Weekly Wild Update: A Dive for Top Five Update

The Dive for Top Five is all about long term thinking, something sports fans are remarkably inept at. A top pick makes the team better long, and cost them nothing. It sucks to watch, it is painful to be a part of, but in the long run, it is what is best. The team is not going to make the playoffs, so why win one too many games and pick 10th?

The position here at Hockey Wilderness is that this is a no lose (no win?) situation. If they win, that's great. It is always fun to watch the team do well, and the guys in the room deserve that. If they lose, so be it. Losses help the Dive, and make the team better for years to come. Wins make the current team happy, and the fans get a needed injection of pride.

Either way, we understand completely. This isn't about wishing them the worst, but simply being realistic and knowing that next year is a new season, and this season is lost. May as well be some sort of benefit out of it.

Last Week

Two games, two losses. Neither overly embarrassing. That's what the Dive for Top Five is all about. In addition, the Wild moved up two spots in the draft. Nicely done.

This Week

The Sedins and company are likely out for a round of practice, so the biggest result we can hope for is that nothing stupid happens.

Thursday, the homestand ends with another visit from a team from Alberta. Wonderful. It is, at least, the last Alberta game this season. Finally. No one cares. Moving on.

Playing teams out east means early starts, and playing games against teams you don't get to see often. So... there's that.

Tough to find the silver lining right now. Let's just hope for no splash on the Dive for Top Five. Reminder - after this week, there will be just seven games remaining.