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Cause for Concern

October 11, 2019, 3:10 PM ET [5 Comments]
Dan Wallace
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I find it interesting when the post game comments center around last night's Wild game being the most complete 60 minutes that they have played to date.

The fact is the team is 0 and 3 and despite having leads in two of the three have been largely outplayed by significant margin in all three games.

Yes the shots on goal were up last night and the Wild were in the game until they decided to forget how to back check in a 4 on 4 situation that turned a 2-2 contest into a 4-2 loss midway through the third period.

So looking at the Wild roster there are far too many veterans that want to be counted on and that desire to have the ice time that they were accustomed to receiving in their prime. The sad part is that they are being given that ice time and have been for quite a long time and yet the results are, well 0 and 3 this year and a last place finish a year ago.

Something has to give and the message needs to change before anything gets better for the Wild.

Bruce Boudreau is a very good NHL head coach. That said he is firmly on the hot seat with yet another new GM at the helm. He survived the last one only by the grace of the owner, Craig Leipold. If he is going to have any length of tenure remaining the changes need to happen immediately.

Veterans are great when they are pushed by the young guns vying for their ice time. Veterans that have achieved league status and are given roles based on last performance while others that are hungrier for the opportunity creates animosity and a culture that is divided.

It is only three games in and not the time for panic, however the lack of any sign that this team is going anywhere but down is cause for concern.
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