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Article: Keeping It Boring Is Key To the Wild Turnaround


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Hunt has really stabilized the D pairings and seems to work well with Buium.  Spurgeon and Mids are back to being comfortable.  I would not say that Brodin is back to being Brodin.  But even a lesser version of himself is still an adequate top 4 player.  Faber has looked good.  Box outs and goal side play by all 5 players on the ice is working.  I'm not seeing the shots coming from the slot anymore.  

I would still get Jiricek on the ice.  He is a part of that future core.  As well as Hunt is playing I don't think he comes out of the lineup either.   Perhaps a 50/50 game split between Mids/Jiricek would be the way to go.  No wag BG does this though.  We are getting points.  He won't change it while that is happening.

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Most important: Foligno and Trenin are just wrecking faces.  A lot of the Wild's success and energy last night was in no small part to laying into Vegas hard.

This team will probably never be a track meet team.  If the first part of the season is any indication, they shouldn't try.  It led to them stumbling really hard.  Hynes talked about "identity" a lot. Punching one of the highest scoring teams in the mouth and keeping the last 4-5 opponents to 2 goals or less is what Wild games are.

Hunt for Jiricek also made a huge difference.  One day, Jiricek may be better, but results never lie: Hunt is a better fit.

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