Dan Wallace: Wild Played Well, Despite the Loss

Everyone has to step up. They need to remain aggressive but stay out of the box. They miss JEE taking away the goalies’s eyes on the PP and being immovable out front. The PK is hurting without him.

As much discussion as there has been about the calls, and I believe there were some that went both ways, I do feel the Wild outplayed Dallas. A couple of missed breakaways and an outstanding save in the closing seconds, and still a one goal game. Wild have already won in Dallas and regardless of the result of next game, we do know there will be another game at the X.

Despite the Foligno follies, the Wild could and maybe even should have had at least 2 goals that never came to fruition. Granted breakaways do not result in goals 100% of the time but 2 clean breakaways, (one by a supposed super star) that result in zero points in a pivotal play off game is troublesome to say the least.

Not sure what’s going on with Kaprizov, but he’s not the same player he was before his injury.

Despite the Foligno follies, the Wild could and maybe even should have had at least 2 goals that never came to fruition. Granted breakaways do not result in goals 100% of the time but 2 clean breakaways, (one by a supposed super star) that result in zero points in a pivotal play off game is troublesome to say the least.

Not sure what’s going on with Kaprizov, but he’s not the same player he was before his injury.
- MnGump

When the season is over it will no doubt come out he was not playing 100%.

Yeah, I don't think KK is 100% at the moment. There were points towards the end of the game where he appeared to find another gear, but it was too late, I think, at that point. Hopefully, tonight he will be almost at top end again.

Foligno has always been the one on the ice to does things to fire up his teammates. He might be trying to do that a little TOO hard right now and should just ramp things down slightly. Playing with reckless abandon only hurts the team overall.

This is series is being defined by 1 person, and that is Jake Oettinger. He has been more than outstanding. I was thinking the Wild would get run over by Dallas with the way they were playing in the last 2 weeks of the season. But honestly, the teams appear to be very evenly matched. I expected the Stars to be a juggernaut, and they are at times...but I think they Wild have been the better team (overall), especially when at 5on5. Still thinking Wild in 7.

When the season is over it will no doubt come out he was not playing 100%.
- bmgarvert

Now we just need sota popinski to make an appearance and the gang will be back together

Game is over almost as soon as it started…
Foligno clearly a marked man… that was no 5 and a game in any other scenario…

Send the franchise to Quebec and start over. This team is cursed

Send the franchise to Quebec and start over. This team is cursed
- Tweaterben

Any franchise probably will be unless it is named the North Stars.

Any franchise probably will be unless it is named the North Stars.
- bmgarvert

Very true!