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bedard is googling if you can decline a team who drafted you

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“stars don’t shine in the deep” is SUCH a good tagline

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You know what? I need the refs to have to speak to the media post games. Explain why the fuck they’re so incompetent on the record.

i think they should have to answer to dean evason in the parking lot

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shawzy doing let's play hockey because it needs to be immortalized

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love wins

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Matt's hair in media today!!!! Omg he's so pretty!!!!

to quote kevin, it’s tv ready!

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he looks like my real estate developer billionaire husband who’s on his way to meet me on the private jet for our date night

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both? both is good.

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live evason reaction to his superstar punching out domi

wild @ stars - round 1, game 2 || 19.4.23

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frrrr. putting gus in the net for the remainder of the game would tbh just be an excessive amount of pressure and even a risk of injury to save the game when it isn't exactly detrimental to lose this game 

still baffled why gus didn't start today, I hope there's an actual reason. double OT is obviously abnormal for a player, but so is switching your goalie mid-series (literally after playing a single game) after what was also an insane performance. I think staff consistently underestimate gus' abilities and overestimate how equal this tandem is. regardless, even if gus had let in all six of these goals (I don't think he would have, but let's pretend), it would still have been better to play the better-performing goalie and show he's trusted!

while i agree that gus should definitely start next game (and frankly i'm surprised that they kept flower in for the third here), i think dean made the right choice to give gus a break here. don't forget that he's completely new to playoffs, plus he's a relatively young goaltender. and this is the first time he's really given the starter role, let alone a playoff starter for a contending team. i think he's definitely capable, but since this isn't a must-win game it makes sense to give him time to recuperate after playing his first ever playoff game and having it go to multiple ot.

also as lis already pointed out, one of the wild's biggest problems in last year's playoffs was sticking too long with fleury and putting cam in to start a must-win game after not having played for a week. that backfired on them tremendously and we ended up losing miserably, so it makes sense that in a game where gus could use a break, we've eliminated home-ice advantage, AND it's a low-stakes outcome, dean would give fleury a chance to stretch his legs.

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two goals in eleven seconds …..

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shirts off: nate taking his jersey off without taking off his hat | col vs. wpg | 4.13.23

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watching posted up and so obsessed with gus poking himself in the eye with hot sauce on his hands and immediately saying “oh im gonna kill myself”