At least Mikko Koivu is informally part of the front office, so he has seen the Minnesota Wild lay some real bad stinkers in the past, and Sunday’s game against the Nashville Predators was certainly one of those.
After the emotional ceremony that saw Koivu’s no. 9 head into the rafters of The X, Minnesota was able to start the performance on the ice as good as you would really like them to. The Wild came out swinging, getting some prime scoring opportunities from all four lines and some blueliners chipping in as well — everything seemed to be going great and I, personally, thought that we would be treated to a Predators beatdown to calm my nerves about the standings.