AJ Fredrickson

This guy just continues to impress.

I keep thinking, okay, I've seen every trick in his bag, and then he just pulls out another one.

So if we keep seeing this over the next couple of games, I think they're going to be a lot better off than I thought they were going to be on Friday when they announced the multiple guys going on IR.

I think the way to answer that would be like almost a two-parter where if it's NHL.com's top 100 NHL players of 2025-26, Quinn's going to come up higher on that list than Kirill, I think nine times out of 10.

But in terms of like, who is the better player?

there i mean there's there's a lot of things i think i mean when is such a good skater he's such a good passer but krill i think when he when he's on his game like when his game is at his peak he is a flashier guy and i think i marvel at him more whereas with and i don't it's not that i don't marvel at quinn i don't think i'm ever gonna uh lose the like the little gasp of air i get when i see him turn on a dime to like create space like that

That little thing is so much fun to just watch.

I'm never going to get tired of that.

But there is parts of Kirill's game that I think I have come to love so much that it's kind of a coin toss.

But Quinn, I would say, at least right now, has the edge there.

And granted, we've come close, but I know you have drawn a very strong line at times where it's like, Boldy is, he's a star, but he's not a superstar yet.

And this was, you know, however long ago.

Do you feel like what we're seeing from him is nearing superstar level?

Or like, I think we're getting awfully close if we aren't already there.

Cause we hadn't.

It's stuff like that, which is why I think Wild fans, it's so easy to root for the guy because, like you said, first goal, he does the dirty work himself.

He goes into the corner, back to the play.

It's like, okay, especially knowing him and how physical he plays, he kind of has opened the door for players to be physical with him.

But he gets the pass off, creates the opportunity to Hartman, who then Hartman dishes across to Tarasenko, who buries backdoor.

Great goal.