Weekly Wild Update: 10-24-2011

Is it October yet? Eight games, three weeks, and October almost completely in the books. Only two games remain in the month every hockey fan longs for. Hockey season has not only started, it is in full swing. All we have left to do now is hold on tight and enjoy the ride.

With the ups and downs of the season squarely upon us, we need to not only keep tabs on what has happened, but keep an eye on what is going to happen next. With that in mind, we bring you the next installment of your Weekly Wild Update.

After the jump.

Last Week

If not for a goal with 1.2 second left in a game against a team the Wild should be able to steamroll, we would all agree that they are in trouble. Of course, those 1.2 seconds count as much as any other 1.2 seconds in the game, so maybe we're just being too hard on them.

Still, they may have passed the test, but just barely, and they did so in a very ugly manner.

Ducking the Wings

Also to note: the game against the Wings is game ten. If Brett Bulmer plays in both games this week, the first year of his contract is burned. He can still go back to juniors, but the contract starts.

The system Mike Yeo plays is a grind them down, hard working (Sorry Tom), brutal game of attrition. The problem right now is that the Wild are the ones giving in. The two games this week, after a ton of rest, will be another interesting data set for us to use to see if things are going to click or not.

Time to get off the fence. A month in, it's time to play.

This Week's Bold Prediction

Dany Heatley has a hat trick against the Ducks.