Matt Boldy Had Nothing But Praise for Wild Rookie Goalie Jesper Wallstedt’s 42 Saves in Their Win 👏

Matt Boldy Had Nothing But Praise for Wild Rookie Goalie Jesper Wallstedt’s 42 Saves in Their Win 👏

>> MINNESOTA WILD HANG ON LATE. EVEN THOUGH CAROLINA WAS COMING ON STRONG. FURIOUSLY GOES TO OVERTIME. IT GOES TO THE SHOOTOUT. MATT BOLDY ALREADY HAD A GOAL IN THE GAME. SMOOTH THERE WITH THE DECIDING GOAL. AND YES, WE’RE WALLSTEDT 23 YEARS OLD. YOUNG GOALIE COMING UP. HUGE. TIES THE MINNESOTA WILD ROOKIE RECORD FOR SAVES IN A GAME WITH 43. STILL NOT AS MANY SAVES AS DARREN PANG HAD AS A ROOKIE. 48 AND 52 DIFFERENT. >> YEAH, I TOLD YOU THAT. SO IT’S GOT TO BE TRUE. >> YEAH. WE’RE NOT. WE DON’T CHECK ANY OF THIS. >> WE HAVEN’T FACT CHECKED IT YET, BUT MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY. >> JAZZ SAYS THAT IS CORRECT. >> IT IS CORRECT. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> CAREER OR. >> CAREER SAVES? YES. NO. THOSE WERE INDIVIDUAL GAMES. >> INDIVIDUAL GAMES. >> FOR YOUNG DARREN. >> PANG, 50 SAVES IN EDMONTON AND 48 IN TORONTO AT MAPLE LEAF GARDENS. WOW. WHEN YOU ONLY PLAY 81 GAMES, YOU REMEMBER MOST OF THEM. GUYS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DIDN’T PLAY 958,000 GAMES LIKE KELLY. >> DID. YOU WIN THE GAMES? >> PANGER LOST THE EDMONTON GAME FOUR THREE. >> I WAS JUST ONE. >> THE OTHER ONE, THREE, TWO. >> ALL RIGHT. >> UNBELIEVABLE. YEAH. >> I THINK THEY DIDN’T COUNT THE SHOTS ON GOAL LIKE THEY DO NOW THOUGH. YOU KNOW THERE WASN’T REALLY A LOOK AT THE VIDEO AND SAY WAS THAT REALLY A SHOT ON GOAL. IF YOU BOOTED YOUR LEG OUT AND YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU MADE A SAVE, A LOT. >> OF TIMES WRITING IT DOWN, WELL, JUST. >> TAKE IT. >> TAKE IT. >> WELL, HE WAS OUTSTANDING. >> WE SAW THEM. THEY WERE REAL. HE WAS FANTASTIC. IN THIS GAME. IT’S NHL ON TNT POSTGAME SHOW PRESENTED BY VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS. AS YOU KNOW IS HERE. LIAM ACE KELLY. THIS WAS AN INTERESTING ONE FOR THE MINNESOTA WILD BECAUSE GOT OFF TO A GOOD START. MOMENTUM COMPLETELY SWUNG. HUGE PUSH BY CAROLINA TO TIE THE GAME. AND IT FELT LIKE THEY HAD ALL THE MOMENTUM. ODD OVERTIME FOR THE FIRST FOUR MINUTES TO THE POINT WHERE MAYBE YOU DON’T LIKE THREE ON THREE OVERTIME ANYMORE. AND THEN STRONG FINISH IN THAT IN THE SHOOTOUT. WHAT DO YOU TAKE AWAY HERE? >> I GO BACK TO WALSTAD. I REALLY DO. AND BANG, YOU’RE THE GOALIE EXPERT ON THIS PANEL HERE TONIGHT. BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS OUTSTANDING. WE EXPECT COMING INTO A HOCKEY GAME THAT CAROLINA’S GOING TO OUTSHOOT YOU, WHICH THEY DID. TONS OF GRADE-A OPPORTUNITIES. THERE WAS A SPAN OF, LIKE, 10 OR 15 MINUTES WHERE MINNESOTA WILD WAS STUCK ON 18 SHOTS. BUT WALSTAD, HE HELD THE FORT AND HE PLAYED WELL, AND THERE WERE SO MANY SAVES THAT THE PUCKS HIT HIM AND THEY DEFLECTED THEM IN THE CORNER AWAY FROM HARM’S WAY. OR IF IT WAS SOFT PADS WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO STOP IT AND THE PUCK JUST DIED RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM AND GAVE HIM A CHANCE TO FREEZE THE PUCK FOR A FACEOFF. >> YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU CAN TELL THAT HE FUNDAMENTALLY IS REALLY SOUND. I MEAN, HE GREW UP IN A GOALTENDING ENVIRONMENT AND WELL SCHOOLED, WELL TAUGHT. AND YOU CAN SEE WHY HE WAS, YOU KNOW, SUCH A WANTED FIRST-ROUND PICK. TWO GUYS WENT IN THE FIRST AND I THINK SEBASTIAN COSSA WENT TO DETROIT. WALSTAD WENT SHORTLY AFTER THAT. AND AND YOU CAN SEE IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. I MEAN, HIS FIRST NHL GAME, WE DID THE GAME ON TNT. HE GAVE UP SEVEN. YOU KNOW, HE WENT BACK TO THE MINORS. HE MARINATED A LITTLE BIT AND NOW HE’S GOT HIMSELF READY TO GO. AND THAT’S A TERRIFIC TANDEM THAT MINNESOTA HAS RIGHT NOW. >> HE’S A BIG PART OF THE STORY. SO IS THE MAN WE’RE GOING TO TALK TO RIGHT NOW AS WE BRING IN MATT BOLDY. MATT, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. CONGRATULATIONS. LISTEN IT’S KIND OF A STRANGE GAME IN TERMS OF MOMENTUM. BUT YOU GUYS COME OUT ON TOP. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT YOUR GOALIE THOUGH JESPER WALSTAD. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS GUY. BECAUSE I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE HE JUST ISN’T SWEATING OUT THERE IN THESE MOMENTS WHERE YOU SHOULD BE SWEATING A LOT. IS HE THIS CALM AND COOL? ALWAYS. >> YEAH. HE’S A PRETTY HE’S A PRETTY RELAXED DUDE. SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CREDIT TO HIM. I THINK HE HE WENT HOME THIS SUMMER AND REALLY TOOK CARE OF HIMSELF AND DID THE RIGHT THINGS. AND IT’S DEFINITELY SHOWING. HE’S LIGHTING IT UP FOR US AND WE NEED HIM TO KEEP GOING. >> HEY MATT, YOU SEEM TO TAKE ON A LITTLE BIT WATER IN THAT SECOND PERIOD OF CAROLINA. GOT THAT THAT FLOW GOING IN THAT CYCLE GOING. WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT ON THE BENCH TO KIND OF GET THEM GOING, GET IT GOING BACK TO YOUR SIDE BESIDE YOUR GOALTENDER STANDING ON HIS HEAD? >> YEAH. HE HE KEPT US IN THAT ONE I DON’T KNOW I THINK IT WAS A LOT OF PUCKS KIND OF IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE THAT WE WERE TURNING OVER AND KIND OF GIVING THEM CHANCES TO JUST PUT IT BACK IN AND GET BACK ON US. AND SECOND PERIOD, THE HARD CHANGE, IT MADE IT TOUGH. THEY’RE THEY’RE A GOOD TEAM AND THERE’S A REASON THAT THEY WIN SO MUCH. AND THAT’S KIND OF THEIR RECIPE. SO JUST THOUGHT WE KIND OF GAVE THEM A LITTLE TOO MUCH THERE. >> WOLVES GREAT GAME. WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOUR GENERAL MANAGER BILLY GUERIN DURING THE BROADCAST TONIGHT. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OLYMPICS. YOU WERE A STRONG PLAYER FOR TEAM USA DURING THE FOUR NATIONS AS IT CROSSED YOUR MIND. DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, PLAYING FOR TEAM USA FOR THIS UPCOMING OLYMPICS IN FEBRUARY? >> I DON’T KNOW, I THINK IT’S DEFINITELY IN MY HEAD A LITTLE. I THINK THE BETTER I PLAY HERE AND KIND OF GROW MY GAME AND DO THE RIGHT THINGS, THEN OBVIOUSLY I GOT BILLY’S GOT A CLOSE EYE ON ME HERE, SO I CAN’T REALLY TAKE MANY GAMES OFF. BUT YEAH, THAT’S KIND OF WHERE MY HEAD’S AT. JUST KIND OF LET IT HAPPEN. IF IT HAPPENS, IT HAPPENS. AND IF NOT, THEN I GUESS IT’S ON ME. >> YEAH. IT’S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR YOU, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT, HEY, THE GM’S IN THE BUILDING TO WATCH YOU TONIGHT. HE’S ALWAYS IN THE BUILDING. HE’S ALWAYS WATCHING, YOU KNOW, DAYS OFF. >> FOR YOU. >> YEAH, EXACTLY. >> WELL, IF YOU KEEP PULLING OFF THAT DEKE IN THE BREAKAWAYS THERE, MATT, YOU’RE YOU’RE IN FOR SURE YOU’RE GOING TO BE THE NEW T.J. OSHIE FROM SOCHI. >> SO YEAH, I TAKE THAT ALL DAY. >> ALL RIGHT MATT THANKS SO MUCH MAN. CONGRATS. GOOD GAME. >> GREAT GAME MAN. >> GOOD LUCK. THANKS GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. >> HOW ABOUT THAT MOVIE MADE THOUGH. GOT THE GOALIE JUST TO ABSOLUTELY NIBBLE ON IT AND BANG SOLD IT. AND THEN TO BRING IT BACK LIKE THAT INCREDIBLE MOVE. >> AND WE SAW IT EARLIER IN THE GAME FROM MATT BOLDY AS WELL. I MEAN, HE’S SMOOTH WITH THE PUCK. HE’S GOT SOME ELITE ATHLETICISM, GREAT HANDS FOR GUYS WHO’S GOT THAT TO HIS GAME AS WELL. SIZE, STRENGTH. >> AND AGILITY. I MEAN THE GUY IS SIX THREE, SIX FOUR. SHELLY. THEY’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO MOVE LIKE THAT. SO SILKY AND SMOOTH AND BE SO EVASIVE OUT THERE ON THE ICE. BUT HE HAS HE HAS IT ALL. HE’S A FIVE TOOL HOCKEY PLAYER. AND HE NOT ONLY CHECKS VERY WELL, BUT HE’S ABLE TO EXECUTE OFFENSIVELY TOO. YEAH I MEAN HE’S JUST GOING. >> TO GET BETTER AND BETTER. >> AS HE GETS MORE CONFIDENCE. AND TODAY YOU SAW THE SHOOTOUT INCREDIBLE MOVE ON A GOOD VETERAN GOALTENDER IN ANDERSON BUT STRONG SKATER VERY STRONG SKATER. PROTECTS THE PUCK. DOES EVERYTHING YOU WANT IN A PLAYER. >> WANT TO GO BACK TO CAROLINA HERE BECAUSE LISTEN IN NOVEMBER THE WILD WE KNOW THEY’VE TURNED IT AROUND SEVEN ONE AND ONE. THEY’RE LOOKING LIKE A TEAM THAT’S GOING TO CONTEND IN THAT CENTRAL DIVISION, WHICH IS REALLY A STRONG DIVISION. >> MOST WINS IN NOVEMBER. >> YEAH. AND DID NOT GET OFF TO A GREAT START ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE CAROLINA I MEAN HAVEN’T BEEN HEALTHY ALL THE WAY. STILL TOP OF THEIR DIVISION. BUT I LOOK AT THE THE LINE THAT STOOD OUT TODAY RIGHT. IT’S THAT STANKOV AND BLAKE LINE THAT’S A TALENTED LINE. THEY’RE BUZZING AROUND. IS IT A BIG ENOUGH LINE. IS IT A ROBUST ENOUGH LINE THAT WHEN THEY GET IN THE PLAYOFFS. BECAUSE THIS IS AGAIN THIS IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO HOW THE HURRICANES ARE JUDGED SECOND ROUND AND BEYOND IN THE PLAYOFFS. IS THAT A LINE THAT WORRIES YOU BECAUSE OF SIZE? >> IT THE TENACITY OF THE LINE IS NEVER GOING TO BE IN QUESTION. THE HOCKEY SENSE ISN’T GOING TO BE IN QUESTION. BUT BUT YOU’RE RIGHT. DURING THE COURSE OF A47 GAME SERIES, THE POINT IS TO WEAR DOWN A CHRIS KELLY WHO WAS WITH A HIT. EVERY SINGLE HIT, EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU GO THROUGH HIM, THAT LINE IS NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ANYBODY. THEY’RE JUST GOING TO PICKPOCKET. YOU TAKE THE PUCK AND GO THE OTHER WAY. SO DO THEY HAVE ANY BIG BURLY WINGERS? WELL, REALLY, NOT REALLY. JARVIS SVECHNIKOV CAN HIT WHEN HE GETS GOING. ISN’T THAT KIND OF PLAYER? CARRIER IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A LITTLE ROBINSON MARTINOOK STAAL IS. BUT NO, THEY’RE BASED ON A DIFFERENT KIND OF GAME. SO THE WAY THEY’RE GOING TO WEAR OUT THE OPPOSITION IS TO HAVE THE PUCK IN THE OFFENSIVE ZONE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE IT THERE AND MAKE PLAYS AND WEAR YOU DOWN THAT WAY. I DON’T THINK THEY’RE EVER GOING TO WEAR YOU DOWN ON THE PHYSICALITY PART. >> THEY’RE GOING TO WEAR YOU DOWN BY HAVING TO CHASE THEM AROUND THE OFFENSIVE ZONE OR DEFENSIVE ZONE, DEPENDING WHICH ZONE YOU’RE IN, THAT’S HOW THEY’RE GOING TO WEAR YOU DOWN. I DO HAVE MY MY CONCERN WITH A LONG POSTSEASON RUN. IF THEY CAN HOLD UP BECAUSE IT’S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT GAME, TOTALLY DIFFERENT GAME, REGULAR SEASON HOCKEY, WE COMPARE IT TO POSTSEASON HOCKEY. WE SAW THE FLORIDA PANTHERS DO IT. WE WATCHED THE VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS DO IT. I DON’T KNOW IF THE REFEREES PUT THE WHISTLES AWAY, BUT IT’S EVERY SINGLE TIME A MAN HAS THE PUCK, YOU GOT TO HIT HIM. AND GIVING HITS AND TAKING HITS TAKES A MASSIVE TOLL ON YOUR BODY. YEAH, I’M A BIG FAN OF BIGGER PLAYOFFS, BIGGER PHYSICAL GUYS, AND YOU OBVIOUSLY GOT YOUR SKILL GUYS, BUT YOU NEED THAT CHEMISTRY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT. AND IF I THINK BACK TO VEGAS WAS BIG SAINT LOUIS, BIG BOSTON. THEY JUST ALL THOSE TEAMS TAMPA HUGE I MEAN IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT’S IT’S A STEP FASTER. EVERYTHING’S YOU KNOW THESE GUYS WILL GET TO THE NET. THEY’RE NOT AFRAID TO GO TO THE NET. BUT IT’S LIKE ONE AND DONE. THEY JUST YOU KNOW THERE’S A SHOT, THE GOALIE STOPS IT. THEY DON’T GET THE REBOUNDS. IT’S NOT THAT DIRTY LIKE THAT PHYSICAL GAME. YOU NEED TO GO DEEP IN THE PLAYOFFS. >> WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE THE GAME ONE OF A PLAYOFF SERIES. DO WE OVERSTATE THE FACT THAT GAME ONE YOU GET A GET A GET A NICK OF A GUY OR SOME GUY SAY GET SOME SKIN, GET SOME SKIN BY THE TIME GAME 6 OR 7 COME AROUND THAT YOU GET A LITTLE ANTSY WITH THE PUCK. IS THAT IS THAT IS THAT REALLY LEGITIMATE OR GREAT DEFENSEMEN WILL JUST MAINTAIN THEIR THEIR GREATNESS AND GO THROUGH IT ALL? >> I DON’T CARE AS EACH GAME GOES ON. ON A PLAYOFF SERIES NO ONE LIKES TO GET. I REMEMBER RAY BOURQUE, ONE SERIES SAID HE LIKED TO GET HIT. DOESN’T BOTHER HIM. WELL, TRUST ME, HE DIDN’T LIKE GETTING HIT IN THOSE SERIES WITH US IN MONTREAL AND I WAS THE SAME. BUT IT TAKES ITS TOLL. YOU’RE PLAYING IN YOUR END FATIGUE FACTOR. IT ALL PLAYS INTO IT. SO YEAH, YOU GOT TO YOU JUST POUND LIKE A FIGHT, RIGHT? YOU GO TO THE BODY, YOU GO TO THE BODY AND EVENTUALLY THE GUY WEARS OUT. SO IT’S NO DIFFERENT IN HOCKEY WHEN YOU PLAY THAT PHYSICAL TYPE OF GAME AND YOU THINK ABOUT INJURIES TOO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE LUCKY GOING A LONG POSTSEASON RUN, YOU GOT TO STAY HEALTHY TOO. AND THE MORE YOU HIT GUYS, IT INCREASES THE CHANCE THOSE GUYS MAY MAYBE NOT MAKE IT THROUGH A WHOLE SEASON OR SERIES, AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT JUST MIGHT BE A ROUTINE HIT, BUT YOU GOT TO FOLLOW THROUGH YOUR CHECKS. AND I LOOK AT FLORIDA, THERE’S NOT A GUY ON A TEAM THAT DOESN’T FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR HITS, FROM THEIR SKILLED PLAYERS TO THEIR ROLE PLAYER, THIRD AND FOURTH, THEY ALL PLAY THE SAME. AND IT’S A GREAT BRAND OF HOCKEY. >> YEAH, AND IT’S A CERTAIN TONE THAT THEY KEEP IN THE REGULAR SEASON AS WELL. IT’S AMAZING. THEY START IN OCTOBER AND THEY JUST GO RIGHT THROUGH INTO THE PLAYOFFS, JUST HITTING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT. ALL RIGHT. HURRICANES OUTSHOOT THE WILD 45 TO 18. THE FINAL SCORE THOUGH IS 4 TO 3. WILD WIN IT IN THE SHOOTOUT MATT BOLDY WITH THE DECISIVE GOAL IN THAT SHOOTOUT AND THEN REWARDED IN THE LOCKER ROOM. >> A LOT OF GOOD BLOCKS, BUT THIS GUY WAS A BAND. ABOLS. >> WOW. >> WIN’S A WIN. >>

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