Not good enough. That is what last night was, in the end. The Jets’ power ended up being enough to keep the Wild from keeping a 2-1 lead and stealing a road win. It’s disappointing, but hey, at least we’re not the Philadelphia Flyers, right?
Except if that’s the only conclusion you took from the game, then I don’t think you were following it closely enough. There were issues that will need to be addressed, and quickly, if the Wild want a chance to advance. But the Wild were not outmatched physically. Players like Mikko Koivu and Jordan Greenway “expressed themselves” and made it clear that this will not be a series of old, rusty knights tilting at giant windmills (not my best literary reference, but you try to work in Don Quixote into a hockey blog).