Comments on: Battle of the Secondary Teams

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:04:12 +0000

If they ever said that, I missed it completely. It’s clearly not a coincidence- the logo is meticulous, right down to the fact that the river that forms the bear’s mouth is in the vague shape of a loon, the state bird.

Kate’s going to the Dec. 22 game against Detroit (I bought the tickets.) She has awesome seats, too…

Aside to Meg: “On rare occasions” is exactly the right way to watch Gaborik. If you watch him every game, you find yourself screaming “Stop hanging out at the attacking blue line and PLAY SOME GODDAMNED DEFENSE!!!” far too often. He’s unquestionably a major talent, but he is infuriatingly low-energy in about 50% of the games he plays.

By: Gambler

Gambler — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:38:38 +0000

Addendum #1: It is a bear’s head. Who’s been saying it isn’t?

Okay, I could just be making this up, because I can’t remember now where I heard it, but I thought it was the Wild management saying, “No, that’s just a picture of the wild, and it’s a total coincidence that it looks like a bear’s head. We didn’t mean for it to look like that at all!” For some reason that really annoyed me. I actually really like the duality of the logo, especially because the “wild” is pretty difficult to represent, but for God’s sake. Why go to all the trouble of trying to deny that it’s a bear’s head when it clearly looks like one? (But like I said, that information could be totally wrong. You would certainly know better than I do.)

By the way, Kate, which Wild game are you going to in December?

By: Katebits

Katebits — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:56:55 +0000

I still think he looks creepy, but in an effort to hate other things less so I can hate the Rangers more, I’m letting go and letting Malkin.

One should NEVER allow secondary hatreds to interfere with the One True Hatred.

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:55:49 +0000

Their name is an adjective (or maybe it’s an adverb). Whatever it is, it’s stupid. The Wild is an annoying name for a hockey team.

Wait, but it can be a perfectly decent noun as well. Y’know wild as in a place. Wild spaces, the great outdoors, etc. It would go with the logo, certainly.

I also rather like the uniforms.

That said, I don’t actually like the Wild at all. Unless Gaborik is playing in which case he’s fun to watch on the rare occasions that I’ve caught part of a game.

I also don’t like Malkin, but I generally do like the Pens.

By: Pookie

Pookie — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:49:23 +0000

I think I’m finally letting up a bit on Malkin. I still think he looks creepy, but in an effort to hate other things less so I can hate the Rangers more, I’m letting go and letting Malkin.

By: Katebits

Katebits — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:37:47 +0000

Don’t be stoopid! Sam, it’s TOTALLY a Red Sock. “He’s a Red Sock.” Roles right off the tongue.

By: Katebits

Katebits — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:32:12 +0000

Oh, Dan. A few too many Blue Lights last night perhaps?

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:28:23 +0000

eff Sidney Crosby. I’m already tired of looking at his pretty boy ass face. Eff him. Go away. Hockey was fine before him and it will be fine after him. Its never going to be what the NHL wants it to be. Its a niche sport so quit ramming Crosby down our throat. For God’s sake, its Pittsburgh. Same shit differnt toilet when compared to Buffalo

By: Heather B.

Heather B. — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:42:58 +0000

I don’t like either. He looks mentally impaired. I don’t know if that’s why I don’t like him, just an observation. Plus during the Young Stars game last year he hung out by his goal at the other end of the net, not even pretending to play otherwise. Mark still complained mightily about that – “There’s always that guy” – and I think it rubbed off on me.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:42:31 +0000

You’re not a ho. It just wasn’t much of a game. The Wild are without their top goalie and their two best offensive players, and it showed. Bad timing for the national exposure, but for those of us in the West who never get to see Sid and Malkin play the home team, it was required viewing.

Regarding the sweaters – I watched the game with my equally Wild-obsessed friend Megan, and we both agreed that Versus’s color was WAY screwed up. I was actually wearing one of the same jerseys at the time, so it was an easy comparison, and we can state with some authority that the colors are nowhere near as bright as they looked on Versus tonight. In person (or on a real TV channel,) they don’t really look at all Christmasy, mainly because the green is awfully dark.

As for the name, I’ve grown to like it almost because of its awkwardness. I would have preferred the Voyageurs (which was one of the other finalist names under consideration back in ’99 and makes sense to anyone who’s lived here,) but “Minnesota Wild” is a longtime regional saying, and overall, I’m at peace with it. I agree that singular team names are awkward and generally to be avoided, but I still think that Wild is a better moniker than Thrashers, Ducks, or Predators.

Addendum #1: It is a bear’s head. Who’s been saying it isn’t?

Addendum #2: The issue of what to call a player for the Wild is indeed a serious one. Our TV broadcasters generally settle for calling our guys “members of the Wild” or some such. Sometimes they trip over it, but honestly, they trip over everything, so it’s not that noticeable. And besides, I don’t think this is really an argument against the team, because honestly, what do you call a guy on the Red Sox? (And no, it’s not “a Red Sock.” Ask anyone in New England.) And they seem to get along just fine in life…