Brett Marshall🌲📊

Pretenders or Contenders? An honest assessment of the 2024-25 #mnwild 

For this week’s newsletter I took a dive into 3 things that could keep the #mnwild  on top of the league and the 3 things that could bring them back down to earth.

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He’s played much better hockey as of late!

PCS & Player Cards from last night's 1-7 #mnwild loss to #LetsGoOilers

🌲PK Bad
🌲5v5 Bad
🌲Goalies Bad
🌲Middleton Injured
🌲This could get ugly for a few weeks

For those not on X, doing a #mnwild mailbag for tonight’s episode of @wildlyinformedpod.bsky.social! Anything goes here. About me, Isha, the Wild, analytics, whatever feel free to drop em below!

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PCS & Player Cards from tonight's 1-4 #mnwild loss to #GoKingsGo

🌲Kings shut down Wild again
🌲Fleury still doesn't have a game with GSAx over 0
🌲Merrill-Bogo finally do something
🌲Trenin beats a goalie for the 1st time this year
🌲PK gives up another familiar goal

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PCS & Players Cards from last night's 5-1 #mnwild drubbing of #FlyTogether

🌲New top line goes nuclear
🌲No Brodin, Ek, Zuccy, Lauko, no problem
🌲Gus continues to be stellar
🌲Special teams have a strong outing
🌲Wild get some rare offense going with Marat on the ice

Going live now on YouTube for @wildlyinformedpod.bsky.social!

Get in here and listen to me shred Zach Bogosian’s defensive play to pieces! Also going to talk Jiricek, injuries and the 4 Nations! #mnwild

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We’re back in action with a new episode tonight! Tune into @sotamedia.bsky.social YouTube channel tonight to catch the show live!

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PCS & Player Cards from tonight's 3-2 #mnwild overtime win over #Canucks

🌲Middleton-Spurgeon Shine
🌲Ek gets feisty, hopefully not injured
🌲Gus has a strong outing once again
🌲Bogosian, Khusnutdinov continue to struggle
🌲3rd line has a solid game

A Year Under John Hynes: What has the newest #mnwild head coach done to transform the team from one of the leagues’s worst teams to one of its best? The answers might surprise you.

My analysis in Week 8 of the Weekly Wild Wrap-up: weeklywildwrapup.substack.com/p/weekly-wil...

A Year Under John Hynes: What has the newest #mnwild head coach done to transform the team from one of the leagues’s worst teams to one of its best? The answers might surprise you.

My analysis in Week 8 of the Weekly Wild Wrap-up: weeklywildwrapup.substack.com/p/weekly-wil...

Working on a really fun edition of the Weekly Wild Wrap-up! This one looks at the impact of the coaching change and what's turned #mnwild from a 5-10-4 team under Evason to the best team in the NHL under Hynes.

Subscribe for free to get it in your inbox tomorrow: weeklywildwrapup.substack.com

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PCS & Player Cards from last night's 3-2 #mnwild overtime win over #Smashville

🌲Top Line delivers once again
🌲Faber bounces back
🌲3rd line picks up some slack
🌲Spurgeon stays hot
🌲Marat had a shot on goal!

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PCS & Player Cards from #mnwild's 3-2 win over #Blackhawks on Friday, Nov. 29th

🌲Chisholm-Spurgeon went nuclear
🌲Fleury wins again
🌲Top 6 has a strong showing
🌲Wild give Chicago offense almost nothing

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PCS & Player Cards from #mnwild's 1-0 win over #sabrehood on Wednesday, Nov. 27th

🌲First line takes care of business
🌲Gus has arguably his best game of the year
🌲Tough night for everyone not on the first line

My thoughts on #mnwild trade for Jiricek

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PCS & Player Cards from last night's 1-4 #mnwild loss to #GoJetsGo
🌲Despite one of their best games of the year chance wise, Wild get Hellebuyck'd
🌲Top Line struggles to get going with Kaprizov less than 100%
🌲Power Play had a lot of good looks
🌲Firewagon hockey for Middleton-Faber

Yahaha!

Nah. Just guys not committed to doing the right things. So many of their goals against boil down to 3 things usually. Too aggressive at the point, not cover guy out front. Not shifting effectively for box to diamond and vice versa

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PCS & Player Cards from this afternoon's 3-4 #mnwild OT Loss to #Flames
🌲Wild overcome awful officiating to salvage a point
🌲Depth guys looked overwhelmed against stout Calgary defensive structure
🌲Bogosian, Trenin struggle on PK
🌲Johansson suddenly a shooting machine
🌲Rossi steps up

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PCS & Player Cards from last night's 5-3 #mnwild win over #LetsGoOilers
🌲Foligno has his best game of the year
🌲Freddy continues to impress
🌲Brodin-Spurgeon shuts down McDavid & Draisaitl
🌲Flower improves to 4-0-1
🌲Chisholm-Bogosian have a solid showing