Another game winnable, another loss for the Wild. Another game losable for the Jets, yet they again find their way into overtime and find a way to accumulate points.
Such is life right now for the Jets and Wild, who are going in opposite directions. Another game where the Wild’s hole deepens.
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Lots of pressure now on GM Chuck Fletcher to make a trade for a defenseman now that the holiday roster freeze was lifted at 11 p.m. Saturday.
With Brodin hurt, the Wild’s D corps is Ryan Suter, Marco Scandella, Spurgeon, Falk, Stu Bickel, who played pretty well tonight, Nate Prosser and Christian Folin.
But the Wild’s already demanding too much from its top-4 (now 3) D and this team needs a defenseman badly.
This team also needs a goalie.
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Do you give up something significant to acquire a goalie when there’s no assurances a goalie can even save this season? Or do you wait it out, continue to ride this instability out and make the “correct” long-term move for a goalie? Maybe it’s still Kuemper? Maybe it’s not. But it’s the elephant in the room that is again creating mayhem on the Wild.
But the Wild is not a playoff team unless it either gets a goalie or one of its two goalies takes the reins consistently and starts backstopping this team to wins.