The Wild are winless through two games, and one of those two wasn’t close. In the other, the Wild gave up a late lead and lost in a shootout. Normally, I would be very down and depressed about the Wild’s prospects this season.... but I am not. Why? A few very important reasons.
When reading Michael Russo’s recap of the Avalanche loss, the biggest takeaway I had was that the Wild looked slow compared to the Avalanche. That isn’t surprising; the Avalanche often play a very fast-paced game that the Wild just can’t match, and haven’t been able to for years.