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  • Wild Now On Disheartening Losing Streak After Hosting Jets

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    • The Minnesota Wild have a very crucial month. After bringing Quinn Hughes into the fold, the pressure has been on them to show that they truly are a Stanley Cup contender that is worthy of more investment before the NHL trade deadline. Unfortunately, now after a brutal 6-2 loss to the league-bottom Winnipeg Jets, they have lost three consecutive games and are falling out of that tier. [StarTribune]
    • Can Quinn Hughes pull a Joe Thornton? We don't mean celebrating scoring four goals, but winning the Hart Trophy in a season where he was traded in the middle of it. [Hockey Wilderness]
    • Five burning questions that will define the rest of the Wild's season. [The Athletic]
    • Jonas Brodin is out week-to-week and that means he's potentially losing out on the Olympics for Team Sweden. [The Athletic]

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    • Who is the midseason fantasy hockey MVP? [ESPN]
    • The Toronto Maple Leafs didn't get to have revenge on Mitch Marner as his Vegas Golden Knights came back and beat the visitors in overtime. Additionally, Toronto also lost its top winger due to an injury, again. [Sportsnet]
    • The eight teams who are primed to shape the NHL trade market ahead of the deadline. [TheScore]
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    Imyourhuckleberry

    Wild now have fallen behind the points pace they had through December 13th.

    Quinn Hughes first hit the ice for them on December 14th, and they have a 102 point pace since that point. Still good, but the details seem to have fallen off in their game after the initial goal scoring bonanza when Quinn Hughes arrived.

    Obviously, when the Wild are without Eriksson Ek and Brodin, they lose a lot of what makes them a top level team on the defensive side. Hopefully their recoveries goes well and they can join the lineup again soon.

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    Pewterschmidt
    21 minutes ago, Imyourhuckleberry said:

    the details seem to have fallen off in their game after the initial goal scoring bonanza when Quinn Hughes arrived.

    It’s interesting watching an entire group adjusting to one player Quinn Hughes Hughes gets so much TOI and is involved in the play whenever he’s on the ice so the rest of this group has no choice but to adjust to him versus Hughes adjusting to the wild team I think that’s what we’re watching now the good news is I saw some glimmer of chemistry between 43 and 97 last night for this Hughes Hail Mary™️ to pay off those two need to bond the way 97 and 36 bonded

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    Scalptrash
    18 minutes ago, Pewterschmidt said:

    It’s interesting watching an entire group adjusting to one player Quinn Hughes Hughes gets so much TOI and is involved in the play whenever he’s on the ice so the rest of this group has no choice but to adjust to him versus Hughes adjusting to the wild team I think that’s what we’re watching now the good news is I saw some glimmer of chemistry between 43 and 97 last night for this Hughes Hail Mary™️ to pay off those two need to bond the way 97 and 36 bonded

    He really doesn't fit the system that the Wild have always employed. Defensive structure. They are now stuck in the middle and Hughes still doesn't look that comfortable to me. He wants to drive offense, but holds back to be true to the Wild's system. Something has to give, either take off the leash or he adapts to defense first, and then it was a horrible trade for something that doesn't fit.

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