Dr Jan Itor
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If this team shows up on most nights for the rest of the year, we're in the playoffs. No doubt.
I keep watching that Zucker goal. Scandella's pass was so good.
Dubnyk has given the Wild quality goaltending since his Jan. 14 arrival and slowly but surely signs of the good Wild, not the bad Wild, have reappeared.
Remember Jan. 13 when the Wild actually played well for two periods in Pittsburgh but still lost 7-2?
Remember the 25-minute postgame player-only meeting that almost made my deadline-panicked heart go kaput?
After the game, the word “trust” was thrown around at record pace. Trust the system, trust each other, trust the beat writer (I made that up), trust, trust, trust.
On Jan. 14, General Manager Chuck Fletcher made an absolutely necessary goalie move (that hopefully didn’t occur too late).
Prior to that goalie arrival from Arizona, the Wild had lost six in a row and 12 of 14. Since a 7-0 win at Buffalo the night after Dubnyk’s acquisition, the Wild is 6-1-1 in its past eight and has won four in a row. Dubnyk is 6-1, having started all eight games, with a 1.48 goals-against average and .943 save percentage.
The Wild’s game has streamed back together and trust and confidence is back in the locker room.
This is what we looked like early on in the season. Fun to watch.
Just got back from the game. Absolute dominance. Love to not hear a word out of those Hawk fans that come down.
The Crawford chant started from puck drop and after each goal. I think half the reason is the playoffs last year and half the commercial FSN runs about 50 times a game.
No issues though...the jets are next on Friday and they have won every game this season against us...