![]() ![]() They'll show up even if this team is going to earn 20 fewer points and allow 100 more goals than last year. What's comforting for the Wild, as an organization, is that their fans aren't very discerning. Consequently, it ends up being seven goals. We are a structured, defensively sound group and, to a man, we weren't that tonight. It's making them aware that we don't do this. Everything.''Īsked if goalie Marc-Andre Fleury was "fighting'' the puck, he said, "They were Grade AAA opportunities. "Checking,'' he said, listing his team's deficiencies. Matt Boldy called the night "Getting blown out of the rink.''Įvason searched for the right words harder than his defensemen fought for the puck. Super-slow-motion replay revealed that he paused to check Twitter before scoring.Īpparently, hockey now is a noncontact sport. On the Rangers' sixth goal, Kaapo Kakko skated behind the net, then did everything but a figure eight with a triple axel before casually gliding to the crease and tucking in the puck. ![]() ![]() The Wild made them look like Gretzky's Oilers. "Our D game was awful,'' Wild coach Dean Evason said. The final score: New York Rangers 7, Wild 3.Ĭall them the Minnesota "Wil.'' They left out the "D." So should we. One that is banking on the mystical factors known as "chemistry'' and "continuity'' and "sheer luck'' to be anywhere near as good this season as they were last year. One that dumped its second-leading scorer. They reminded everyone that they were a terrible playoff team last year. They wanted to remind everyone that they were a playoff team last year. The Wild opened their season Thursday night at the Xcel Energy Center by opening a clear path to their goal. During his next lesson, he'll have to work on the word "Help!'' ![]()
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