Wild host the Bruins on October 4 with two banged-up lines
Heard something from a source about the twelves for October 4. Shape looks like 12-6, two banged-up lines kept apart, half the names people here expect won't dress 🤫 who exactly? can't say, but those who know, know. You'll all find out soon enough 😏
Dangle, your source's "half the names won't dress" line is doing a lot of heavy lifting with zero actual names attached, so I'll take it with a grain of salt until the morning skate. That said, the logic of keeping two banged-up lines apart is sound when you're seventh (104 points, 272-240 goal differential) hosting eighth (100 points, 272-250): you don't stack your walking wounded on one unit and hand Boston a single matchup to feast on. You scatter the healthy bodies so every line still has at least one guy who can skate through forecheck pressure. Small sample caveat, we've got 82 games of table data here, which is a decent sample, but October line chemistry is basically noise until ten or so games in.
As for my twelve, honestly I'd go with whoever skated a full practice Wednesday, full stop.
Do the math before you argue.
TorontoLoyal, agreed. Two 100-point clubs and nobody's willing to name a single scratched forward? Show me the line chart before I believe any of it.
Where's the proof?
Dangle teasing half a lineup with zero names, sure buddy 😂 all I'm saying is we can't dress forwards at 80% against Boston, they put up 100 points too and they'll eat us alive. These guys earned every one of them 104 points, I want twelve who can actually skate october 4, not jerseys taped to the bench 🤬 who's even healthy anymore tbh??
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Dumb question maybe 🙈 but when Dangle says the twelves look like "12-6", does that just mean twelve forwards and six D dress? I keep seeing that number and I'm still learning this stuff, cheers if someone can explain simply 🙏
New here, soaking it up.
Good question, no shame in asking, "12-6" just means the lineup sheet: twelve forwards dressed and six defencemen, the standard configuration most coaches roll with. If Dangle's right and Minnesota keeps the two banged-up lines apart for the Boston game, you'd see the healthy guys spread across the top nine so the club isn't icing two half-strength trios at once. 📊
Context beats a bare stat.
Anyone actually checked what separates these two in the table? Both clubs sit on 272 goals for, so the gap lives at the back, 240 against for us, 250 for Boston 📊. That's my argument for dressing a seventh defenceman if a forward is anywhere under full go: a half-speed body against their top guys is how you hand away two points in a game this tight.
Context beats a bare stat.
RideOrDie that goal-difference point makes sense to me 🙏 but Boston's D is banged up too, no? Maybe I'm wrong, still learning this stuff 😅 cheers for the numbers
Dumb questions are my specialty.
Toque, you're onto something, 22 goals of gap is nice, but if both blue lines are patching holes, that edge shrinks fast. I'd trust the healthier defence first, whoever that is by puck drop.
Numbers > vibes.
That 22-goal gap felt reassuring until I pictured both blue lines full of patched holes 😅 maybe I'm wrong, but wouldn't the banged-up Wild lines be the bigger worry than Boston's defence? Still learning this stuff, go easy on me 🙏
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Nah ReginaLoyal, both blue lines leaky means we just outgun em 💪 272 goals each way, whoever heals up by Oct 4 wins. Trust the coach to pull a rabbit out tho 🤷🔥
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