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The Wild better keep Marian Gaborik or they run the risk of looking like the Vancouver Canucks or ....... the Calgary Flames!

All-Time leading scorer is a little misleading. He's been with us since day 1!!!

Keep him where? Off the DL?

Without him they don't make the post season and they can just as soon change their name from Wild to domesticated. I would have no problem if Cliff could get his mitts on him.

they can just as soon change their name from Wild to domesticated.

For my money, this is going to be tough to beat as post of the day


BETTMAN S***S

I cant see him staying if they wont pay to put some real good talent around him. I think he'd rather play for a run and gun team and build up his own stats anyway.

The Minnesota Domesticated ..... it has a certain ring to it ..... lol

One objective for Risebrough and Lynn was to prove to Gaborik he's not being impeded from scoring in Minnesota's defensive-minded system.

Just like you wouldn't be impeded from getting laid if you were a 300 pound woman with a bad case of acne. Good luck selling that one.

Keep him where? Off the DL?
Spiny Norman

And that's the problem. His salary per season doubles when he only plays half of it.

say hello to my little friends the Chicago Blackhawks.....

Heres a way to keep him....Get rid of Lemaire and his horrible system and maybe I could acually watch a Wild game... If they keep Jaques around....They have NO chance of keeping Gaborik!

Hurt way too often for huge money - can't depend on him being in the lineup. To be a real superstar, you have to stay healthy. This guy should be in his prime, and he is guaranteed to miss substantial time every season for one ailment or the next.

In Gabby's defense however, I would run screaming from the Strangler of Offense (Monsieur Lemaire) and go to a team that boasts an up-tempo game that can fully appreciate Gaborik's talents.

I would love to see him in an up tempo run and gun style system. Would be very exciting.

they can just as soon change their name from Wild to domesticated.

For my money, this is going to be tough to beat as post of the day


BETTMAN S***S
Spiny Norman | 08/18/08, 10:16 AM

I concur. I'm not even going to try to top it.

Spiny Norman wins. Don't even touch that keyboard.

^^
It was Baun-ded, wt. Watch out for the mallet ;)

It was Baun-ded, wt. Watch out for the mallet ;)

Oilers - NHI

As a master punster my self, I stand in the oprecesence of brilliance at the Wild/Domestic remark

Maybe its because my team also plays the trap but whats the big deal about playing solid D? All the system calls for is the players to be back-checking when they dont have the puck. To help out the D. The times when i see my team trap is when we have the lead in the 3rd period. To close it out. Other than that we play a good game. Good pressure in the offensive zone when we're in there. I agree the 1-4 forecheck is stale to watch when in the 3rd period. I cant condem the system that made my team competitive again.

I cant condem the system that made my team competitive again.

bostongm

I feel I must disagree with that theory. It was universally accepted that The Devils, 9and now Minnesota) was boring to watch. Now that it helps your team, you're good with it? So now we'll get every team playing the trap again....

Yeah, my bad, Oilers. I saw it, but then forgot about it by the time I got down there. I had grown accustomed to Spiny Norman winning the daily Post of the Day award for the past few weeks, and it was just an afterthought.