Dan Wallace: Wild Head to Boston in Search of Season's First Road Win

Wild loose 3-2

hope haula and spurgeon are back tonight

Dont worry guys... Bruins are rocking a goaltending tandem of Subban and McIntyre at the moment..

15-2 Wild

Dont worry guys... Bruins are rocking a goaltending tandem of Subban and McIntyre at the moment..

15-2 Wild
- MrBeanTown

The Bruins will have a combined 1 game of NHL goal tending experience on their bench tonight.

The Bruins will have a combined 1 game of NHL goal tending experience on their bench tonight.






- dothedougie

Yikes! Hopefully we see a breakthrough by Subban.

Dont worry beantowners, the Wild have a habit of making rookie goalies look like Roy in his prime...

Dont worry beantowners, the Wild have a habit of making rookie goalies look like Roy in his prime...
- mnhockeyguy

Well we are in for a real treat of a game then.

Want to get messed up before hand?

Well we are in for a real treat of a game then.

Want to get messed up before hand?
- dothedougie

Stuck at work tonight ... but on a positive note I get to watch hockey at work

wonder which of the 3 periods the wild will play well in?? i'm thinking 2nd.. we know it's not gonna be all 3.. chaaaarly coyle will have lots of friends & family there he might have a big game

Well we are in for a real treat of a game then.

Want to get messed up before hand?
- dothedougie

nope, no haula or spurgeon yes, more nate friggin prosser please

best first period so far.. didn't get out shot.. PP was ugly

Dangerous play by Dalpe.... Couple of the Boston players were asking for it though

Dangerous play by Dalpe.... Couple of the Boston players were asking for it though
- MnGump

they way eriksson ek is playing i think dalpe is headed to iowa once haula is healthy.. most complete game of the season by far tonight!! hopefully the wild can build on it in buffalo thurs

So question for you:

Which D pairings would you like to see when Spurgeon returns? Hockeywilderness has a good article about this. My preferred would be:

Suter-Dumba

Scandella-Spurgeon

Brodin-Folin

These pairings give the team the best depth and scoring from top to bottom imho and as a plus, we wont have to see Spurgeon manhandled as often in the crease against the opponents top lines. This has been especially apparent in the playoffs the last two seasons.

So question for you:

Which D pairings would you like to see when Spurgeon returns? Hockeywilderness has a good article about this. My preferred would be:

Suter-Dumba

Scandella-Spurgeon

Brodin-Folin

These pairings give the team the best depth and scoring from top to bottom imho and as a plus, we wont have to see Spurgeon manhandled as often in the crease against the opponents top lines. This has been especially apparent in the playoffs the last two seasons.
- mnhockeyguy

yeah those would be what i would do.. they will probably go back to what they were but along as those six can stay healthy i'm good with any combos really.. i think we miss spurgeon on the backdoor on the PP scandella missed a goal last game cause he didn't sneak down.. the rebound went right where spurgeon usually scores on PP's

So question for you:

Which D pairings would you like to see when Spurgeon returns? Hockeywilderness has a good article about this. My preferred would be:

Suter-Dumba

Scandella-Spurgeon

Brodin-Folin

These pairings give the team the best depth and scoring from top to bottom imho and as a plus, we wont have to see Spurgeon manhandled as often in the crease against the opponents top lines. This has been especially apparent in the playoffs the last two seasons.
- mnhockeyguy

I'd like to see that. I think Dumba's play could improve a lot playing with Suter and Spurgeon and Scandella have always seemed to be a solid pairing.

I wish Boudreau would switch up his "big" line, though - Put Koivu with Coyle and Niederreiter and put Staal with Parise and Granlund. Koivu processes the game too slowly from an offensive perspective to leverage the strengths of Parise and Granlund. We've seen Coyle-Koivu-Niederreiter put on many cycling clinics in the past and I just think their styles are more complementary. I think Boudreau would still have that "big" line, but I think the other line would generate many more scoring chances.