Minnesota Wild @ St. Louis Blues: Game Recap

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The truth is, it is likely still too early for blame games. The problem with that is? Fans don't care. One guy making $7.5 million a year is tearing it up like he's 23, and the other is choking on a peanut. Suter needs to know that Wild fans want their d-men to one of three things: contribute to the offense, play defense, or hit people. He is currently doing none of those things. Watching it all unfold is painful and difficult to watch, and yet here we are. What do you change?

The Wild were terrible in the first period. Horrid. Disgusting. Go to thesaurus.com and enter "bad." Pick a word. Insert it here. The Wild missed their chances, and the Blues played just well enough to get their legs under them and get rolling. The Wild were lucky to escape the period only down one. Penalty trouble was evident, and it wouldn't get any better.

The Wild would fold like a cheap card table in overtime, which is probably for the best, since the shootout would just have made them more tired, and not been a great time for Backstrom.

Notes:

Ryan Suter was on the ice for three of five goals against, and all four of the Wild's.

1. Zach Parise (2G, 1A)
2. Vladimir Svobotka (1G, GWG)
3. St. Louis Blue Defense (16 Shots against)

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