Former Players

Pat Micheletti was just on KFAN he now has

COVID

As he has had a kidney transplant he is likely immune compromised. Wish nothing but a quick and speedy recovery for him.

Spending too much time in St. Cloud lately….

Mariucci has likely been the same risk level. Hope he feels better soon.

BTW in case you didn’t listen. Pat did TV on Friday night, then woke up in the middle of the night Saturday morning feeling horrible. He’s feeling better today although he was very fatigued Sat/Sun. He’s been vaccinated and boosted, said he was thankful that it looked like he was going to recover quickly without having to go to the hospital.

So he’s been vaccinated and boosted,and still got covid?

Having seen Rem Pitlick play since Mites, it’s fun to see him making the most of his chances with the Wild.

Seems to be getting more comfortable and his goal against Dallas last night was well deserved. It’s never easy making your way into the NHL and challenges ahead but I really hope he makes. it.

Apologies if I’m not supposed to post this sort of link. Don’t post much. Please remove if necessary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EWz8EdlYHg

During the Sharks pregame show last night, they had a piece on Paul Martin and his struggles and recovery from substance abuse.

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/video/former-shark-paul-martin-hopes-shine-ligh7-mental-health-stigmas

Well I mean ya lol

Poor Jack. 7-4 so far.

Yeah he might end up in the ECHL pretty fast as bodies come back.

Everyone knew he was not going to stick in the NHL and that he was not even playing at AHL level this year.

Thought the 02-03 team recognition tonight was seriously lame. It lasted about 2 minutes with no introductions….it was over before it started

Thought the 02-03 team recognition tonight was seriously lame. It lasted about 2 minutes with no introductions….it was over before it started

To not say the names of those that made it to the game was disrespectful and mind blowing.

Add to that going to a Kanye song after standing and cheering for them instead of a rouser from the band.

Yes, they totally blew it.

Didn’t UND recently have one of the old stars back and they had videos and him skating out in a jersey and stuff? I think they’ve also had big heads of former stars too, fun for kids in the arena to teach them about the program’s history.

Compare that to what we got yesterday and it’s just amateur hour.

The Carolina Hurricanes have recalled Jack LaFontaine

Is it good for a goalies save percentage and goals against average to start with the same number? What a clown show.

I mean yes you would want a 0.9xx save percentage and a GAA of 0.9xx

The Carolina Hurricanes have recalled Jack LaFontaine

Is it good for a goalies save percentage and goals against average to start with the same number? What a clown show.

No, it is not good.

Oh wow you aren’t even kidding. Save % is .780 and GAA is 7.20. Hope he’s having fun.

I can’t imagine making an ass out of yourself is any fun. I hope he’s counting his money.

We get it. You hate Jack Lafontaine.

And?

Not disagreeing he took a step back from what we had last year – no one could have predicted that. (Well, maybe the NHL GMs here could have :lol:)

Yeah his first two NHL games were unfortunate. But I hope he does figure it out and has a successful career post college – wherever it may be. I wish all our former players well at the next level and just don’t get why some revel in their misfortune.

Jack is 24 years old, I think he made the right call.

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A really great story about Morneau’s Weds night hockey league.

Among the regulars are former Twins third baseman Corey Koskie, Twins equipment manager Rod McCormick and Mauer, who started to play after he retired in November 2018. Twins vice president of communications and content Dustin Morse and travel director Mike Herman also occasionally play.

Parrish, 45, who lives five minutes up the road, signed on early, too.

Included in a talented, rotating cast of former NHL players beyond Parrish is Walz, 51, Byfuglien, 36, Prosser, 35, Martin, 40, Leopold, 41, Ryan Malone, 42, Blake Sloan, 46, and Keith Ballard, 39, plus former pros Geno Parrish, 47, Mark’s big brother, who just may have the best hands of them all, and Mike Rucinski, 58

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https://twitter.com/MarkDivver/status/1490320062925918212?t=Gvgl0RNbOHpoOmi4MOnS0w&s=19

So…yeah.

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Who is the guy to the left of Riley and the guy with the backwards hat signing the wall? I recognize the rest of them.

AJ Michaelson by Reilly and Mike Carman signing the wall.

Who is the guy to the left of Riley and the guy with the backwards hat signing the wall? I recognize the rest of them.

AJ Michaelson by Reilly and Mike Carman signing the wall.

Who is the guy to the left of Reilly (his right)?!

Nick Leddy. He was the easy one for me. Michaelson was my challenge

I understand the Wild letting Rem go isn’t the end of the world, but I was checking how he’s been doing in MTL and noticed that he had 11 PTS in 12 games with the Wild

Rem had 11 points in 20 games with the Wild.

I understand the Wild letting Rem go isn’t the end of the world, but I was checking how he’s been doing in MTL and noticed that he had 11 PTS in 12 games with the Wild while only averaging 9:43 of TOI and was a +1. I think I read it being speculated Evason wanted more grit and if so ok, but that’s pretty good production for less than 10 minutes a game.

Rem is a good hockey player. He wasn’t going to be a top 6 forward thou on the Wild & clearly Dean & Billy didn’t think he fit defensively on the bottom 2 lines. Whether they were right or wrong, it’s a learning experience for Rem about perceptions & hopefully he will thrive playing north of the border.

REM has NHL hockey skills, and I think he’ll work his way into a lineup that helps him along. He’s still a young player with a lot of upside. Barring injuries, he should have a decent NHL career.

For those who have the Athletic. It is a tough read.

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It’s horrible to read how Pavelich suffered mental illness like so many other professional athletes have after severe head trauma. So many stories mirror one another and the bad thing is that there isn’t enough help out there for them. I wish we were better able to diagnose and treat CTE in the living so that we didn’t have another tragedy like Pavelich or Junior Seau.

Since it’s somewhat preventable, we should be more proactive than reactive. Fighting and egregious checking/hitting has no place in the game anymore given what we know about head injuries. But, that is just my opinion so please take it easy on me.

It’s horrible to read how Pavelich suffered mental illness like so many other professional athletes have after severe head trauma. So many stories mirror one another and the bad thing is that there isn’t enough help out there for them. I wish we were better able to diagnose and treat CTE in the living so that we didn’t have another tragedy like Pavelich or Junior Seau.

Since it’s somewhat preventable, we should be more proactive than reactive. Fighting and egregious checking/hitting has no place in the game anymore given what we know about head injuries. But, that is just my opinion so please take it easy on me.

That seems like a reasonable approach but let’s take a moment a remember a recent discussion in a different thread about hard nosed type of hockey is more desirable to fans. People like to watch hockey for big hits, same with football, people like to watch crashes in NASCAR. Those things lead to the head traumas behind all of this. Sports leagues are doing better but much more can be done for sure, but will the leagues do this when their bottom line could be affected?

Proactive will benefit the athlete of today but how are we helping the athlete from just 5-10 years ago? It was only 4 years ago when former Bulldog Andrew Carroll took his own life because of CTE. That is why I made the statement about helping the living. Big strides need to be made to prevent but bigger strides need to be made to help those already affected by head trauma and the different levels of mental illness that follow.

Nate Schmidt plays in his 500th NHL game tonight, which makes me feel old

It’s horrible to read how Pavelich suffered mental illness like so many other professional athletes have after severe head trauma. So many stories mirror one another and the bad thing is that there isn’t enough help out there for them. I wish we were better able to diagnose and treat CTE in the living so that we didn’t have another tragedy like Pavelich or Junior Seau.

Since it’s somewhat preventable, we should be more proactive than reactive. Fighting and egregious checking/hitting has no place in the game anymore given what we know about head injuries. But, that is just my opinion so please take it easy on me.

That seems like a reasonable approach but let’s take a moment a remember a recent discussion in a different thread about hard nosed type of hockey is more desirable to fans. People like to watch hockey for big hits, same with football, people like to watch crashes in NASCAR. Those things lead to the head traumas behind all of this. Sports leagues are doing better but much more can be done for sure, but will the leagues do this when their bottom line could be affected?

Proactive will benefit the athlete of today but how are we helping the athlete from just 5-10 years ago? It was only 4 years ago when former Bulldog Andrew Carroll took his own life because of CTE. That is why I made the statement about helping the living. Big strides need to be made to prevent but bigger strides need to be made to help those already affected by head trauma and the different levels of mental illness that follow.

I’d be curious to know what exactly is the biggest cause of concussions for hockey players, whether it’s the big hits or just the smaller hits adding up over time. I tend to agree that big hits aren’t really necessary for the product to be successful.

With the enforcer types obviously fighting is a big part of it but that’s been going by the wayside at least at the NHL level (and isn’t common in college obviously). I imagine that’s probably more of an issue at lower levels of play.

With football it’s more obvious to me what the issue is, linemen butt beads every single play and the big hits obviously are a big problem. You also have RBs leading with their head all too often and there’s probably a bunch of other examples I’m forgetting.

He and Caufield may be on St Louis’ good side as small college guys.

He and Caufield may be on St Louis’ good side as small college guys.

Always been weird to me that people still call Rem small at 5’11” and 200lbs. Probably slightly below average height for an NHLer, sure, but definitely not in the bottom quarter of the league. Do people call Fiala small?

True, but what stands out with Fiala isn’t his size, it’s his explosive skating ability ☝️

Rem is getting a pretty good opportunity up in Montreal. Played almost 17 minutes last night, playing on the PP and PK had a hand in all three goals, 1 goal 2 assists.

Really hope he can stick. Think he can in the right spot. 29 points this season. Not bad for a rookie.

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