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@estang said:
Wild coach Hynes should lose his job for that loss last night, but Guerin won’t do that.

Only Quinn Hughes insisting he get fired for him to sign with Wild would make that happen.

Middleton was on the ice for 13 of 20 COL 5x5 goals, including the last two. Why he and Spurgeon were paired incessantly when it clearly wasn’t working was criminal. Middleton royally screwed up what would have been a 2 on 0 or 2 on 1 by dumping the puck instead of passing to a streaking player was just typical of his crap play.

Easy to say not having Ek & Brodin didn't help but you cannot blow that game last night. Hynes coached them to a loss and the entire team sans Faber & Hughes looked like they were playing scared.

That was a really bad loss, on par for MN men's pro sports, the worst playoff success in the U.S.

The Wild need to move on from Middleton, Spurgeon, Bogosian, both Foligno brothers, and Gustavvson (trade) - I'm indifferent on Hartmann but I really like McCarron. They need a true C1 and simply get younger and faster… The playoff format is so messed up that just get in and let the younger/faster guys learn during the regular season.

Kaprizov had ZERO shots last night in just one the previous game makes no sense. He's not even close to being as good as MacKinnon (sp?) & at $17M a year, they may regret it. He had a 1x1 with the goalie and he makes an inexusable pass to Boldy that was easily broken up.

Minnesota came up small in a big moment. Sure, winning the series was still a long shot but to lose it that way was really discouraging in the near-term. sigh...

Middleton needs to be paired with a top defender. He got exposed in this series.
When Brodin broke his foot, I knew we were in trouble. Brodin's skating ability is a big reason opponants top players have trouble dominating the Wild.
Then Ek gets hurt. Another very good defensive player, who gets in front of the other teams net and causes problems when our little guys buzz around the perimeter. Also usually pretty good on "the dot".
Kaprizov did have an assist last night and hit the post on the goal that was disallowed. Him and Hughes were our best players. YES, I thought he should have shot that puck instead of passing!
MacKinnon is amazing! The goal he scored is when I felt the game was going to end poorly for the Wild.
Colorado really denied Kirill getting open looks all series.
Stinks to be outplayed after such a good start to the game.
Still proud of my team for taking a step forward and can't wait to see what happens next in improving the roster.
1st round pick Charlie Stramel looks very interesting! Big right shot Center who wins face offs. Just what we need! Is it me, or does he look like James Spader when he was young?

GO WILD!