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@Gaardsy As a Minnesota sports fan, I’m hoping the Wolves win. But damn…I cannot watch more than 5 minutes of an NBA game before it pisses me off. I watched the Frost and Fargo Force hockey tonight instead of Wolves basketball tonight.

Off top of my head upon return home from Wolves: Wemby was great. Huge shots, got every rebound. Wolves aren't attacking him the same, altering too many shots on their own. Randle's defense hurting them more than offense and the offense hasn't been great. Transition D terrible again. Details. Ant is giving you everything he has. Ayo not the same guy. Injuries suck. Not stopping flopping/foul baiting years ago was a mistake. Too late to contain it now, sadly.

@MeatSauce1 You didn’t honestly think the Wolves had a chance against San Antonio, did you? Even with a healthy team, they weren’t going to win this series…and they aren’t healthy.

Never. Get. Your. Hopes. Up. When. It. Comes. To. Mn. Sports. They are all bad

@jzulgad Why are you watching right now?🤣

Why is Ant playing right now?

@Patrick_Reusse I disagree.

Hockey games are too long. Two 25-minute halves … that would be perfect. 👍🏽

@MN_Wild_Fans Special teams is the difference…

Obliterated in the goalie battle this series. We are easily capable of winning this game. Wedgewood is the difference.

@MNHockeyStar If Ek and Brodin are in, this is a VERY different game. Not saying the Wild would have won, but definitely a different game.

It’s usually not good if you give up 9 a game…

@RussoHockey They didn’t want to give the Wild a 2-1 lead AND a power play to start the second. 🙄

No goal. 3rd overturned goal by Minnesota in the past 2 games. Ruled Boldy pushed Oettinger's right pad

@BunjBKM @jzulgad Many prominent, successful NFL players have broken bones and gone on to have great careers. Only time will tell…I’m not going to pout over a draft pick when it hasn’t played out yet. Until then, I’ll choose to give the guy the benefit of the doubt and hope he turns out great.

Bones heal, but not 100%. A foot injury like that when you weigh over 300 lbs will only exasperate more injuries on the lower body as time goes on... Eventually leading to major back issues. Bad pick. A Lewis Cine type of bad pick. Especially with arguably the best WR in the draft sitting there.

I don't care if you have the best doctors in the world, the medicals are the medicals and these doctors aren't miracle workers. Caleb Banks is 6-6, 327 pounds and he has had problems with his foot. The Vikings couldn't afford to take an unnecessary risk and they did exactly that.

@SeifertESPN @MelKiperESPN You mean the same Mel Kiper that was sure that Shaduer Sanders was a top ten pick?🤣🤣🤣

.@MelKiperESPN classifies the Vikings' selection of DL Caleb Banks qualifies as a "head scratcher" and a "big-time reach." espn.com/nfl/draft2026/…

@WillRagatz And Mr. Mock himself, Mel Kiper was convinced that Shaduer Sanders was a top ten pick. Who cares what the “mocks” say?

Dillon Thieneman goes to the Bears at 25. After passing on the guy all the mocks expected them to take, the Vikings will see him twice a year moving forward.

@Ducksin2026 @lakeshow73 And I’m sorry you get so upset over something you can’t control and hasn’t been proven to be true or not yet. I hope you can sleep tonight.

@soderberg_chris @lakeshow73 That's ok...I completely understand your desire to have faith in the Vikings braintrust after YEARS of them completely outguessing the "mock draft experts' and having unrivaled master class draft results🤦🏻‍♂️ You win...history is on your side😉 Enjoy day 2 of Vikes brilliance

Did they say he played only ninety snaps this last year for Florida?

@JJDEMARAY By NO ONE, do you mean these so called mock draft experts? Come on…the real experts are the scouts and coaches in NFL war rooms. Do you know what they were thinking? Do you have inside information? If so, my apologies.🙄

If you fall in love with a prospect like the Minnesota Vikings organization did with Caleb Banks, realize roughly where he is going. NO ONE had him close to the first round. At least trade down slightly and draft him. Gain valuable picks. We need a new GM.

@Ducksin2026 @lakeshow73 Projected by who? So called mock draft experts…please. Half the picks in the first round won’t be starters two years from now. Can you pick who those will be? I certainly can’t…

@soderberg_chris @lakeshow73 If you wat to speak in relative terms in the first round, there absolutely is. I'd much rather take a guy who is projected to be a day one starter with no injury history than Banks... COMPLETE risk pick

@DavidKnutsonPP @Ducksin2026 @lakeshow73 True, but he was a stud his junior year and projected top ten guy until the injury. It’s a broken bone…those heal fine. It’s not soft tissue/ligament type issue. He’ll be fine, but no guarantees for anyone.

@soderberg_chris @Ducksin2026 @lakeshow73 Totally correct. But some are more likely to not miss than a guy who played only three games last year.

@Patrick_Reusse Excellent COLLEGE safety…so was Sine. We shall see…build a defense from the inside out. I’ll trust Flores on this one.

Vikings dumping Hargrave & Allen to save money meant they had to draft D-tackle, broken foot Banks, which meant Bears wound up with Thieneman, the excellent safety who should’a been in Minnesota. #cheapWilfs

@WillRagatz Fine….sitting on my couch at home does not make me a draft expert. I’ll trust Flores and his defensive staff. We shall see…

Having had a minute to reflect on it, how's everyone feeling about the Caleb Banks pick?

@Ducksin2026 @lakeshow73 There is no such thing as a “can’t miss pick”.

@lakeshow73 Nothing to see here, just the Vikings taking a complete flyer and risk on a mid first round pick when they were absolute no-brainer can't -miss pics still on the board

@bucketsfyi @NHLTegridy FYI- McDavid has ZERO points in the playoffs right now. Relax people.

@NHLTegridy 17 mil is a lot if you aren’t mcdavid or makar/mackinnon and you kinda have to live up to that

@Tarheels234 @johnkriesel Yeah…I don’t think so. Just trying to educate NBA fans that they are missing out on a great NHL product.

@soderberg_chris @johnkriesel It’s so hilarious how the NBA lives rent free in hockey fans heads NBA fans don’t even think about the NHL

An NHL playoff game and NBA playoff game are nearly impossible to simultaneously watch.