Boudreau Expected to Sign with Minnesota as New Coach

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Sutter strikes me as the type of guy who gets grumbly and annoyed frequently, mad occasionally, but never holds a grudge. He's too humble to let his ego get the better of him.

[Roof-Daddy]

It's funny how the Wild have seemingly flat lined.

A few years ago they were the Belles of ball with the huge signings of Suter and Parise, (say what you will about their contracts, but those are really good players) to go along with Koivu and what was touted as the best prospect pool out there with the likes of Granlund, Coyle, Brodin etc.

They even added a solid goalie, and had some Dmen really develop well, but despite that can't seem to get over the hump to contender status.

Bringing in Boudreau is likely the current cores last kick at the cat, along with Fletcher too.

I hope they fail miserably. Haha

[Canada 02]

^Re. the Wild flat lining; two reasons, IMO. Toughest division in hockey, and the worst coach in their division among the contenders

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by the2bears

Does anything in your story indicate he wouldn't come back though? He wanted a quiet night at the game it seems. Unless there's more to the story.

I don't get that either. Being shown on Jumbotron won't ticked anybody off unless you are kissing or holding hands with another person on opposite sex other than your spouse.

I am sure Sutter understand why he was let go by the Calgary Flames organization.

I am actually not too ticked off about not getting Bruce Boudreau as a head coach.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

It's funny how the Wild have seemingly flat lined.

A few years ago they were the Belles of ball with the huge signings of Suter and Parise, (say what you will about their contracts, but those are really good players) to go along with Koivu and what was touted as the best prospect pool out there with the likes of Granlund, Coyle, Brodin etc.

They even added a solid goalie, and had some Dmen really develop well, but despite that can't seem to get over the hump to contender status.

Bringing in Boudreau is likely the current cores last kick at the cat, along with Fletcher too.

I hope they fail miserably. Haha

They are an interesting case study. They have one driving player up front in Parise. I like Koivu but he needs a power forward on his wing ideally. Granlund is too small/soft to drive their offence, too easily pushed out of the game by bigger, stronger players. Vanek is one of those talented but frustrating players who just doesn't have the compete level you want. Coyle I still think can be a beauty. Zucker was massively inconsistent this year.

On the backend they have the elite Suter and then it drops off after that. Overall their defense is too small much like the Flames was this year. They could use another top pairing guy and they really need a big, tough, strong physical top 4 defensemen to compliment the rest of their defense.

They are also stuck in a rough division.