Gone are the days when the Wild were New Jersey West. They are right up there with the Capitals on goal differential, and playing under Bruce Boudreau, have some of the “ scoring from all lines depth” Canuck fans will remember fondly from about five years ago. Good times.
That was then, and this is now, but that will be the difference as much as the fact the games pick up from here on in. I mean, the Sharks had Joel Ward on their fourth line last game. Whatever you think of his game, that is a luxury in that team’s depth.