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Kassian's days numbered in Minnesota

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08:20 AM ET 02.05 | The Wild traded Darroll Powe and Nick Palmieri to the Rangers Monday for big veteran Mike Rupp on Monday afternoon. As for Matt Kassian, his future may also be elsewhere at this point. He's being scratched in his ninth consecutive game tonight. At some point, the Wild either needs to move him or put him on waivers to give him a chance at being claimed elsewhere. He deserves it. He's a good soldier, a great character guy, etc. But if you need to get grittier on the wall and the Wild's calling up players and making trades rather than putting Kassian in, it's clear the writing's on the wall and the end of his line in Minnesota could be on the horizon. "I'll sit down with the coaches and see what makes sense," [GM Chuck Fletcher] said.

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February 5, 2013  08:25 AM ET

I wanna say this is a first, dedicating a thread to a guy who's played 28 NHL games. But I fear it isn't, sadly...

February 5, 2013  08:41 AM ET

I'm not a great prognosticator or anything, but it seems to me that if you've been sat 9 out of 9 games to start the season, that 'writing on the wall" was done with one of those big black magic markers (the ones that almost got you high as a kid)

February 5, 2013  08:41 AM ET

Yaay for two Wild threads in two days

February 5, 2013  09:22 AM ET

"I'll sit down with the coaches and see what makes sense," [GM Chuck Fletcher] said.

After signing Suter and Parisa to their fat bloated contracts why start now?

February 5, 2013  09:28 AM ET
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Yaay for two Wild threads in two days

whoopfuckingee

February 5, 2013  09:53 AM ET
QUOTE(#3):

Yaay for two Wild threads in two days

Are you hopping to be reading about the Red Wings everyday? Good heavens!

February 5, 2013  10:06 AM ET
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Are you hopping to be reading about the Red Wings everyday? Good heavens!

on two feet yes ;)

February 5, 2013  10:19 AM ET
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on two feet yes ;)

Good eye. I saw it as I clicked "submit." Too late.

February 5, 2013  10:39 AM ET
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Good eye. I saw it as I clicked "submit." Too late.

"Nice Hopping'

February 5, 2013  10:51 AM ET
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"Nice Hopping'

Roamer was hopping to catch it but couldn't stopp it.

February 5, 2013  12:32 PM ET
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Roamer was hopping to catch it but couldn't stopp it.

duly noted
Mine was a "young Frankenstein" reference, sorry

February 5, 2013  12:37 PM ET
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"Nice Hopping'

WHAT KNOCKERS

February 5, 2013  12:48 PM ET
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WHAT KNOCKERS

werewolf?
There....wolf
There....castle.....

February 5, 2013  12:58 PM ET
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duly notedMine was a "young Frankenstein" reference, sorry

LOL. I was late as usual! :-)

February 5, 2013  01:16 PM ET
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werewolf?There....wolfThere....castle.....

Frau Blucher

(Horse) NNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY

February 5, 2013  02:04 PM ET
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LOL. I was late as usual! :-)

no worries, some people are always late,
like The Late Ronald reagan....

February 5, 2013  02:34 PM ET
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Are you hopping to be reading about the Red Wings everyday? Good heavens!

The typo is more interesting than the story.

February 5, 2013  03:03 PM ET
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no worries, some people are always late, like The Late Ronald reagan....

I'm not that late. Yet.

February 5, 2013  03:19 PM ET
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The typo is more interesting than the story.

:-)

 
February 5, 2013  05:53 PM ET

wild fans are funny. so optimistic. the team had the best record in feb last season and still didn't make the playoffs. then they spend almost $200 million on two players and are only a .500 team 20% into the season. baby steps.

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