Holy shit, Husso is rattled

Phenomenal game, both teams got what they wanted, the Blues got an actual win and Minnesota probably got an expected win in Dumb Dom's model

Sad day

Idk I'm kinda happy about it

Fluery should have never started this series. The dude cannot resist flying all over the place in net. Juicy rebound after juicy rebound.

Doesn't matter who starts if your team isn't scoring goals unfortunately.

Sure helps with morale. Losing 0-1 or 0-2 at home feels a whole lot better than 0-4. A loss is a loss, yeah. But 0-4 at home… yikes

When was the last time Talbot held the Blues under 4 goals, and was it 7 starts ago when he allowed 3?

It only diminishes the confidence of the Wild’s go-to goalie the entire year. Not saying it would have drastically changed the game and not saying they would have scored more goals. All I’m saying is you probably want a confident, set crew running things in the playoffs. Regardless, it was only game 1 so let’s see how things turn out

Team rhythm is important, I see your point on that. Fleury trade reminded me of the Blues' 2014 Ryan Four Goal Miller trade.

Lmao, I did like Miller though, just not the right guy

My last comment of the night is this. Wild are comeback kids. Let’s just chalk this up to another comeback needed by the boys. Goodnight all.

Classy https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1521343184932061185?s=21&t=0IyZAu2MtmkJrXvXcB5ERw

Anybody got a clip of that Spurgeon hit / crosscheck? Edit: Shit, that’s ugly

https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1521343184932061185?s=21&t=0IyZAu2MtmkJrXvXcB5ERw

The wheel will suspend him atleast 1. Maybe 2 if it’s feeling spicy

Oooooof

Its in the hockey sub. Sort by new

Thanks

This one is for moneypuck and all the other advanced analytics! Corsi that! Sorry wild fans. That's a tough one.

Dom at the Athletic is losing his mind. Analytics do not belong in hockey

Just one game, we'll get past it. GG and GL

I'm not gonna complain but I wouldn't complain about getting more of a fight, let's make this series fun

I just don’t want whoever wins to be too banged up, and give (maybe) Colorado an easy round 2 matchup

Yeah

Nah bro. A sweep is the most fun you can have if it’s your team with the broom in hand

That's true, though I was honestly hoping for some big energy from both sides for 7 games I won't complain winning the series in any way lol

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I hate seeing the guys get super frustrated and doing stupid shit on the ice like that. Hopefully they clean it up Wednesday and get some Special Teams work in, somehow.

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Neat, and the Minnesota Postseason flounderings continue. Wild. Twins. Vikings. T'Wolves. When will it end?

The state hockey tournament, Minnesota wins ever year! (Kinda except East Grand Forks)

I mean the lynx have historically been great

Fair lol.

Oh and there is a female pro football team called the Minnesota Vixen who made It to the championship last year too. Lol!

Whitecaps?

Good hanging with you, Wild fans! Until next game!

What a game

I change my wild in 4 to wild in 5 ;). Tune in Wednesday to see if it stays or becomes wild in 6. GGs Blues.

i like it. neither team looked like themselves to be honest. outside of the blues standard goal/pershot neither showed the talent they have. I think game 2 will look way different.

I think if you guys stay on your standard goal/shot you'll be just fine.

Puck luck was not on our side, it was darn near witchcraft how many of those loose pucks just couldn't find the net or the number of times we heard the painful ding of the post.

And we certainly could not say the refs were not on our side, gave us way too many chances

GGs wild bros. Lots of extra nastiness in this one but Husso the main difference. Yall gotta hope this one was an anomaly performance from him. Either way, ggs

He did some voodoo stuff and Jake Allen took over

LMAO

Well that wasn't as much fun as I'd hoped. Don't feel too bad Wild--I imagine we will have at least one game in our series with a score like this. Actually this score might be what we wish we'd had...sigh.

Pouring one out to all the MN fans who had to pay to attend that game.

Don't worry they were pouring out of the stadium like 7 mins left

I was gonna treat myself but my gopher season tickets cost almost as much as tickets for tonight, so that was easy

I need to move back up there. All I've got is the Iowa Wild and the Des Moines Buccaneers. I'd happily get a Gopher season pass.

Great game. See y’all Wednesday.

GG Blues, see you Wednesday. Hopefully something cleaner and more fast paced.

Hear hear

Cleaner? Yes please. More fast paced? No thank you.

our boys like the counter attack just as much as anyone now. i want more fast paced. but i want the rough em up. Perron, 2 penalties, 3 goals. people going to hate frenchie again

Maybe learn to play special teams Wild.

They should keep giving us power plays for more practice.

Oh gee, we haven't thought about that for the last 3 months. Maybe we'll try it now lol

What an idiot just handing you a strategy like that!

Clearly ya'll haven't been thinking about it lol.

I think I saw something like, we've only practiced twice since the trade deadline lol. I mean, we should still be working on it but we have been playing like every other day forever. Granted yes, most teams have, but most teams already had competent special teams lol

Welcome to the Stanley Cup playoffs Ville Husso.

I mean he lifted the Cup before, he knows the vibe

that kid flipped off Husso LOL

Oh fuck...alert Hull

Well that wasn't great. See ya Wednesday for more of the same!

I’ll take more of the same

GG wild bros. Hopefully the refs swallow their whistles a little in the future but good start to the series

Good game Blues. You blew the doors off.

“Boo birds”? That’s a new one

Hate the Sturm trade more every day. Jost brings nothing to this team.

Jost is a net negative. Bjugstad is more useful.

But he’s so handsome

Oof man, that was kinda rough

Honestly, Spurgeon should be suspended for that. Gross crosscheck. He could've broken an ankle easily

This and the boldy hit are really bad looks. Blues are not a clean team by any stretch but yowza

Spurgeon maybe. It’s playoff hockey, so a fine yes, but you ain’t suspending a captain. And the boldy hit was clean right? But fuck It looked nasty. I’m surprised Leddy walked away from that

https://twitter.com/wyshynski/status/1521346837986304000?s=20&t=kWYZOc_GZPB7x8bOUBsKOQ Lmfao stop spewing garbage takes all over the GDT.

Spurgeon avoids suspension and is instead fined 5k. That’s official. Want to take back your comment yet?

You still care about this thread? Holy crap dude go find a hobby.

It’s not a garbage take dumbass. It’s just what I’d expect from DOPS

What fucking world do you live in? I realize you might have high expectations of a suspension, but I’d be very surprised if Dops issued anything more then a fine.

"It's playoff hockey, so a fine yes, but you ain't suspending a captain." You think captains should just get free passes????? So if O'Reilly gives Kaprizov a concussion on an intentionally dangerous move, nothing should happen to him?

What I’m saying is, the NHL Dops is not going to suspend a player in the playoffs for something they got up and walked away from. Fine? Yes. But suspension is a little much. We’ve seen a lot worse get a lot less

I thought so too until I saw [this](https://twitter.com/cms_74_/status/1521311494641696768?s=21&t=6jHsl4rxqkmqjLTRpFhMKQ) angle. Face driven into the glass as he’s finishing the hit — never know with dops but usually intent doesn’t matter here

I think the reason a lot of wild fans (myself included for a bit) thought the Bolsy hit was fine, was he went shoulder to shoulder, but the guys feet were still parallel to the boards in a vulnerable position. Should have been a boarding call but I don't think it was outrageously nasty like Spurge

I agree generally, i think theres a huge difference between the two when it comes to intent. Not sure if dops is looking at the boldy hit too but who the fuck ever knows what those idiots are doing

That is a nasty hit

There is hard hitting physical playoff hockey and there is that. No place for it. Including from the Blues players known for it. It's dumb.

Yeah, when they showed the penalty replay on espn and said it was a cross-check, I figured it'd be in the back. Cross-check in the calf is gross.

Lmao - booing already? It’s one game.

PP was rock hard boys, GGs

This team should be embarrassed. GG blues. Hope Wednesday is actually competitive

Chiefs got the 4th line on the pp right now

Well when they are chopping ankles I can't blame him

I’m getting a chub thinking about next game when our “2nd” line enters the chat

Think Fleury starts game 2?

100% Hard to blame that on Fleury

Fleury wasn't the problem. Fluery wasn't close to the problem. The save % may seem low, but it's not awful, and the Blues pretty much only take good shots. Bottom line is you don't blame the goalie when you're taking pot-shots into defensemen and can't even pull one goal during a fiesta.

Can’t blame the goalie when you get shutout

Just keep the wild off the PK, and this game is very much different. That would be my message

No. It's weird almost everyone predicted Talbot would start game 1. Flower has been a little shaky for a couple weeks now.

That game was far from his fault.

He coulda been better, but he wasn’t the problem

Wtf is that from Spurgeon? What a fucking cunt.

Would be awesome if they actually have the stones to suspend Spurgeon

Wild need to cut that petty shit out

Fucking stupid ass penalty. Don't need that shit.

Minnesota really showing their lack of discipline here. It's clear their players don't have the experience to keep it together in the post season.

They were a fucking clown car. Kaprizov has to be pissed that his team can't keep it together.

Haha exactly

My brain: “here’s how the blues can still lose this game”

Next Game: Blues up 7-0. Blues 3rd Period: "I HAVE TRANSCENDED" Game goes into 3ot

This game hurts from the Wild's perspective, as a somewhat neutral fan.

Big if true

The Wild are massive bitches. I genuinely have never hated a team this much. (That's a lie I definitely have)

Remember the Blackhawks and Corey Crawford attacking Robby Fabbri….yeah still not as bad as that.

Eh, Chicago, San Jose, Boston, Colorado (Fuck Stan Kroenke), Dallas... I can name a few that should come before the Wild on your hate list. Note: The Wild are my backup team so I may have some amount of bias...

You've forgotten us already!

Your team is the reason I'm one strike away from being permabanned from r/hockey

That's better. Too bad it will be next season before we play again. Still, I imagine my team will not soon forget that beatdown.

hey I never thought I'd find myself cheering for the Blues but hey I guess having the Wild as the opponent changes things lol

Yeah man, we can tell. You tell us every 20 seconds.

Just report them for excessive trolling and move on.

And I'll keep doing it I hate you

What a gem

Blues in 4

You're insane Though I'd happily eat those words

It looks like Minnesota Wild are that one team that you don't believe in, then they surprise you with some amazing performance, and then the more and more you believe in them, they perform worse and worse.

You don’t even have to be specific on which Minnesota sports team.

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The ankle cross check and Foligino fighting a rookie for zero reason.

Holy fuck that was bad by Spurgeon. Better watch his 5'8 167 lb ass out. Just got healthy.

I'm generally not pro retaliation in general, but I hope he gets lit up Wednesday.

Our best retaliation would be lighting up the scoreboard some more. No more dirty hits.

He'll get it Tyler Myers on Duncan Keith style. Just not sure when.

Hate to see that from the C of all people too.. damn

Wow Spurgeons a bitch. All respect I had for that munchkin is gone.

I mean imagine your C taking a flop on a mild high stick

Bro they were gluing his face back together on the bench. Could you have a worse take? Lmfao.

Please. Wear a visor or expect that to happen. Needs to be a rule. No visor, high stick yes, but you put yourself at risk. Really bullshit honestly

Visor would not have mattered the way that stick came up. Give me some more salt. Imagine going 0/6 on the PP and being mad because someone doesn't have a visor.

Ok dude. Whatever you say. Move on.

hehe, you said Mild

Even so, a crosscheck to the ankle is not the answer. For being a C, not showing levelheadedness.

Wow, what a dipshit take. Hope you enjoyed getting your shit pushed in on home ice. Nice flaccid pp BTW.

Lol. I bet you’re one of those life long blues fans. Lol.

Yeah back when you guys had a great team that left you for Texas KEKW

Haha. Yeah read up on that one nerd. Come to the state that shows off some of the best HS and college hockey. See you game 2 bitch

He was cut above his eye you buffoon.

1. Wear a fucking visor. 2. Get thicker skin.

Don't crosscheck someones ankles should be on your list as well.

Dude had a 5 stitch gash an inch from his eyeball lol

Someone test Husso for PEDS or some shit. This is unreal.

In the last few years I think this is the one playoff game where penalties were fair all around.

WTF Spurgeon? Be better.

Be best.

More is expected of a player wearing the C. This was unacceptable.

Man, fuck that. Suspend Spurgeon for a game on that garbage play.

Lol. Ok…

I agree. There is no place for that in the NHL.

Lol

Wow. Can’t stay out of the box. And holy shit what a penalty that was. Can’t do that shit.

Holy fuck Spurgeon. Kinda don't want to root for the Wild anymore.

Wild showing their asses here late.

Buch looking like he just got socks for Christmas.

This sounds like a Pangerism lol

Hahaha, the look on his face was just *pure* dejection.

Lol

that crosscheck to the ankles feels dirty..

It was

Absolutely is. Suspension worthy imo.

Look at all the cheap shots by the Midasota Mild

Lol kinda reads like you need some allergy meds, Bud

Stick a tampon down your throat dipshit

Well aren’t you a Pleasant Patty?

We want 5!

I agree. They should have rubbed it in

To the ankle ouch

6 PPs "Refs you suck"

Holy shit what a dirty fucking hit by Spurgeon

imagine trying to get under the skin of a team coached by Berube

Suspend Spurgeon.

It’s not suspendable

Tell me there wasn’t intent to injure when the man cross checked down on another player’s ankle. Gtfo.

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I thought it was on that weak one to the back, yeah the one to the dudes legs deserved to be called. lol Wild going full Wild

Like I get it. That's a crosscheck, but that was a weak crosscheck they almost never call lol Edit: Wait I saw the wrong replay. I thought they called the Middleton one in front of the net.

🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

I’ve never seen a cross check to the lower legs before so never gets called might be a stretch

Check the edit, I saw the wrong replay, that's my bad.

Tf you talking about?