Welp the Wild know their first game of the season (along with the Avalanche).

Any optics on Dumba and Coyle?


Will either play more than 5 games?
Will either have any impact this year? next year?

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18 team H2H Points only keeper league. 6FW 4D 1G

Kopitar, Kane, Backstrom, Giroux, Berglund, Elias, Steen, J Jokinen
Byfuglien, OEL, Yandle,
Rinne

Dumba isn't ready as far as I can tell, Coyle I would have a pessimistic view on him at this time as well.

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Anyone know what the lines are going to look like? I would like to know who Granlund will play with to start the season off.

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League - YOUNG STARS DYNASTY LEAGUE
12 teams
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MY TEAM

Kovalchuk/Tavares/Zetterberg
Michalek/ Thornton /Nash
E.Cole/ Spezza/ Purcell

Suter/Jack Johnsson
Del Zotto/ Hedmen

Miller / Hiller


Benched Players

Tanguay/Desharnis/Hemsky
McDonald/Nyquist /Selanne

Gardiner/ Orlov

Sunday they looked like this:

Parise – Koivu – Heatley

Cullen – Granlund – Setoguchi

Bouchard – Brodziak – Clutterbuck

Mitchell – Konopka – Powe

Kassian – Powell – Palmieri – Veilleux

D-pairs:

Suter – Spurgeon

Gilbert – Stoner

Falk – Prosser

Kampfer – Dumba


Courtesy of an article from their website on NHL.com

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via twitter:

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13 Team (30 player roster), pts only keeper (Goalies W=2,SO=3) Keep 12F 4D 1G + any Fwd prospects with <100 NHL GP & D/G prospects with <150 NHL GP

F- P.Kane, Kopitar, Giroux, Duchene, Van Riemsdyk, Voracek, Dupuis, Fleischmann, Erat, Cammalleri, Anisimov, C.Smith
D- Edler, Ekman-Larsson, Shattenkirk, Carle
G- Fleury
Prospects- M.Granlund, Baertschi, Nyquist, Grigorenko, Conacher, Niederreiter, D.Shore, Kuznetsov, Hertl, B.Smith, Orlov, Rundblad, A.Larsson

Shit mazel colour me pink and tickle my....

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hahaha ... ya I was surprised as well. Cut from the world junior team but makes the Wild? (so far)

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13 Team (30 player roster), pts only keeper (Goalies W=2,SO=3) Keep 12F 4D 1G + any Fwd prospects with <100 NHL GP & D/G prospects with <150 NHL GP

F- P.Kane, Kopitar, Giroux, Duchene, Van Riemsdyk, Voracek, Dupuis, Fleischmann, Erat, Cammalleri, Anisimov, C.Smith
D- Edler, Ekman-Larsson, Shattenkirk, Carle
G- Fleury
Prospects- M.Granlund, Baertschi, Nyquist, Grigorenko, Conacher, Niederreiter, D.Shore, Kuznetsov, Hertl, B.Smith, Orlov, Rundblad, A.Larsson

Given the biases that were involved in some of the WJC selections, I am not surprised he was cut. Although, he also did not have the best WJC camp. Perhaps the cut was a bit of a wake-up call and motivator. I'm sure there are similar situations that have happened in the past, for some reason Tyler Seguin (someone correct me on that) comes to mind. Whatever the case, I don't expect them to keep him for the season and burn a year of his ELC unless he becomes Scott Stevens reincarnate.

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Rotoworld:

Mathew Dumba - D - Wild
Matthew Dumba will be a healthy scratch again Tuesday against the Nashville Predators.
Dumba, 18, is being kept around the team for the "experience," according to coach Mike Yeo. He'll likely be returned to juniors after his fifth game with the club.
Source: Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Jan 22 - 2:33 PM


Niklas Backstrom - G - Wild
Niklas Backstrom will get his second start of the season Tuesday night against the Nashville Predators.
Backstrom stopped 25 of 27 shots in a season-opening win Saturday night. He'll get the majority of the starts in net for Minnesota this season, although backup Josh Harding may play more than usual because of the compact schedule.
Source: Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune



Should be a great game tonight. Looking forward to the continued resurgence of Dany Heatley.

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