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Wild's slow start exposed Bill Guerin's cautious approach to off-season

Things are not going well for the Wild and it could lead to changes.

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The Minnesota Wild dropped their ninth loss of the season on Thursday night. They are off to their worst start in franchise history, after a performance Marcus Foligno described as “mellow and vanilla”. Their head coach wasn’t impressed with their effort, and the crowd serendaded the players with a chorus of boos as time wound down in the 4-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.