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@JakePaynting Giannis is awesome but I think this team needs a legitimate overhaul at some key spots and it would consume most of our limited assets to get him. Would love something like Kyrie + a more athletic 5

@gattz11 I’m kinda shocked that this isn’t the prevailing the thought in an non-Giannis fake trades lol

I’d have to be convinced pretty thoroughly on Dejounte Murray to the Wolves. Bad shooter and off-ball player, never been a great finisher at the rim, been horrific defensively for 3+ years. Is that worth having a traditional PG — which feels a very generous title — next to Ant?

VIDEO: 1 minute 32 seconds of Victor Wembanyama flopping and flailing all over the place tonight. It’s only halftime!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@AlexMicheletti Billy G starting his own country club?

11-25 playoff record as a head coach, 0-6 in elimination games. Makes zero sense to run it back with John Hynes #mnwild

@RussoHockey Why do teams keep going back to the Tortorella well when it’s the same story time after time?

The Vegas Golden Knights will forfeit a second-round pick in the 2026 Draft and John Tortorella has been fined $100,000 for yesterday’s BS of not meeting with the media and not allowing the locker room to be opened postgame. NHL hit em hard

The Wild are the first team in NHL history to have a 3+ goal lead at the first intermission of a playoff game but then have fewer than 10 shots on goal the rest of the way and end up losing.

@DanMyers Is there anywhere you can see how many of those assists were second assists?

Once again Patrick, you have to call it as you see it. I don’t think anybody serious is saying “he sucks” and that he isn’t the franchise player here. But he was not good these last two against Colorado and his contribution on the final goal against is notable.

“Good work team we’ve got a 3 goal lead on Colorado in an elimination game. Now let’s play prevent hockey against the best team in the NHL for 2 full periods while our best defensive center and second best defensive defenseman watch back in St. Paul!”

The Wild decided to play a 40-minute penalty kill after going up 3-0. And, well, the Wild are not good on the penalty kill.

@AnthonyLaPanta It’s never the Wild’s fault. The other team is always just better…Everyone could see it was prevent defense. No team, even Colorado, isn’t good enough to completely stiffly one of the best offensive teams in the league for 35 straight minutes. They sat back

I don’t know if I’d say the Wild “sat back”, but the ice tilted against them for sure. I think it was more the Avs ramping it up - like they did in game four - than the Wild sitting back. The Wild were a minute away from escaping the period and the game - and forcing game six - but a great player made a great shot and made them pay for the mistakes you mention. Numbers are hard to dispute in 2nd and 3rd 3rd period alone: Attempts: 29-12 Avs Shots: 9-4 Avs X Goals: 83% Avs The Avs were just better. Wild were good enough to beat them when at full strength and at the top of their game - but the Avs were better over the course of the game and the series.

@patmick2626 @KFAN1003 Hynes needs to go. Awful coaching. Between the prevent defense half the game and continuing to play Middleton. Just inexcusable

Fanline coming up after postgame show on @KFAN1003 let’s chat

@ryanwhitney6 They stopped trying to win the game midway through the 2nd and just played to not lose for 30 minutes and it backfired

Minny just ran out of gas. That overtime looked like Wild players were in the 5ot. It was only a matter of a time. The Loss of Eriksson ask and Brodin was just too much. Colorado is too good. Wow just 5 games can’t believe it.

Pathetic fucking loss for the Wild. Just absolutely pathetic.

@jzulgad Fire Hynes before OT starts. Inexcusable to go into Prevent defense in the 2nd period

The Wild still being up by two goals after getting completely outplayed in the second period by the Avs is a huge break. Going to have to play much better in the third.

@RussoHockey Fire Hynes

Overtime

@RussoHockey the prevent defense is the worst strategy in any sport. Not sure how Hynes think it will pan out against the best offense in the league

1) McD slaps Wemby in the head/face (NO CALL) 2) McD holds Wemby’s arm after Wemby gets the rebound (NO CALL) 3) Wemby sings his arm with the ball in away from McDaniel’s & inadvertently hits Naz 4) That’s the only foul that’s called & Wemby’s ejected

@johnkriesel This team hasn’t matured even a little bit while he’s been the coach. All they do is turn it over and make stupid mistakes

I understand the sentiment, but Finch shouldn’t have to motivate richly compensated adults to put forth effort.

@sarahhinde Soft as charmin

These pod hosts said they heard rumors 7-8 weeks ago that Phee may be looking to move on from the Lynx, specifically citing issues w ownership and Arod's little visit to the White House/photo op with Trump in the midst of the ICE invasion in Minneapolis.

Just think how dangerous this #Timberwolves team will be when they grow the F up