By Tony Abbott -
The Wild, yet again, lost another game they should have won.
And this time, they don't even have a point to show for it.
The Wild are now 0-1-2. And while that's not the worst thing in the world, as the Wild still have 79 games to make the playoffs and have appeared to dictate possession in every game for the most part, concerns will definitely start creeping in. With Peter Laviolette fired for an 0-3 start, you have to start wondering at what point the Wild are going to start looking at making a coaching change with Mike Yeo? I hope it's not soon, as I don't think that you can really point to him for these losses. In fact, when you look at a power play that is clicking on more than one line, and the fact that the Wild are possessing the puck, you can see good progress with this team.
*I didn't see the penalty shot play, so I can't confirm whether it was an atrocious call or not, but at this point, I don't care. Win the game.
Wild News
Game Recaps
Hitting The Post: Post-Game Drunk Haiku Reax: Wild @ Perdators, 10/8/13- In case you need your haiku fix.
Other News
Nashville coach asked fans to boo Suter in his return | Star Tribune- Only 12 more years of this left, barring the earth crashing into the sun, Suter retiring or being traded in the next 11 years, or the complete collapse of society.
Minnesota Wild need Jason Zucker to step up in Charlie Coyle's absence - TwinCities.com- It's true the Wild need him to step up. Step up he did not.
Minnesota Wild want Dany Heatley to play faster - TwinCities.com- Them and every other Wild fan right now.
Tending the Fields
Off the Trail
The Weekend in Hockey: Three Games in, Philly Makes a Change - The Triangle Blog - Grantland- Down Goes Brown looks at Laviolette's firing, and more.
Lots of questions about the Laviolette firing | Backhand Shelf | Blogs | theScore.com- In case you didn't hear enough about this yesterday morning.
Which NHL coaches are next on the firing line? | Puck Daddy - Yahoo Sports- One more thing, RE: Yeo's job: Fletcher is on a hot seat to keep his job, too. A lot of people thought at the time of Yeo's hiring that it was going to be the last head coaching hiring that Fletcher was going to be able to make. If Fletcher is going to make a change, he has to do it in-season, and is likely to do it sooner rather than later as to prevent the Wild from falling out of the race. Of course, this will all be made irrelevant if Fletcher's confidence in Yeo isn't shaken, but it's something to think about.
Roberto Luongo vs. Cory Schneider: Looking back at hockey’s goaltending soap opera | Puck Daddy - Yahoo Sports- Both of them handled it really well, though. It's too bad that Schneider is stuck playing in the shadow, though perhaps not necessarily as a backup, to Marty Freaking Brodeur.
Jussi Jokinen gets hat trick vs Canes team that waived, traded him | ProHockeyTalk- And is paying him 900,000 dollars to do that, too! Worth every penny!
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