Thomas Vanek a remporté le prix du joueur le plus lent de tous les temps du Wild du Minnesota, mais il y avait de nombreux candidats sérieux. John Scott, Derek Boogaard, Andrew Brunette et d’autres ont tous retenu l’attention.
La 11e journée devrait être bonne ! Quel joueur du Wild aura votre vote pour le plus décisif de l’histoire de la franchise ? Postez un lien YouTube si vous pensez à un moment précis !
Pour récapituler :
Le plus sous-estimé : Joel Eriksson Ek, Le plus surestimé : Zach Parise, Le meilleur : Kirill Kaprizov, Le pire (Top 3 des trios) : Victor Rask, Le plus grand potentiel : Brock Faber, Le plus grand potentiel gaspillé : Benoit Pouliot, Le meilleur défenseur : Jonas Brodin, Le meilleur gardien : Niklas Bäckström, Le plus rapide : Marian Gaborik, Le plus lent : Thomas Vanek
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Ok-Curve5569
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Koivu is the most clutch.
Need a FO win? Koivu. Need offensive zone time? Koivu. Need a shootout goal? Koivu. Need a defensive stop? Koivu.
Mikko is the most clutch and it isn’t close.
Probably Kaprizov but I’m not going to argue too much against getting Koivu on the grid.
It’s gotta be Bruno or Nino. The Wild haven’t won anything as important since.
Petteri Nummelin is 8/10 on shootouts and is the all time leader in shootout percentage, just as an aside.
Koivu for sure
Mikko Koivu.
If kirill isnt the most clutch wild player , ill wear a Logan Stanley jersey on my wedding day
With early discussion split on the player with the most clutch moment vs the player most that’s been most consistently clutch, I may find a way to honor both. Hoping to see memories/videos of giant saves, goals, assists, etc.!
Andrew Brunette came through big while he was here.
[With the Wild leading by one and on the penalty kill vs the Pen’s top line, Fleury makes a series of saves in the final minute of the 3rd period.](https://www.nhl.com/wild/video/pit-min-fleury-with-a-great-save-6346596978112)
Vanak? lol you guys are hilarious. You know there’s a difference between slowest of all time and a guy that just doesn’t want to backcheck right?
With the way this list is going you guys are gonna pick Rask for most Clutch….
Koivu or Kaprizov
https://youtu.be/f-DvRI6kwh0?si=X5wBHy-gznOX8snG “The Hockey Miracle” vs vancouver in 03
Geez, I forgot Vanek played for the Wild. Yes, he was indeed the slowest. Well played by those who voted him in. 👍
Most clutch: Kirill
So…errr… looking forward to « the one that got away »… would the North Stars count?
NINOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Kaprizov
Parise. Down by a goal, 3:04 left on the clock, Zach Parise was the guy you wanted to see out there
Definitely CapFin
TL;DR – Koivu has my vote with an honorable mention to KK97
To me, clutch means the player you would most want to have the puck on their stick late in the game to tie the game or to break a tie. I pulled up stats for a few players who could be considered clutch. These stats may not show the whole story, but they are what I have. All of these stats were pulled from records.nhl.com. If a stat didn’t show up for a player, I entered N/A. I’m sorry if this is confusing 🙂
Regular season:
Marian Gaborik – 502 Games Played (GP); 43 Game Winning Goals (GWG); .08566 GWG/GP; 4-6-10 Overtime Points (OTP); Shootout – N/A
Zach Parise – 558 GP; 39 GWG; .06989 GWG/GP; 1-6-7 OTP; Shootout – 49 shots – 15 Goals – 4 Game Deciding Goals (GDG) – 30.61 Shooting % (S%)
Mikko Koivu – 1028 GP; 33 GWG; .03210 GWG/GP; 5-8-13 OTP; Shootout – 107 shots – 42 goals – 18 GDG – 39.25 S%
Kirill Kaprizov – 278 GP; 22 GWG; .07914 GWG/GP; 8-5-13 OTP; Shootout – 24 shots – 7 Goals – 3 GDG – 29.17 S%
Playoffs:
Marian Gaborik – 29 GP; 12-10-22 Playoff Points (POP); .75862 POP/GP; GWG – N/A
Zach Parise – 44 GP; 16-21-37 POP; .84091 POP/GP; GWG – N/A
Mikko Koivu – 59 GP; 11-17-28 POP; .47458 POP/GP; 2 GWG
Kirill Kaprizov – 19 GP; 10-2-12 POP; .63158 POP/GP; 2 GWG
With all of this data, we also have to remember that Gaborik and Koivu both played in an era where scoring was way down, although Koivu played with the Wild while the scoring started to increase. Koivu was also a defensive machine, and so that does have to be taken into account.
I think Kaprizov is the most clutch regular season player, but Koivu was the most clutch playoff player, and Koivu wasn’t too far behind Kaprizov for regular season clutch performer, so I am voting for Koivu.