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Blake Wheeler seems to me a bit off with his usual style of play. My guess he's playing with some sort of injury. I'd still take him at 80% though. Also, after losing yesterday, Blake Wheeler also reminds us that we aren't going to win every game to the cup. We just got to make sure we win that last game that gets us that Cup.

Wow what a game. Very hard to breath at times. Lots of yelling (good and bad) at the TV last night. Not the outcome we obviously wanted but there's this calmness that all is still good that is way different from previous year feelings. As much as I love MH, two bonehead plays on his part taking a penalty in the offensive zone while we were pressing hard and negating Copp's go-ahead goal. No way Hendricks needs to interfere with the D man and Goalie. Selfish plays on his part. My opinion on Enstrom is he's playing okay, just brings a different skill set to the table than Morrow. Obviously he is working off the rust by not playing since March and lacks that physical prowess but is very smart with the puck and still can adeptly play the corners. I can see us inserting Morrow back into the lineup before this series is up. Buff manhandling two preds at once was magic. Buff is playing vintage Buff. Without Buff in our lineup, space becomes even more limited for our guys. Loved how Buff grabbed PK Subban to remind PK Subban that he'll need to come to him before going to any of his Jet teammates. I officially have a huge hate on for the Preds. I fell in love more with Paul Statsny after him defending Laine from PK Subban. Loved Copp's 2nd intermission interview with Scott Oake basically telling him that they've hated the Preds all year, it didn't take this playoff series to confirm that. Pekke Rinne is not playing like the best goalie in the league that Jamie Mclennan thinks he is. Flopping around like a fish out of water. I like our chances back in the Peg.

I like this fun fact. Lets beat them in game two and learn from the Bluejackets in coming home up two to zip.

You fell asleep? Do you have a heartbeat? I thought Buff manhandling him behind the net was a joy to watch as well.

Yup, all but one that were nominated are playing for a distant second behind Gallant who should make room on his mantle for it. How do you compete with 'takes first year expansion team to (fill in blank) round of playoffs and ?'

Because they finished with more regular season points.

...Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. Donald Trump January 2018

I can only talk for myself, but I wasn't suggesting Morrow is a better player than Enstrom in possibly keeping the lineup as is we had against the Wild. It's more of why try to fix something that isn't broken (2 shutouts in a row albeit a lot because of Helle but this is a team game) and he isn't as physical a player as Morrow and he may be a bit rusty that in the playoffs that we don't have the luxury of slowly getting his game speed up to playoff par. BUT you also try to field the best team possible with the available players, i.e., dressing Enstrom over Morrow, Perreault over Roslo. Awesome problem to have no matter which route you take.

Can't see them sitting Morrow unless Jets get behind in the series, injury or need a puck moving Dman.

As the pursuer or pursuee?

Shocking that was overturned and ruled a good goal. The call on the ice was no goal and should have been confirmed as such. Even Binno looked shocked when it was ruled a good goal. Good on the Av coach to remain calm and keep his team focused on the game (which they did successfully) and not yelling st the refs for the last nine minutes of the game. Now that's coaching.

Tho Trouba isn't playing the best hockey right now. I'd keep Morrow with Buff.

The way to solve this challenge is have our forwards take care of business early. Put the wild out of their misery early in the game taking the pressure off our D.

During the game right after something thats happened to the Wild that they dislike: Boooooooooooooooddddddddddddrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeaaaaaauuuuuuu Boooooooooooooooddddddddddddrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeaaaaaauuuuuuu Boooooooooooooooddddddddddddrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeaaaaaauuuuuuu

Maybe and yes having him at the point has it's advantages on the PP. BUT having a big body (with toughness) like DB in front of Dubynk has it's advantages as well. The less Dubnyk can see the better. This is where I've been very impressed with Statsny, he does this very well and unfortunately got nailed by a point shot in this game.

I actually thought it was cool. He did it respectfully imo.

Wow. I imagine that he sits at the kids table when all the adult play by play guys get together for a social function.

Trouba was one big hot mess last night. Something seems off with him. Helle save on Dumba was spectacular. The more I see Stastny play the more I like him. I wish Blake Wheeler would shoot more. I loved the adjustment in putting Buff up front on the power play. Hope they continue that.

Didn't he also say Buccaneer at one point?

Give the @mnwild credit. At least they don't play games with injuries. Kelly Moore I personally don't think it's playing games when teams don't divulge the specifics about injuries. I don't know how knowing the specifics of the injury is relevant (yes interesting, curious but not relevant) to anyone but the hockey team and the players families. All I need to know is lower body, upper body out for 6-8 weeks. But that's just my perspective.

Jets need to pound the Wild into submission tonight like they know they can. I'm getting a real hate on for Minnesota. Lets get BB's face as red as possible tonight.

Booooooooooo drrrrreauuuuuuuu Booooooooooo drrrrreauuuuuuuu Booooooooooo drrrrreauuuuuuuu If of course there is a game 5.

And this was the nicest thing he said about Trump.

1. "This President is unethical, and untethered to truth and institutional values. His leadership is transactional, ego driven and about personal loyalty." James Comey Wow.

Based on the camera shots of Bruce Boudreau last game, I know who I would pick for this game. :-)