The Wild
coming off a terrible home stand and now are on the road for 3 games with the
first 2 against teams that are struggling and the third game against a strong
playoff contender. How will the Wild perform as they see teams moving up on
them in the playoff standings on them?
Monday the
Wild got a huge win over the Calgary Flames. My hope on Tuesday is twofold.
One, the obvious question being can the Wild win back to back nights on the
road? Two, Edmonton just fired their General Manager so how will the Oiler’
players respond?
It did not
take long to get an answer as 1:01 into the game Wild’s Kyle Brodziak scored.
Wow, that was awesome as I hoped this would take the wind out of the home team.
What makes this even nicer for Brodziak who had 25-30 family and friends at the
game.
The Wild
score 2 goals all last week at home and now get 9 in two games. Do the Wild
play better when their backs are against the wall? A tough week at home and
teams below them are getting hot. The Wild know they have to win and now two
games into the road trip they are getting the job done.
The current
captain and former captains are scoring goals as Pominville, former Sabres
captain got 2 on Monday, Koivu current team captain got one Monday and on
Tuesday, former Devils captain, Zach Parise got one.
It was Koivu’s
and Parise’s first goal of the month of April. All I can say is welcome back
guys and let’s put the past in the rear view mirror.
This team
has so much talent and is showing big time on the road trip. My dream of a
playoff run continues.
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I wrote earlier I had thought Clayton Stoner is not playing up to par. I was so
happy to see him get involved in a positive way. Stoner got 2 assists on
Tuesday. Way to go Clayton!!
I had just
read earlier Tuesday the Wild were sending Mikael Granlund back to Houston.
Mike Rupp turned out to be a scratch so Granlund stays and what does he do? He
scores a big goal putting the Wild up by two goals in the second period.
I love it when a player makes it tough on the
coaching staff to know where to put them. Do they go back to Houston or stay up
with the Wild?
The Wild
come into the unknown with the Edmonton Oilers in turmoil. You never know how a
team will respond to adversity. The Wild did what they had to and got the ever
important two points and remain in 6th place.
A big night
for Brodziak, getting two goals in front of family and friends to help in getting
the big W, in this nerve wrecking time of year for players and fans.
Reminder the
Wild are down to 5 games: 18th in San Jose 21st home vs.
Calgary 23rd home vs. Los Angeles 26th home vs. Edmonton
and last game is the 27th in Colorado.
Thanks for
reading
Purplestick
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