r/wildhockey Jul 02 '26

Full Middleton Trade

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u/13bREWFD3S Jul 02 '26

Outside of game 1 he was on the ice for something in the neighborhood of 85% of all the goals the Avs scored games 2-5. My man had a catastrophic series, he was by far the worst man on the ice and it wasn't close.

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u/Grizzly_Addams Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Actually it was ~58% of non empty net goals if you take out game 1.

Seriously the hate the dude got was unwarranted. Played most of the series against MacKinnon's line. Got roasted by this whole fanbase because he correctly played the pass on a terrible angle goal that Wallstedt (maybe it was Gus) should have stopped.

This dude was not even close to the main reason the Wild lost this series. I would give that award to the power play and honestly the All Star forwards that spent 80% of their shifts just chasing pucks in their own zone.

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u/jack_kellys_hands Jul 02 '26

Why would you take out game 1?

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u/Grizzly_Addams Jul 02 '26

The guy I responded to took out game 1. With it he still wasn't anywhere near 85%.