What a night for Minnesota. Amazing fans and they’re finally getting out of the first round. Quinn Hughes is a complete superstar. He floats out there. What a move by Billy Guerin trading for him. Team became dominant with him. Avs Wild should be incredible.
@RussoHockey I keep hearing that a 2nd is too much for McCarron. If that’s true, could Billy be playing chess? Is that a move to then force other selling GM’s to reevaluate existing offers? Did he just raise a league-wide price to potentially limit contenders from receiving more?
Aside from being a top-3 defenseman, Quinn Hughes hits some real areas of need for the Wild.
Minnesota ranks...
Zone Exit Success Rate - 11th
Zone Entry Success Rate - 27th
Rush Chances - 32nd
Turnover Rate - 18th
Hughes is a one-man breakout. He cuts through the neutral zone as well as any defenseman in the NHL.
Hughes also leads the league in stretch pass completions. The Wild attempt more stretch passes than any team but connect at a below average rate - one of the reasons they lead the league in icings.
For as much as Hughes had the puck on his stick in Vancouver, maybe too much at times, he also rarely turned it over. Quantity at an extreme level with a high degree of quality.
Watching Hughes and Kaprizov play keep away is going to be entertaining. Monster add by the Wild.
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The National Interest: “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is no longer a long-shot candidate.”
“According to a Quinnipiac survey, Kennedy beats both Biden and Trump [among independents] with 36% compared to… 31% and 30% respectively.
The same survey also showed Kennedy with an even greater level of support among young people, winning 38% among voters aged 18 to 34, compared to Biden’s 32% and Trump’s 27%.
Not only is Kennedy leading among young people and independents, he’s also the most popular candidate in the race. According to a Gallup poll, Kennedy is the only candidate with a favorability rating of over 50%, reaching 52% in the January 2024 survey.
And, according to a poll from ABC News, 34% of Americans see themselves supporting RFK Jr. in November. That’s a win in a three-way race against Biden and Trump.
If there were an ideal political scenario whereby an independent could actually win the presidency, it would be America in 2024.
[Kennedy] brings together activists from the Marianne Williamson, Tulsi Gabbard, and Donald Trump camps, acting as a pressure valve for a nation on the brink of exploding and focusing on the vast common ground between Republicans and Democrats.
Doesn’t it seem all the more sinister that the media, then, continues to call him a long-shot candidate when he offers so much promise for unity at a time of unprecedented vitriol, and when the polls already show him a path to victory?”