When the media latched onto the theory that St. Louis was trying to muscle the Minnesota Wild out of the first round of the playoffs, no one was happier than Mike Yeo.
"I loved that you guys were talking about that stuff," the Wild coach said Thursday.
Why?
Because, Yeo said, "It wasn't a concern with our hockey group, and so I loved the focus on that."
Yeo, then, should be pleased with the early media returns from this week, a long wait for Friday's Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinal series against the Blackhawks in Chicago.