Prospect camp roster announced; Wild to have first-ever mascot
Posted on August 28th, 2008 – 10:57 AMBy Michael Russo
See below. The Wild just announced its roster for the upcoming prospect camp/tourney in Traverse City. The camp is Sept. 13-17 and will be a tournament with the Rangers, Detroit and Tampa Bay.
The maximum age for the tournament is 23. This year, players born in 1985 or later are eligible. In other words, if Ryan Jones still played for the Wild, he would not be eligible. Goalies may be older.
No player who has played regularly in the NHL is eligible. You can play a maximum of four players in a game who have played no more than one year of minor pro hockey.
One other thing: I’ve gotten a number of emails this summer regarding when the Wild will unveil its third jersey. The Wild is not having a third jersey this season but is exploring one for 2009-10.
OK one other thing: The Wild will have a mascot next season. It will be unveiled Oct. 5. The release is below the roster.
Lastly, for your amusement, the below picture was emailed to me to show me how Derek Boogaard could pound me if I write bad things about him. Of course, so could Pierre-Marc Bouchard, trust me.
2008 MINNESOTA WILD PROSPECTS TOURNAMENT ROSTER
> # FORWARDS HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2007-08 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ
> 75 Cody Almond 6-2 199 Left 7/24/89 Calgary, Alberta Kelowna WHL 69 22 34 56 114 EN/07
> 78 Cal Clutterbuck 5-10 203 Right 11/18/87 Welland, Ontario Houston AHL 73 11 13 24 97 EN/06
> 45 Chris Culligan 6-0 174 Left 6/23/88 Sydney, Nova Scotia Cape Breton QMJHL 63 19 49 68 62 TRYOUT
> 61 Colton Gillies 6-4 193 Left 2/12/89 White Rock, British Columbia Saskatoon WHL 58 24 23 47 97 EN/07
> 76 Ryan Graham 5-11 217 Left 6/17/87 St. John> ‘> s, Newfoundland Acadie-Bathurst QMJHL 31 10 10 20 76 TRYOUT
> 52 Justin Hodgman 6-2 183 Left 6/27/88 Brampton, Ontario Erie OHL 64 37 43 80 75 TRYOUT
> 57 Matt Kassian 6-4 247 Left 10/28/86 Edmonton, Alberta Texas ECHL 47 6 4 10 90 EN/05
> 68 Kevin King 6-0 185 Left 1/14/90 Calgary, Alberta Kootenay WHL 63 8 13 21 61 TRYOUT
> 65 Tomas Knotek 6-1 171 Left 1/19/90 Kladno, Czechoslovakia Halifax QMJHL 69 22 44 66 18 TRYOUT
> 63 Morten Madsen 6-2 191 Left 1/16/87 Rodovre, Denmark Houston AHL 50 3 17 20 18 EN/05
> 39 Carson McMillan 6-2 200 Right 9/10/88 Brandon, Manitoba Calgary WHL 72 16 26 42 85 EN/07
> 56 Jordan Mistelbacher 6-1 190 Left 12/21/87 Winnipeg, Manitoba Everett WHL 67 10 10 20 54 TRYOUT
> 54 Scott Wasden 6-1 201 Right 1/4/88 Westbank, British ColumbiaKamloops/Medicine Hat WHL 71 12 21 33 69 TRYOUT
> # DEFENSEMEN HT WT SHOOTS BORN BIRTHPLACE 2007-08 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ
> 71 Tyler Cuma 6-2 182 Left 1/19/90 Toronto, Ontario Ottawa OHL 59 4 28 32 69 EN/08
> 59 Eric Doyle 6-2 191 Right 4/5/89 Calgary, Alberta Swift Current WHL 70 10 38 48 43 TRYOUT
> 73 Justin Falk 6-5 215 Left 10/11/88 Snowflake, Manitoba Spokane WHL 72 4 22 26 98 EN/07
> 79 Alexandre Neron 6-0 180 Right 5/9/90 La Malbaie, Quebec Rimouski QMJHL 69 10 34 44 69 TRYOUT
> 74 Maxim Noreau 5-11 192 Right 5/14/87 Montreal, Quebec Houston AHL 50 8 8 16 48 FA/08
> 72 Frederic St. Denis 5-11 190 Left 1/23/86 Greenfield Park, Quebec U. Quebec Trois Rivieres CIS 28 4 14 18 4 TRYOUT
> 64 Marco Scandella 6-2 195 Left 2/23/90 Montreal, Quebec Val d> ‘> Or QMJHL 65 4 10 14 35 EN/08
> 62 Tyler Schmidt 6-1 200 Left 4/13/90 Winnipeg, Manitoba Tri-City WHL 66 2 12 14 129 TRYOUT
> # GOALTENDERS HT WT CATCHES BORN BIRTHPLACE 2007-08 TEAM LGE GPI GA W-L-T> SO GAA ACQ
> 70 Anton Khudobin 5-10 183 Left 5/7/86 Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan Houston AHL 12 16 2-2-1 1 1.99 EN/04
> 43 Cody St. Jacques 5-11 170 Left 5/14/90 Iroquois Falls, Ontario Guelph OHL 22 55 9-8-3 2 2.88 TRYOUT
> 50 Steven Stanford 6-0 170 Left 9/10/90 Calgary, Alberta Prince Albert WHL 31 102 9-16-0 0 3.72 TRYOUT
MINNESOTA WILD TO UNVEIL FIRST-EVER MASCOT SUNDAY, OCT. 5
Hot Tamales Wild Kids Club Members Have Chance to Name Mascot
SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The National Hockey League’ s (NHL) Minnesota Wild will unveil the team’s first-ever mascot on Sunday, Oct. 5, at an exclusive Hot Tamales Wild Kids Club event at Xcel Energy Center from 3:30-7 p.m. The mascot will be targeted towards young fans, families and community events. Hot Tamales Wild Kids Club members are being encouraged to send their ideas for mascot names to the team.
It’s something that we’ve been looking at for quite a while now, and the pieces fell together this summer after engaging some of our fans in the process,” Wild Vice President, Brand Marketing John Maher said.” Fans will see the mascot at community appearances and kids activities, and occasionally at a Wild home game if kids, families or one of our community partners is involved.”
”There are many community events and appearances that we would like to have a presence at, but because of the demands of the NHL schedule and the sheer number of appearance requests we receive during the season, we haven ‘t been able to participate,” Wild Manager of Community Giving Amy Woog Patnode said. “We feel that we’ ll be able to fulfill many more community and kid related requests by adding a Wild mascot.> “>
> The Hot Tamales Wild Kids Club event and mascot unveiling will take place at Xcel Energy Center on Sunday, Oct. 5, from 3:30-7 p.m. Kids will have a chance to skate and take pictures with the mascot, and other activities will include floor hockey, face painters and a movie. For more information or to join the Hot Tamales Wild Kids Club, please visit http://wild.nhl.com/fanzone/kidsclub.htm.
In addition, the Wild is taking applications for the mascot job through the following website: http://hockeyjobs.nhl.com/teamwork/r.cfm?i=20255.
Interviews and on-ice auditions will follow in September. The mascot will make its first public appearance on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the Wild’s Face-Off Luncheon.
131 Responses to "Prospect camp roster announced; Wild to have first-ever mascot"
yeah, but on skates you’d come up to, like, his shoulder blades, right, Russo?!
Are you standing or sitting?? Good gravy! Talk about needing new boxers….
MiB:
Thanks. I will let my sister know. You have no idea how stoked she will be.
why 20%?
don’t know about y’all but every time i think there is a bottom, it goes lower.
market seems to be going sideways. i don’t see things getting much worse but a comeback seems equally unlikely. for now i am on the sidelines. buying some dips and then selling them when they rip.
hehe… Boogie… hehe…. how do you make those smile face thingies blush? …. Ok so lunch didn’t help my mental state, still a little loopy.
Come on Band. It’s not the lack of food that’s gotten you all giddy. We all know it, you should just admit it……:)
I thought the NHL did away with all third jerseys when they switched to the new-fangled jerseys last season. Or did Bettman and the Owners (really lousy band name) decide they weren’t raking in enough money?
They just got rid of third jerseys for last season.
Looks like about half the league is going to add third jerseys back this year. http://icethetics.blogspot.com/ is the place to go if the subject interests you.
Maybe it’s just my Blood/Hockey levels are dangerously low. I need a Boogie ‘Hot Pocket,’ a vintage game on NHL Network, and a picture of Burnsie shirtless stat…..
Or did Bettman and the Owners (really lousy band name) decide they weren’t raking in enough money?
How many successful businesses decide: “Gee, I think we’ve already made enough money. Maybe we should stop selling products that people will buy”
Well it is Bettman we’re talking about. Half of what he does makes no sense. Yeah they announced when they were releasing the new RBK jerseys that they would do away with the 3rd jersey in the first trial season because of all the production going in to the new design.
Michael- thanks for the tidbit to hold us over. Gawd, size-wise, I would be a speck of bloody dust on Boogie’s shinpad.
How is your broken foot rehab?
Hey Mike R - Any word on the Gabby contract talks yet?
G*: it’s hard to catch a falling knife, bro. However, if you don’t think stocks will “come back” then I can understand why you’re considering upping your cash position.
Jerseys - Third jersey’s are all about money. They always have been. They had to release two to begin with. Every team needed a home and an away. So all the suck… er… ‘fans’ ran out and bought a new jersey. So, now that sales are dwindling, what do you do? New product! Sales will go up again.
Indeed Goody. From the way Leipold spoke so lovingly of finding new revenue streams, I’m surprised the Wild weren’t all over it for this season.
ms.C…perhaps the new team mascot should be a Cash Cow??? 
MOOOOO!
Cash Cow - love it. I bet he hangs out at Revenue Stream.
more meaning to 10th anniversary jerseys = more money able to charge.
From the last thread about the Canadiens mascot, he has his own website. Several teams actually have mascots, found pictures of them on nhl.com in a round-about way.
Wildnut:
Russo reported yesterday that both sides are negotiating and don’t expect more information than that.
Would our mascot be a bearcat?
Penguins are bringing out a third jersey too, what they wore at the Winter Classic.
I think our mascot should be a lake.
Or the Iron Range…yeah, that would be sweet.
Maybe a likeness of the Mall of America?
OOH!! How about we just do away with a totally low-brow idea and actually ACT like we’re the state of hockey and not Nashville.
Manbearpig… yep, mascots going to be a manbearpig.
ooh, I know - the Wild mascot should be…. (drum roll) …. a GOPHER!
what about “Frosty” from the ‘92 Super Bowl? That’s got sort of a winter-y motif going…
No, wait, I’ve got it: Kent Hrbek. He’s perfect. Sort of soft and cuddly…I’m not sure how you’d keep him from drilling a hole in the ice as he’s skating around between periods though…
Thirteen lined ground squirrel, maybe? 
I actually wouldn’t mind a Sasquatch as the mascot but it’s I think linked to the Avs and that footprint thing they’ve got.
Also, a 5′10″ or 5′11″ Sasquatch wouldn’t be very impressive. They’d need to make the uniform for someone of Boogey’s size if they went with that idea.
Costume, not uniform.
Of course, the 3rd jersey is a marketing/revenue scheme. I’ll say this, though - I am at least somewhat comforted that the Wild is actually asking for some fan feedback as they design the jersey. There’s a certain purple-clad team in this town that might have asked their fans first before changing from pro-style to high school-style uniforms.
Anyone who still wants Mesjaros, he and the Sens are “nowhere close” to a new contract.
We should sign Mesjaros just to appease Deep Breath for the ‘04 draft…
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You’ve got a clear shot at his shins, Russo! Kick him!
Or the Iron Range…yeah, that would be sweet.
That open pit mine costume is a bugger to get the tailoring right, though.
toivo - LOL
NiNY: There is very little that can happen that would appease any true knowledgable hockey fan in regards to the debacle known simply as the Minnesota Wild 2004 entry draft.
Glad to see the Yanks finally pulled one out this afternoon. Helps the Twinkies a little in the battle for the wildcard.
No no no …… manbearpig I tell you!! MAN.BEAR.PIG.
Like this….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfGmf8L3-z0
Oh and guess who’s next months player on the free calendar I got from the Wild?… Any guess’? … Oh all right, I’ll tell you, it’s BOOGIE!!!!
shep is switching to 51, bruno gets 15
Did they tell how that went down, G*?
they didn’t. said it was sheps call.
how ridiculous. only thing worse then cheerleaders at a hockey game is a mascot at a hockey game. what a dumb idea.
Mascot? That and The Wave, I prefer they were not in sports.
But, if we are to have a mascot, I would nominate Amy, the gal who was into the Wild hockey before she apparently left town.
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My thought too Nico.
Guess Shep and Bruno aren’t Russovillians
This how I see it going down…
In a locker room earlier this week.
Shepp: (Looking like Jimy from Superman) Hello Mr. Brunette. How are you this morning?
Bruno: (Scruffy like Wolverine) Fine kid… what’s your name again?
Shepp: (voice cracking) James Sheppard, Mr Brunette sir. The others call me Jimmy or Shepp, your choice.
Bruno: Whatever kid.
Shepp: Say sir. Would you like to have number 15 back? You having more seniority and all I thought……
Bruno: Sure kid… (grunts and leaves the locker room)
Shepp: Gee he’s such a nice guy.
End scene.
I heard Gorg was the new mascot.
What are we turning into? A market that has to sellhockey with mascots and cheerleaders(ugh)? Pllleeease……
I heard Greenlay is the new mascot/manbearpig. He’ll have a suit/costume, nipples and all, and he’ll wear it during the faceoffs between him and Gorg….could just be a rumor…
Gawd, a mascot?!!
What, ruin hockey for me again? Norm G did the honors(?) earlier in my life. Next will it be like Nashville with cheerleaders? Ick.
i can’t believe we are getting that worked up over a mascot.
It could always be worse. You could have a mascot, cheerleaders, an AHL team, little kids singing bible beater songs during intermission and live amongst Gulf Coast Rednecks in a disgusting city.
It’s just a mascot that will “occasionally” be at home games. If you can’t enjoy the Wild in St. Paul because Fuzzy Gorg McBearPig is parading the concourse then you have bigger issues.
Amen Brother Aaron. It’s a freekin’ mascot, it’s for the kids, if you don’t like it, ignore it. And Aaron, I’m so so so sorry you have to deal with all that.
Life took a wrong turn somewhere, didn’t it, AiH?
And ditto, massive overreaction esp on the Wild board. Which is, of course, exactly why I posted it as fast as my fingers could go when the job posting showed up in my inbox. 
Muckraker!
AiH: There will be at least 41 ‘occasions’ we Wild fans will have to put up with the obstacle - er, mascot - this season at the ‘X’.
I’d almost would rather have Crazy Amy, at least you knew she was just a bit ‘crispy’ now ‘n’ then…
I hate mascots…
We’re also very bored and every little thing receives extra attention good and bad.
Oh, and AiH, you left off those guys who run around with Chilly trying to get sections of the arena to cheer even though there’s nothing cheer-worthy happening on the ice. MF that pisses me off because I start looking around thinking Clutterbuck’s taken some guys head off behind the play (which is usually why there’s a random outburst in the crowd, because everyone else is looking the other way) only to discover it’s those hosers making people cheer. I hate them more than the dog. At least the dog wished me happy birthday.
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There will be at least 41 ‘occasions’ we Wild fans will have to put up with the obstacle - er, mascot - this season at the ‘X’.
only someone whose glass is consistently half empty would take that press release where they said occasional home games to mean at least 41.
Rumor on the web is Meszaros just got signed to an offer sheet. Team hasn’t been named. Not sure if it’s an Eklund report or what…
Anyone need a <pick me up?
mascots are stupid. if that thing enters the stands during a game, I will protest. at least I’m in the front row in the 200 level, so the stupid thing can’t obstruct my vision.
if this leads to ice girls, I quit.
Houston civic pride shining through!
Well, toivo, I’m a “love the one you’re with” kinda gal, so I don’t really share AiH’s sentiments in that regard. But I do understand them. I won’t try and convince anyone to move here, but I love love love the part of town I live in, which has made a huge difference for me in my enjoyment of the city.
Speaking of which, it’s almost time for the Lime Harvest!!
You put the lime in the coconut and drink the bowl up. You put the lime in the coconut and drink ‘em both together…..
I’ve actually got some bell peppers in a big pot in the yard I should go pick. I’ve been cutting them up and freezing them for use this winter in chili and tacos and stuff.
Well we all remember Wally the Walrus as the Wild mascot right?
ATX - Mother nature will be like….SLOWWWWWWWW DOWNNNNNNNNNN. Man I can watch that thing over and over and over again….How’s the job search going buddy?
The Pio has a short story about the RNC might hold off the convention because of Hurricane Gustav.
The Wild/X folks were already cutting it close with 20 days to turn it back to normal and lay down the ice.
GreenStar: MY GLASS half empty?
What about yours, pal?
The Wild play 41 home games in a regular season. They will use every opportunity to drag out the mascot to force acceptance of it.
If you think anything less than this, I would suspect you’re delusional…
…and I still hate mascots!
Hey Lemmi, yeah I love that PowerThirst clip! Have you seen part 2? Here is the link if you have not: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1779769 It is probably better than the original.
The job search is not going great. I have not even had an interview yet… There is not a lot out there right now unfortunately. Hopefully I get an interview sometime soon. Thanks for asking though! At least this way I get plenty of time to play Call of Duty 4… plus, NHL 09′ comes out next week so I will be all over that.
So I can’t find a fantasy football league to join, so I thought I would see if anyone here is interested in joining the one I created. Here is the link: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/austinffl07
That should get you to the proper page… and if you choose to join, the League Name is “Austin Football 08″ and the Password is “12345″. This is just for fun (and bragging rights) so anyone is welsome to join. I would like it if people stay active in the league, but I would do with warm bodies to fill the gaps if need be. Sso go ahead and sign up if you feel like playing a casual game of fantasy football.
I’d need a new Yahoo id, Austin, I’m already at my max of four Yahoo leagues (and the draft was done in three; the other is one with my old/possible future hockey team, so not quitting that one).
ATX: Can you believe that I won a Fantasy Football league? I was one of two girls in the league. Won $140 buckaroos to booth.
I might be interested but if I were to join, I need to brush up on all the players and team dynamics. When is the last day to sign up?
I swear to all that is holy that if those freakin’ RNC freeks mess up my hockey season because of a storm in an entirely different state, hundreds of miles away …. arrrghgghghgghghhhh……. they’ve already messed up my p.t.j. I’m going to have to drive 15 miles out of my way to get to work, and with gas prices the way they are…… Not a happy Bandgeek…. and what the H.E.Double hockey sticks is with everyone saying it’s in Minneapolis? If your gonna mess up our traffic and especially our Hockey arena then please get the City correct…… I feel better now, needed to get that off my chest.
So how many days till the season starts? I think the Mr just said it was like 44 days or something like that…. I have 33 till I get to see the our boys. I have tickets to the pre-season game on Oct 1. I can’t wait.
Are people actually frowning on hot girls in skimpy outfits? I don’t particularly need the “ice girls” to get into a game, but for crying out loud, they are only distracting during intermissions (any whenever they’re near your section, if you’re so inclined).
I’m not entirely certain I’ve ever “seen” so many guys angry about hot girls/cheerleaders before in my life. Weird.
Oh, and sunshine, you don’t need to be up on the players to join our fantasy football league. I think I got second last year for going off ages-old information and not changing my lineup for the second half of the season.
Are people actually frowning on hot girls in skimpy outfits? I don’t particularly need the “ice girls” to get into a game, but for crying out loud, they are only distracting during intermissions (any whenever they’re near your section, if you’re so inclined).
I’m not entirely certain I’ve ever “seen” so many guys angry about hot girls/cheerleaders before in my life. Weird.
In the 2003-04 season, when the Penguins just completely sucked, my only source of entertainment was finding our girls (who debuted that year) during stoppages, either trying to guess or simply to determine which section they visited during stoppages (they actually used to dance in the stairs, which was a dumb idea on so many levels; they didn’t do it after that first year.)
I’d rather cheerleaders over a mascot. It’s eye-candy at the least. While I don’t think either group adds much, if anything, to any sporting event, especially a hockey game, I agree with you in that I don’t understand the hatred directed towards them.
I really don’t care for either ‘ice girls’/cheerleaders OR mascots. Yes, I’ll give you that the girls are ‘eye candy’, but if you’ve ever been hit with a pom-pom (as I was in Phoenix) or ever had a mascot come after you for wearing an opponent’s uniform (Anaheim) I think you’d understand. Mascots are just another way to distract from a bad team on the ice (or field, or court).
I hate mascots…
If you think anything less than this, I would suspect you’re delusional
then i guess i’m delusional because if this were true then the press release is a flat out lie. not even an attempt to hide it.
What about yours, pal?
it’s generally half full as I like to keep a positive attitude. There are things I don’t like but I’m not one to consistently complain about things.
I hate mascots
big shock there. is there anything you do like?
Are people actually frowning on hot girls in skimpy outfits?
i’d never frown at this. Not sure if i’d like to see them added to game day but i wouldn’t protest.
Yippy!! One day closer to hockey season. The closer we get the happier I am.
It takes a special kind of person to waste enough time and energy to hate something as simple as a team mascot.
I will side with WRT that I don’t like mascots that interrupt my viewing of a sporting event. But at the same time I can realize I’m only one person. The other hundred people around me might love the distraction of the mascot.
And yes ms conduct, somewhere along the line my life took a terrible turn towards Houston. Heat index will be above 100 again today with air quality alerts from the ozone. Nothing like sweating in smog to ruin your day.
Green*…the whole mascot thing is another PC move by the marketing mavens to make the product more ‘friendly’.
I guess for me it is the principle. Kind of like replays in officiating. These types of things ruin the game.
Can’t the game experience be about the game?
Sunshine, if you want to sign up you have to do it soon. I have it so scoring doesn’t start until the second week, so that give us a little more time, but the sooner the better. Lemmiwinks already signed up.
Again for anyone who missed it… I am hosting a just-for-fun fantasy football league. If you want to join, it’s a yahoo league and the info is as follows:
League ID#: 591192
League Name: Austin Football 08
Password: 12345
Custom League URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/austinffl07
Everyone is welcome to join, and the team limit is 12.
kj -
You old fuddy-duddy.
A Swedish newspaper is reporting that Petr Forsberg is still having major issues with his foot. It is unlikely he’ll be able to play before December.
Ok, so we all know he has foot problems. But what the heck is the actual problem? You would think a foot could be repaired and healed in a few months or a year?
Think about it, how worried would you be if you saw Schultz wasn’t practicing because of a foot injury? But apparently a bad foot had almost crippled Forsberg?
WildinATX -
Auto-draft = scary.
Go with a live draft and I’m in.
I don’t know why people are making such a big deal about a mascot. Of course you don’t like mascots. They are not for you anyway; they are for the kids. Kids usually do like mascots. So get over yourselves already!
The good news is based on what I’ve read the mascot would mostly be appearing at special events, and not at many games anyway.
Klauss, I could set it up as live but finding a time that is good for everyone is a hassle.
AiH,
Forsberg - isn’t it a ‘congenital’ foot problem? Maybe his ankles or feet just aren’t ‘put together’ properly. Doubtless some sort of operation could be done but they probably would end his hockey career anyway.
Maybe this is proof that ‘Foppa’ shoes (crocs) really are bad for your feet!
Disclaimer - I’m not a podiatrist but I play one in Russoville.
Klauss, I changed it anyway.. I figure those who can make it will, and those who can’t will just have an auto-draft. Draft is set for wednesday at 8pm.
the whole mascot thing is another PC move by the marketing mavens to make the product more ‘friendly’.
I don’t see the PC angle. It is strictly a move to give kids, meaning under 12, something more to identify with relating to the team. What I see the mascot doing is riding in parades, showing up at mite hockey tournaments, visiting schools, appearances at youth hockey camps, visiting childrens hospital…
I don’t see it running thru the crowd during play with a big drum trying to get a wave started.
A 7 year old isn’t going to remember the excellent break out pass by yawnson that leads to a koivu goal but might remember being greeting by the mascot when entering thru gate 1. or 6 year old jimmy might see the mascot at the white bear ave parade or at the wild booth at the fair and become just a little more interested in what that mascot is selling.
I don’t see how this is a problem.
wednesday the 10th that is.
Maybe this is proof that ‘Foppa’ shoes (crocs) really are bad for your feet!
the only think crocs are bad for is your portfolio
WildinATX -
I’m in.
So Forsberg was born with club foot or something? Interesting.
It turns out two packets of instant oatmeal do not fit in the paper bowls at work. Lesson learned.
Don’t really see a mascot as a problem as long as it doesn’t turn into some glorified cheerleader who stands on railings and bangs on a hand-held snare drum and does stupid sh!t like that. Really don’t need some intern in a fuzzy suit walking up and down the isles looking for high-fives form the patrons. Guess I’m not really seeing the rationale behind bringing one in.
Why don’t they just bring back the old North Stars “mascot” … that guy Catfish, who ran around in jean shorts, a N* jersey and banged on a green and yellow drum all game.
(He always reminded me of “Rock N Roll” Buck Zumhoff! )
With the NHL season still so dang far away, at least the Bow Hunting season starts soon in Wisconsin!!
Weird (I never say D.B.’s comments before posting mine) …… Deep Breath you aren’t referring to Catfish are you?
never “saW”
(note to self: proofread first!)
Do any of the Original Six teams have mascots other than the aforementioned Montreal team that was forced to absorb the Expos Yeti thing? Seems kind of like a minor league move, like others said, if they go to ice girls or cheerleaders, they’re doomed.
When you see clips of Twins or Vikes community outreach events to children you see TC Bear and that purple dinosaur, the Wild probably want to have the same thing. If you hate mascots for community outreach to children, you hate children. You don’t hate children, do you?
You don’t hate children, do you?
vote yes for kids. at least those in mpls.
Speaking of voting, I am reading this morning that Sarah Palin describes herself as a “hockey mom.”
Sounds like my kind of gal.
Is there still room in the football league? Sounds like fun to me. Gonna bug the hell out of my DH (he’s a purist) but he’ll live.
Cheerleaders wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing IF they could actually come up with some cheers/chants the fans could get behind.
“Lets go Wi-uld
clap-clap
clap-clap-clap”
is getting a little old.
Okay, I’m in.
And Goody, that’s a great idea. They should be like the section 303 in Nashville…
Awesome ms. conduct. So far that makes 4 russotonians in the leage (including myself). The wife will be joining soon as well. There are 8 spots left btw.
i’m boycotting austin tx wild fans since a couple were in the cities recently and didn’t leave a single, lawyer gal at my house for me…
Sorry G*! The one gal we know couldn’t come with anyhow… although she went to school up there, so maybe she will want to visit one day
maybe she will want to visit one day
so i got that going for me…which is nice
Sunshine, if you want to sign up you have to do it soon. I have it so scoring doesn’t start until the second week
Oy. Necessary though I guess to make sure you get the spots filled.
Everyone is welcome to join, and the team limit is 12.
Wouldn’t that mean only 12 people are welcome to join?
I wonder if I could be listed as a co-manager on a team or not.
I think I can make it where it will retro score the first week if needed… I thought I saw a fature to do that in there somewhere. Why don’t you just pick up a team Kevin? It’s just for fun anyhow.
Sorry G*! The one gal we know couldn’t come with anyhow… although she went to school up there, so maybe she will want to visit one day
You told her about the crocs, didn’t you?
I’m with you on the mascot though, G*.
ATX: I have a hankering for Fantasy Football and have decided to join in the fun.
Football isn’t the same without Fantasy Football.
Austin, because I have four teams in Yahoo leagues already and Yahoo doesn’t allow for any more than four per ID, so I’d need a new username. I suppose I could create another one though.
Football alone used to be enough for me, but I think I’m gonna need this fantasy stuff to get through the season. We have Texans season tickets and there’s not a game all season I’m looking forward to. It’s just not hockey.
And you don’t have David Carr to drool over, either.
Any moisture coming out of my mouth in response to David Carr is more likely to be something along the lines of a rabid, angry froth.
Oh yeah, you said that eariler didn’t you kevin… I don’t pay attention much.
Welcome aboard sunshine!
That’s okay, Austin. I feel the love.
Jerk.
A mascot could get the inter-arena cheers and taunts going. Nose bleed fans could taunt the club level with “Daddy’s Money! Daddy’s Money!” and the clubber’s could respond with “Trailer Trash! Trailer Trash!” Saw it at the Hill-Murray vs. Roseville game a few years back and it really livened things up.
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First a Mascot…next…Ice Girls!!!
The Wild can take their craptastic mascot and shove it.
Idiots.
I like the guy who said Manbearpig…seems like a great mascot to me
Ok, quit with the mascot already. I can’t believe you all care that much one way or the other.
Different topic anyone notice there are no Americans on the prospects roster? Are the wil just ignoring all young American talent?
