goal.
Excellent point, Nick.
Anyone with a clue what’s up with Nummelin? Is he ever coming off IR? Is Foy ever going to Houston?
some do but very few. most are frozen or more so, blocked by defense and turned into rush by other team. this is why i don’t get too worked up that the boys don’t shoot as soon as they enter the zone.
Anyone who missed Sid C’s GHHT here it is:
of course the above, 9:05a post is completely my opinion and not meant to be fact in any way
Thanks smuggla. I watch the Chara v. Laroque fight from that game too.. what a disappointment that was. They both missed and then fell down.
Austin - it was funny though how immediately upon the two of them exiting the box, they go at it again.
Yeah lemmi, the build up was great, but the execution was less than stellar haha.
Austin, Speaking of Laraque, this is one of my all time favs, turn up the volume and you can hear the sticks hit the ice and they sound like little twigs, “tink, tink”…
Ok, I realize that Gaborik had a pretty nice game and I have been a detractor.
However, it validates my point. Granted, he cannot get 5 goals a game but he CAN be as involved as he was last night. That is my frustration - that he’s a Mosslike star. When he is motivated, there is no one better. When he isn’t, he plays like I do.
The shot total didn’t really reflect the kind of game the Wild had. Their transition game came back because they skated. They didn’t play carelessly with the puck in the offensive zone. All the lines were involved and working hard. And Harding keeps playing well giving Backstrom splinters.
True, I wanted DR to make a move to shake things up. It looks like I was wrong (go figure…must be why I am not a GM) about it and patience can pay off.
They could play like they did last night, get zero goaltending and lose 8-6 and I still would have thought they played well. Actually it was more fun than I have had at a game since I can remember.
smuggla that is hilarious. “You wanna go?, Okay, good luck man” hahaha! That is priceless. Thanks for the link.
Oh, I forgot to mention (since I saw the word Florida) the band is off for the holidaze and picks up again 1/12/08 at Arizona’s in Shakopee.
Thought you were all waiting on pins and needles for this post… 
I was curious to see where they played the highlihgts because his game last night was equivalent to a 60 pt. night in B-ball or a perfect game being thrown in baseball…and we all know that if it was either of those two sports they would have lead the show with those stories and talked about for over half of the show. I guess I was just wondering if they actually stepped up and showed it the respect it deserves.
DJ - rest assured, it was nice to wake up and see that was the first thing on sportscenter, complete with hill/carney carrying him off the ice, granted it wasn’t talked about for half the show, but any press is good press, right?
Way to many good things last night. Hill ribbing Burns on the bench was priceless. Gabby getting slashed, drops his broken stick, skates around to the other side of the net and gets elbowed in the head right in front of the ref. The NY guy then starts to argue with the ref about the call. Laughs all around. Mr. Cambell holding up his incredible signs on the glass and adding his “thoughts” for the ref through the crack in the glass. Laughs all around.
As for the X ribbing Skouba, that was not needed. He fell over in front of 18568 fans that know hockey. I don’t think anything needed to be done after that. Marty needs to by Harding a new car after that one. A steak dinner won’t cover that.
So Russo, did Marty get a bit of ribbing for falling over from the guys in the locker room after the game??
I’d still like to see Gaby get himself a GHHT. Especially if Sid can do it.
NINY: not only get himself a GHHT, but win the fight…maybe if he fought Butch
Lemmi, you think that may turn into a slap fight if those two went at it. I think Gabby should fight someone like Joe Sakic. Although, that may end up in a slap fight as well.
Good to hear the guys in Bristol showed him the respect! Go Wild!
Not sure what rosivol was arguing about but it got me 10 more minutes for my fantasy team. the effort was much appreciated.
If you want a slap fest, he should fight one of the Sedins.
What a game last night. I haven’t had that much fun watching the Wild in a very long time. Gaborik was an absolute treat to watch. Anyone else find it was funny that he scored 5 of the 6 but still didn’t get the GWG?
Still, my favorite play of the entire game was Burns laying out Prucha and then taking down the next guy. Priceless.
Anyway, I wish I could thank the Gaborik and, heck, the rest of the team personally because my son was watching the game with me. He is just starting to learn about the game and well, it is performances like last night that make you a fan.
Well we all saw what Sakic did to Gilmour….
Did any of you think that when Burns laid out Prucha he caught him with the elbow in the face? I know some Rangers fans that went thru a few boxes of kleenex over that last night and the no-call when Drury got cross checked and then his consequent unsportsman penalty.
Last night was definitely a great night, well until my late broomball game when I got upended keeping the ball in the zone and was rewarded with a bruised tailbone.
Yeah chris, apparently he “beat him up” after he scored a goal. haha.
Chris: I think he absolutely got him in the face with the elbow. I do NOT think that he lead with the elbow or that it was intentional, though. His arm didn’t fly up like he was trying to nail him.
maybe this was overlooked, but unless Voros had 5 minors in the last game in Anaheim, he did have a GHHT with an extra fight thrown in for good measure. 3 other games he was 2/3 of the way there with either a goal/assist and a fight
Lemmi: I thought he got a 10-minute misconduct at the end of the game…no?
Wallshot - I could not agree more about Burnsie’s hits on the wall in the second.
Just leveled Prucha and then lays out Tyutin like he’s a rag doll.
NINY your memory is impeccable. I can hardly remember the end of the game last night…I don’t live there yet, but I sure as hell can enjoy some of the fine beer that Colorado has to offer!
Chris - I replayed the Burns-Prucha hit several times to see if there was an elbow. Prucha either was trying avoid the hit or is just that much smaller. I can see why Rangers fans might flip out about it, but there were no “flying elbows”
While I am NOT a SKOOBA fan at all, I know all too well what happened last night to him.
He was jsut going too slow, gliding along, and he tried to rotate on his skates when he caught an edge. The worst part is, when you catch an edge and start to fall backwards it is dang near impossible to keep yourself from falling.
It is an unfortunate event, and one that does happen from time to time (I’ve seen it in the WCHA and NHL a few times) the problem here is that it resulted in a goal and thus will live in infamy.
The biggest problem for me was that Skooba was going so slow while he had possession of the puck, and was starting a break out. His body positioning was lazy, and that coupled with the gliding caused the fall.
Bottom line, the guy is a 3rd line defenseman at best.
Lemmi: glad you brought that up.
My favorite domestic beer is brewed in Ft. Collins. It’s called Fat Tire Ale and it comes from the New Belgium Brewing Co. in Ft. Collins, CO.
The farthest east they distribute it is the Twin Cities, ironically.
But I literally have a buddy in Denver mail me a case-worth a few times a year, and then I guard them like it’s the nuclear suitcase.
Russo said that Skoula tripped on a bannana peel, then I read a comment that the refs picked so,ething off the ice after the goal Skoula’s slip-up caused…anyone see if Skoula really did step on something?
Yeah when I went out there to check out the school my roommate at the time made me bring about 5 cases back, I was lucky I had any room left in my trunk. A black and tan with Fat Tire is pretty good. The Old Chicago in Boulder has roughly 35 beers that are brewed in CO. Contrast that to MN, there are about 11 on the menu. I’m getting thirsty just thinking about it.
MikeP I really want to know that as well. It did kinda look like his skate got caught on something. Maybe there was a big gash in the ice there? Or maybe some debris from the hats on the ice?
NiNY,
Like last week, I very much enjoy Fat Tire, especially blogging with you kids during Wild games!
Well, I was there last night. One of the best games I’ve ever seen at the X, save the 2003 playoffs. Gabby was amazing of course.
My favorite moment of the gme though was the Burns hit on Prucha and the results it produced. Loved it! especially, after the scrum, during the TV timeout. The in-arena Video Screen replayed about 10 times turing the crowd into a frenzy. Does anyone have, or could point me to that highlight anywhere?
Oh, and not to be negative, but, F-ing Skoula! A banana peel? My god!
Dice: so much for my memory…did we talk about Fat Tire last week? I’d be happy to talk about Fat Tire really anytime, so I wouldn’t be surprised…
Nick I am right there with you Fat Tire is a great beer! I couldn’t tell you how excited I was when they started to be sold here in the Cities.
oh Nick I love fat Tire. Well true that it is in the Twin cities now, they only sell it in 12 pks of lrg bottles, don’t remember the exact size, but the 12 pk cost like $41. I missed the Skooba play last night, but watched a replay this morning, it reminded me of Slap shot2, which sadly was not a good movie.
Ofcourse I was watching the Gabby highlights this morning, I noticed when he came out as the first star, it looked like he was celebrating as the slovakian guys. Minus the canoe and skis ofcourse.
i may have to find me a fat tire tonight, just to see what the hype is all about.
41 smackers a 12 pack? i like beer but don’t know if i like it that much.
is there a happy ending with a 12 pack of fat tire?
G*, the bottles are 24oz. bottles. You can buy them individually as well for like $3-4.
I think they sell Fat Tire in those 22 oz bombers in the TC, no? That’s why they’re so expensive. I didn’t realize you could only buy them in 12-packs though - it’s a little much to expect someone to buy 12 22oz bottles at one time.
Lemmi beat me to it.
G* be sure to give us your scouting report if you have one.
on the fat tire or the happy ending?
um…the beer…what you do on your own time is your business.
;P
if the happy ending don’t come with the beer i can already tell you how that will turn out.
i plan to be bar hopping downtown mpls tonight.
Man I have to get to Haskells (in St Paul) to check their inventory, they usually have a nice selection.
But why are you guys arguing about the price of beer? Don’t you know how cheap it is (and how good it is) when you brew your own?
I just read somewhere else that Miro Satan is sitting on 664 career points.
…and the Isles play the Devils on 12/30….
Yes they are selling Fat Tire in the 22oz. bottles. A lot of bars are starting to sell it on tap as well.
G* if you don’t mind me asking where you live, I might be able to point you to a bar that sells it on tap.
i’d always wanted to try that but didn’t know if i could dedicate the time to justify the purchase of equipment.
Jeez 24 oz? Do they put it in the same case at the liquor store as the 28 oz Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull or the 40 oz. Old English? I may have to try one now that it comes so highly recommended.
mpls DJ. northside in da hood.
Hey everyone - good read today and last night. Missed the game, played one of my own at 10:00 (?!?) last night.
Reason I’m chiming in: I’m heading to the Mega-monstrocity (as Steve Cannon used to call it) to have lunch with my Father-in-Law. If I see any Wings there, I’ll report.
I’m Zetterstalking.
G*, http://www.northerbrewer.com
it’s not as expensive as you think, but it is very time consuming.
very interesting Nick
I hadn’t seen any individually sold bottles, but thats good news for those of us that are financially challenged.
er, northernbrewer, with an n
NiNY, as the Church Lady once said, ‘Could it be Satan!’ I would love to see Miroslav reach 666 against the Devils! Would it mean Armegeddon? Would ‘dogs and cats be living together’?
I like beer enough that I’ve always kind of kicked around the idea of trying to brew my own, but it’s always come down to there’s so much good beer already out there that why should I try to reinvent the wheel.
same reason we change our own oil
I want to see this headline: “Satan gets 666 against Devils.” haha, that would be awesome.
G* now that I have been thinking about it a little. At the next home game, go to either Tom Reid’s or the bar right across the street from the X on the corner…I can never remember the name of that place since I typically go to Reid’s…it is the bar which has the separate bar downstairs in the old Speak Easy room. Anyway, both of those places sell Fat Tire.
Back when Satan first came into the league, he was in the NHL’96 video game but with no pic. Well, the result was EA actually had to clarify that he was a real player due to people thinking it was a joke or some evil subliminal message.
Lots of Fat Tires were emptied last night b4 the game at McGoverns.
A very good beer indeed…had it the 1st time out in PDX. Glad someone had the smarts to bring it here.
“Devils powerless to stop Satan and 666″
I just thought I would rub this in. I will be attending the Wild/Yotes game in Phoenix next week. I can’t wait to check out the University of Phoenix Arena…does anyone else find that name kind of funny?
I’ll let everyone know how it is when I get back.
Getting Koivu back will indeed be a boost but……….that doesn’t mean that the Wild are “set” at the C position.
Remember last year at around the trade deadline, the Wild were playing great hockey, DR stood pat, only to have the team fall into a funk that ended up being an early exit in the playoff.
Going into this season, the Wild were short a “top” centerman with Walz, Koivu, Moore, and Shep.
Koivu is a great player mind you, but he is only 24 years old.
Come playoff time, it wouldn’t hurt to have veteran centerman to take the heat off of our young centerman. Even if it is a “rental” player.
Sully - I had a pretty good view of Mr. Skoula’s fall. It’s just one of those things. They showed the replay 2 or 3 times at the X. There was a lot of grumbling in the crowd for the next minute. I think the crowd felt the replay told the story. They didn’t need to pile on…even though they did with Backstrom against Philly.
Looking a possible trade, Olli Jokkinen from Florida has 2 yrs left (after this one) and is making $5.25 million this season. Give up a prospect and pick, add a blueliner and pull the trigger. He would look nice as a center this team could certainly use.
RE: The Okposo situation. I don’t pretend to know if Snow is right about Lucia, but I do know this: I know a handful of NHL scouts, and they are unanimous in not thinking very highly of Lucia.
However, it’s important to understand that Lucia and an NHL GM have different priorities. Lucia’s primary job is NOT to develop NHL players. His job is to run a college hockey program, which means winning as many games as you can, while ensuring that your players go to class, make academic progress, and learn to be mature grown men.
It’s a much different job from an AHL coach, whose primary responsibility is to get his guys ready to play in the NHL.
Just because Snow didn’t like the way Okposo was progressing doesn’t mean Lucia was doing anything wrong. It just means that Lucia’s priorities and Snow’s priorities aren’t necessarily the same.
“G*, http://www.northerbrewer.com
it’s not as expensive as you think, but it is very time consuming.”
G*, one on your side of the river. http://www.midwestsupplies.com/
I agree, not as expensive as you think.
I disagree, time flies when you’re having fun - drinking while brewing probably doesn’t hurt either.
good point goalie guy
yes the office is closing at 1, good thing I didnt come in until 8.
Goalieguy: great point. I guess that underscores what is the main issue here: that the NHL thinks of the NCAA as a developmental league.
This is not to suggest that players should NOT develop or improve, or become more-NHLish in an NCAA program, but, as you pointed out, those are not necessarily the top priorities to a college coach, per se.
I would guess that Snow’s priority is to get Okposo past his entry level deal so he can sign him to a 45 year contract.
I don’t kow if we should really listen to the crticism of a GM who mortgaged the future of his team by trading away what seemed like half of his team and draft picks for Ryan Smyth last year, only to watch Smyth leave via free agency. Who knows where that team would be right now if it wasn’t for Ted Nolan.
NiNY - While that’s true, being known as a coach who can mold you into an NHL calibre player can help you get better players into your program.
DJ - Who knows where they’d be without Chris Simon, too.
Goody - very true, but when your baby is crying and your wife is giving you the look of death, the time issue does come into play.
Wafer: true dat…I’m not sure that’s either Lucia’s or the Gophers’ rep though, no?
Would be great to see Satan hit 666 against his old team.
Nick In NY….(and all other beer lovers)
I’ve seen Fat Tire in Chicago, and I think it’s only a matter of time before it’s eastward push settles on the Shores of the Atlantic. You should have seen my reaction when I found out New Belgium was coming to Minny. Personally, my favorite New Belgium beer is Sunshine Ale. I’m also fan of the 1554 and the Blue Paddle. Good Stuff that Fat Tire. I’m also the proud owner of a limited edition “Fat Tire Cruiser.” It’s a replica of the bike on the bottle. The brewery gives one to it’s employees each year. I dust it off a few times a year and cruise the Lakes with it.
Seems like we have much in common, and the rest of the posters here in Russoville…
Good Beer, Good Hockey….and Good friends!!
p.s….I scored seats on the glass last night and goals 4 and 5 were right in my face. Truly an experience I’ll never forget…
I get my Fat Tire in Edina. Although I haven’t really looked anywhere else as the first place I found it in TC was at the Edina Liquor store. (No I don’t live in Edina!)
Although, I’m finding Summmit’s Winter Ale to be a disturbingly great brew. Drinking them does not help my “tire”!
Anyhoo. Don Lucia is fine. He’s a proven champion. The Islanders should have never let Kyle come to the U if they feel college hockey is responsible for NHL development.
By the way. What have the Islanders and/or Snow done lately as far as being a champion go. I’ll take Lucia and the NCAA titles over Kyle and the Islanders any day.
Hey Garth, you re-signed a guy after a 25 game suspension for nearly taking someones head off. What do you the F did you think might happen when you resign Simon? He’d be a priest? And you have the cajones to question Don Lucia’s ability to handle-develop hockey players….pahhhlese!
Hey Lapper, we’re you in Sec 109?
Sounds like there were a couple of us sitting by each other. I am in 111 row 7. I tried posting it yesturday, but I kept getting the “cowboy” statement. After many re-freshes, it would just never let it through.
“By the way. What have the Islanders and/or Snow done lately as far as being a champion go. ”
He is waiting until next year when his OWN contracts cap hit goes away.
Russ - I was pretty close. 109 row 14.
I would have to say that the Gophers have the opposite problem of what Snow is saying. They are obviously bringing in great players, having success with those players, and losing them early. It might just be that the Gophers scout well, but obviously they are showing their goods when they get on the team or no one would be picking them up.
Just a few names that I’m sure we all recognize (obviously not all playing stellar at the moment, but key guys): Thomas Vanek (Buffalo), Erik Johnson (St. Louis), Jordan Leopold (Colorado).
& Darby!
Well, Darby was pre-Lucia. I guess I should have clarified that these were all players that come out under Lucia.
Funny how Lucia wasn’t a bad coach this summer when Kyle wanted to turn pro. All it took was yet another season of NYI mediocrity and a roster spot!
Russo: I swear I read a blurb in either this or your last post saying you asked someone about the Boogaard/Jeff Carter rumor….but now it’s gone, and that’s a lot for the more conspiracy-minded Russotans to handle.
Can you elaborate on what you wrote? Clarify? Is there anything to it?
The two best reasons to live in the TC: Wild Hockey and Surly Beer. NINY, next time you are back home, if you are not afraid of hopps, try this locally brewed wonder.
I *think* I’ve had Surly last summer when I was in town, but I can’t put any specifics on the memory…small wonder, that.
Did you guys see the “Frozen Moment” over at nhl.com?
http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=FrozenMoment
You know all have me thinking about drinking beer, how rude…
I’m trying to work!
Dice you should know that I couldn’t control my impulse (problem?) and talked a co-worker into going for a burger and…a beer (okay, two) at lunch today.
Austin: thanks for the pic…holy bags under his eyes, BTW. Does he sleep?!
And we’ve been fed.
I think he stays up all night racing on his simulator….
BTW, what is “we’ve been fed”? I have seen it on here a few times and I have no clue what it means.
means there’s a new entry up from Russo or #2.
Ahh, I gotcha… another ignorant moment… Who’s #2? I am a newb.
Kent Youngblood is #2. He’s Donkey to Russo’s Shrek.
Swet, thanks NiNY. I have been enlightened.
Wow.. how great to see Gabby pour in goal after goal last night. I love an offensive burst by this team. We need one more player that can score like this and we’re deep in the playoffs. When is MK coming back? We need him..hate those canucks…
