Justin Hein (Jared Spurgeon Stan)
@justinhein123.bsky.social
Blogger at hockeywilderness.com , and another white guy with a hockey podcast called Wilderness Talk
The Woke Left wants to take away Marco Rossi
The Woke Left wants to take away Marco Rossi
MN Wild changed their PK -- read about it here! Featuring cool diagrams from @jhanhky.bsky.social 's Hockey Tactics 2025
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What's Behind the Wild's Improved Penalty Kill?
Drink if you’ve heard this before: the Minnesota Wild have a penalty-killing problem. It wasn’t always like this. Before the 2020s, the Wild were synonymous with good shorthanded play. It made sense, ...
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March 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
MN Wild changed their PK -- read about it here! Featuring cool diagrams from @jhanhky.bsky.social 's Hockey Tactics 2025
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Brazeau talk, and wild playoff certainty talk. The Lamestream Wild media wants you to think they are in danger of missing the playoffs. Sad!
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Could the Minnesota Wild Realistically Miss the Playoffs?
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March 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Brazeau talk, and wild playoff certainty talk. The Lamestream Wild media wants you to think they are in danger of missing the playoffs. Sad!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4rjy...
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Please don't listen to anybody telling you the Wild are at risk of losing their playoff spot. Vegas has them minus-6000, meaning you'd need to bet $6000 dollars to win $100 on that ticket.
Barring a cataclysmic failure, they're in
Barring a cataclysmic failure, they're in
March 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Please don't listen to anybody telling you the Wild are at risk of losing their playoff spot. Vegas has them minus-6000, meaning you'd need to bet $6000 dollars to win $100 on that ticket.
Barring a cataclysmic failure, they're in
Barring a cataclysmic failure, they're in
After looking at the Brazeau tape, I'm coming around a bit on the trade. I see the vision.
Why was Brazeau benched, and can he become a system fit under John Hynes's #mnwild ?
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Why was Brazeau benched, and can he become a system fit under John Hynes's #mnwild ?
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March 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
After looking at the Brazeau tape, I'm coming around a bit on the trade. I see the vision.
Why was Brazeau benched, and can he become a system fit under John Hynes's #mnwild ?
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Why was Brazeau benched, and can he become a system fit under John Hynes's #mnwild ?
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The Wild are definitely OK to make the playoffs in my opinion, even before making two deadline buys.
Guest appearance from @froglinetony.bsky.social in our latest episode, and trade analysis
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Guest appearance from @froglinetony.bsky.social in our latest episode, and trade analysis
Apple below 👇
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Are Brazeau and Nyquist Enough to Keep the Wild Afloat?
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March 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Wild are definitely OK to make the playoffs in my opinion, even before making two deadline buys.
Guest appearance from @froglinetony.bsky.social in our latest episode, and trade analysis
Apple below 👇
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Guest appearance from @froglinetony.bsky.social in our latest episode, and trade analysis
Apple below 👇
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Average Minnesota Wild injury progression
I was in a no-contact jersey (limping around) at warm-ups (my house) today. Likely won't dress for the game tonight. Might be downgraded to week-to-week.
I may have slightly sprained my ankle today going on a very ill-advised hike down an extremely steep partly-snow-covered wooded hill to see some cool plants. Out day-to-day.
March 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Average Minnesota Wild injury progression
@lukebraunnfl.bsky.social throw on the Jonathan Allen playoff game vs the Lions
March 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
@lukebraunnfl.bsky.social throw on the Jonathan Allen playoff game vs the Lions
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For anyone popping over here from the other site today, I would like to inform you all that Jared Spurgeon is still, in fact, quite good and the most underrated skater of the last 15 years.
March 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
For anyone popping over here from the other site today, I would like to inform you all that Jared Spurgeon is still, in fact, quite good and the most underrated skater of the last 15 years.
I wrote about the Marat Khusnutdinov trade - seems crazy that the Wild gave up the only asset with staying power and still had to add Lauko and a 6th.
My thoughts:
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My thoughts:
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Marat Khusnutdinov, We Hardly Knew Ye
“Asset Management” is something of a hockey-writer buzzword. Usually, it’s a euphemism writers use to say they didn’t like something a GM did. In this case, that’s partly true. However, along with tha...
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March 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I wrote about the Marat Khusnutdinov trade - seems crazy that the Wild gave up the only asset with staying power and still had to add Lauko and a 6th.
My thoughts:
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My thoughts:
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Trade thoughts:
-Nice to consolidate a crowded bottom 6
-#mnwild get the best player in the trade in 2024-25
-Bruins getting the highest ceiling in Khusnutdinov (future mid-6 center)
On a personal level, I'm going to die. Marat is gone way too soon, and this trade barely moves the needle this yr
-Nice to consolidate a crowded bottom 6
-#mnwild get the best player in the trade in 2024-25
-Bruins getting the highest ceiling in Khusnutdinov (future mid-6 center)
On a personal level, I'm going to die. Marat is gone way too soon, and this trade barely moves the needle this yr
March 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Trade thoughts:
-Nice to consolidate a crowded bottom 6
-#mnwild get the best player in the trade in 2024-25
-Bruins getting the highest ceiling in Khusnutdinov (future mid-6 center)
On a personal level, I'm going to die. Marat is gone way too soon, and this trade barely moves the needle this yr
-Nice to consolidate a crowded bottom 6
-#mnwild get the best player in the trade in 2024-25
-Bruins getting the highest ceiling in Khusnutdinov (future mid-6 center)
On a personal level, I'm going to die. Marat is gone way too soon, and this trade barely moves the needle this yr
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the washington generals may have lost the game, but at least they played clean, honorable basketball all the way to the end
March 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
the washington generals may have lost the game, but at least they played clean, honorable basketball all the way to the end
For those concerned about the Wild making the playoffs, this model is designed to account for injuries better than most and essentially shows that they're in.
7 West playoff spots locked up, and three teams vying for the final wild card.
LTIR + a major acquisition would not be a bad strategy in MN
7 West playoff spots locked up, and three teams vying for the final wild card.
LTIR + a major acquisition would not be a bad strategy in MN
March 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
For those concerned about the Wild making the playoffs, this model is designed to account for injuries better than most and essentially shows that they're in.
7 West playoff spots locked up, and three teams vying for the final wild card.
LTIR + a major acquisition would not be a bad strategy in MN
7 West playoff spots locked up, and three teams vying for the final wild card.
LTIR + a major acquisition would not be a bad strategy in MN
Wild have problems at the top of the lineup in this checklist, which is not a surprise given Guerin's team-building strategy.
Remains to be seen if their depth can make up for it in the playoffs, where top players max their minutes.
FL Panthers (deep team + cup winner) for reference
Remains to be seen if their depth can make up for it in the playoffs, where top players max their minutes.
FL Panthers (deep team + cup winner) for reference
March 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Wild have problems at the top of the lineup in this checklist, which is not a surprise given Guerin's team-building strategy.
Remains to be seen if their depth can make up for it in the playoffs, where top players max their minutes.
FL Panthers (deep team + cup winner) for reference
Remains to be seen if their depth can make up for it in the playoffs, where top players max their minutes.
FL Panthers (deep team + cup winner) for reference
New Wilderness Talk pod is out:
-What do we think about the Gus Nyquist trade?
-Where will he fit in?
-Who else could the #mnwild target at the deadline?
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-What do we think about the Gus Nyquist trade?
-Where will he fit in?
-Who else could the #mnwild target at the deadline?
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Spotify link in the replies
More Bananas? Gus Nyquist Traded Back to Minnesota
Podcast Episode · Wilderness Talk · 03/04/2025 · 43m
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March 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
New Wilderness Talk pod is out:
-What do we think about the Gus Nyquist trade?
-Where will he fit in?
-Who else could the #mnwild target at the deadline?
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Spotify link in the replies
-What do we think about the Gus Nyquist trade?
-Where will he fit in?
-Who else could the #mnwild target at the deadline?
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Spotify link in the replies
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They're called the Wildcats, a ragtag crew of flunky Midwestern trans femme tweens coached by a self-centered finance executive (Rachel Sennott) forced to return to her hometown by the ailing health of the team's last coach, her father
Tommy Tuberville: "We're getting to a point where women and girls sports are getting ready to be extinct. Because already in states across this country, we have high school teams that are made up of totally boys participating against girls."
Where is this happening?
Where is this happening?
March 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
They're called the Wildcats, a ragtag crew of flunky Midwestern trans femme tweens coached by a self-centered finance executive (Rachel Sennott) forced to return to her hometown by the ailing health of the team's last coach, her father
If you know you know
March 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you know you know
Bill Guerin acquiring 3rd liners
just saw a lady at the grocery store take a banana or 2 from a few different bunches. Create her own curated bunch from those bananas. And then proceed to tape that bunch together from tape she took off from a different bunch.
that was a new one!
that was a new one!
March 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Bill Guerin acquiring 3rd liners
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shiny head balds probably run their heads around in the sheets at night
February 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
shiny head balds probably run their heads around in the sheets at night
Dom you’re very cool thank you for the reply.
The work you do at the Athletic makes a lot of work from smaller blogs possible and the content creation space is better for having you.
The work you do at the Athletic makes a lot of work from smaller blogs possible and the content creation space is better for having you.
right on the money
March 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Dom you’re very cool thank you for the reply.
The work you do at the Athletic makes a lot of work from smaller blogs possible and the content creation space is better for having you.
The work you do at the Athletic makes a lot of work from smaller blogs possible and the content creation space is better for having you.
And from today: Kirill Kaprizov contract estimate. You can't get this anywhere else, because I made it and it's good.
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How Will the Cap Surge Affect Kirill Kaprizov's Extension?
If you google “quotes about getting paid,” a surprising lack of ballplayers and rock stars appear. In its place is Forbes’s "Top 100 Money Quotes of All Time." I read all 100, looking for an interesti...
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February 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
And from today: Kirill Kaprizov contract estimate. You can't get this anywhere else, because I made it and it's good.
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Rossi extension numbers: what would a bridge deal look like, what would an 8-year deal look like, and would life have any meaning if they instead traded him away?
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What Would A Marco Rossi Long-Term Deal Look Like?
Marco Rossi is a hockey blogger’s dream. Drafted 9th overall, he was undersized but supremely skilled. That combination made him a content factory. Following the draft, Rossi experienced life-threaten...
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February 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Rossi extension numbers: what would a bridge deal look like, what would an 8-year deal look like, and would life have any meaning if they instead traded him away?
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January: Yakov Trenin's contract is actually good, on the condition that you find out 6 months in that the cap is going up 30% by the time his deal expires.
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Does the Yakov Trenin Contract Look Better In Light Of the Expected Cap Explosion?
The NHL salary cap can seem like a scary, unfamiliar beast to those outside league circles. In reality, it’s a simple concept you’ve seen on TV a dozen times. At each side of a ludicrously long mahoga...
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February 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
January: Yakov Trenin's contract is actually good, on the condition that you find out 6 months in that the cap is going up 30% by the time his deal expires.
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From last year: waxing poetic about Kirill Kaprizov. This time it's about his shootout move.
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Kirill Kaprizov Has Perfected His Shootout Move
Kirill Kaprizov is undeniably the best forward on the Minnesota Wild. He consistently stick-handles his way to the most dangerous areas of the ice and finishes those chances at an elite rate. Courtesy...
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February 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
From last year: waxing poetic about Kirill Kaprizov. This time it's about his shootout move.
hockeywilderness.com/news-rumors/...
hockeywilderness.com/news-rumors/...