What better way to wrap up today’s joyous celebration of the history of the sport and its place in the culture of Minnesota than to get to watch a rusty and under-practiced Wild team try to find its legs against the NHL’s best team?
Yes, this one will be a true challenge for Minnesota, which gets the unenviable task of trying to get its game back after many of its players have apparently spent the week in far-off places like Mexico (Michael Russo alluded to this in his “Ask Russo” story Thursday). The Wild did get to practice once, but it wasn’t allowed to do so until after 5PM yesterday, a very unusual practice time for NHL franchises.