I’m willing to be convinced to be a mn wild fan! The whitecaps are my nwhl team so I’m already rooting for one minnesota team, and I don’t have a team in the west yet. What should I know about them? Are there any primers?
OH BOY ANON.
okay i don’t think there are any primers out there--if someone has one PLEASE send them to me--but here’s what you need to know:
1) we have the world’s most cherubic rookie who already has his own tshirts and who is currently running away with the calder
2) our goaltenders are E L I T E (their stats are really worth looking up in more detail if that’s a thing you’re interested in)
3) they love each other! they love to hug! (seriously, check the team twitter/insta, all they post are hugs)
4) the team is remarkably pretty
5) and finally, we have arguably the dumbest game bucket in the league and i’m obsessed with it (also please meet our tiny, fierce defenseman captain!)
basically, this is a team that is constantly ridden down by the ~hockey talking heads, but they are good. they have heart. they have chemistry. they have a gorgeous logo and our team color names are truly hilarious (forest green, iron range red, harvest gold, minnesota wheat—come on), and the retro jerseys are verging into so-bad-they’re-good territory. the games are fun and exciting to watch! what else could you want in a team?
oh wait, i’ll give you one more—gigi marvin just joined the broadcast crew.
