The Losing Needs To Stop For The Minnesota Wild
from Michael Russo of The Athletic,
The free-falling Minnesota Wild’s list of needs before the March 21 trade deadline continues to grow exponentially.
Remember when many of us thought they were one center away from being a true Stanley Cup contender?
Well, in a 10-game span, the Wild suddenly look like a team that needs a rugged defenseman to clear players from the dirty areas, a bunch of forwards to buy in again to Dean Evason’s system, a goalie who doesn’t continually give up backbreaking goals and a month or two off to clear their extraordinarily brittle minds.
This once-confident, deep, precision-like, entertaining team is anything but right now and showing telltale signs of fragility at every position to the point that its once-locked playoff spot has become as delicate as its overall game....
The Wild are 18 points behind Colorado, tied with the Stars with 67 points and have the 13th-best points percentage in the NHL (.620).
The Wild are barely hanging on to the third spot in the Central Division, are a hair from falling into a wild-card spot and are only three points up on ninth-place Edmonton.
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