Wilderness, if you’re feeling a little hollow inside, that’s totally normal. We all thought that this season would be different for the Minnesota Wild, and that our team that we have loved and supported through all the years of mediocrity would finally break through and make its first deep playoff run since the Cliff Ronning Era. The heartbreak this year feels even more significant than years past. We allowed our expectations and hopes to soar higher than ever entering the 2017 postseason, after Minnesota finished the regular season with more points than ever before and what seemed like a very favorable first-round matchup.
Despite the Wild’s fall, Round Two features fascinating matchups to keep us enthralled
