Well, that was frustrating. Mike Yeo and the St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild last night in a very Yeo-like fashion. They shut down the middle area of the ice, limited rebound opportunities, and generally outworked their opponents in iron range red. That is what the Wild looked like at their best under Mike Yeo, and although it wasn’t sustainable over the whole season, it did allow the Wild to beat more talented, higher scoring teams.
The good news is that twofold. First, even though Bruce Boudreau wasn’t very pleased with his team, the Wild still played a pretty good defensive game and limited the Blues to 20 SOG.