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Evason says powerplay ‘literally sucked all year’

After the Game 6 loss to the St. Louis Blues, that knocked his team out of the playoffs and ends their historic 2021-22 campaign, Minnesota Wild head coach Dean Evason had a lot to think about. Among those topics, was the atrocious play of the special teams and the innate ability to not score on the power play.

“They have to be better — simple as that. I’d love to tell you why and all that,” Evason said after Thursday’s 5-1 loss. “They’re going to get better. They have to get better.