After Sunday night’s disappointing loss to the Winnipeg Jets, the Minnesota Wild have a five game losing streak and have lost eight of the last ten games. As with every slump of the last few years, there are plenty of fans who are willing to throw in the towel now, eleven games before the end of the season. Despite their recent run of losing and the short memory of many fans, the Wild are still the best prepared to make a deep playoff run than they’ve been in a long time.
So far this season, the Wild have scored 229 goals, which is the second most goals for in the entire league behind only the Pittsburgh Penguins.