Season of hope ends in the Windy City

The Wild down 3 games to 1 and must win the next 3 against the President’s trophy winner, the Chicago Black Hawks. The backs are to the wall with no tomorrow if a loss occurs Thursday night in the Windy City. Do the Wild pull the upset?

First period typified the series with the Wild dominating the Black Hawks zone. A shot by Jason Pominville created a huge rebound with Captain Miko Koivu coming in for the game’s first goal. The miss was heart wrenching. Oh that would have been sweets to come out with the first goal. The Wild were so active but no results in goals.

 A power play failure again, just another frustrating stat of the playoffs as the Wild go 0-17 on the power play.

Black Hawks Marian Hossa gave the Hawks the lead. A beautiful pass and a one timer by Hossa broke my heart. If only the Wild could take advantage like this. It seemed Goalie, Josh Harding was ready but Hossa found just enough space.

The theme of the playoffs goes like this. The Wild work, work, dominate but cannot score. The Black Hawks survive the onslaught get one chance and all the Wild work goes for not. How many times did we see this occur?

A second period bomb by Wild defenseman, Jared Spurgeon clanks off the post. The sound that came through the TV of the clank was so disappointing. It was such a nice shot as it was placed beautifully only to see it miss my millimeters. Game 1 Jason Zucker clanks one of the goal post in overtime.

The work ethic is there just no finishing ability. The major difference between the 2 squads was made evident in each game.

I felt so bad for Harding when he got pulled. He leaves down 3-0. A man who lived through what he did this year I wanted so badly for him to succeed. I would like to thank Harding for his efforts in net this series.

Wild down 3-0 finally get a goal by Torrey Mitchell. I was so excited knowing we are back in the game and then 35 second later literally the Black Hawks score. What a sick feeling!!!!!!!

The game ends with me going to bed dejected. I wanted so badly to see this team do well.

The questions now begin and decisions now must be made. The Gophers fired Tubby Smith, the Wolves fire David Kahn do the Wild keep Coach Yeo?

I believe the team itself has a bright future as far as players go. Zach Parise and Ryan Suter signed July 4^th, 2012 for 13 years. They are not going anywhere. The rookies: Jonas Brodin, Charlie Coyle, and Jason Zucker got some great experience and with them being so young I Iook for them to be pillars for quite some time. It will be neat to see how Jason Pominville with a full off season see what he can add.

The names Bouchard, Koivu, Brodziak what do the Wild do with them?

So many questions in the off season will begin Friday. No matter what happens, my hope is the decisions come sooner than later.

The Wild finally after 5 years got the taste of the playoffs as well as the fans so now it is time to build on that. I am already excited for October 2013.

Thanks Wild for a season to remember

Go Wild

Thanks for reading

Purplestick