Absolutely awful game last night. The Wild look looked like a cellar dweller team that had been handed a playoff spot by winning a charity raffle.
Deano is a deer in the headlights and has zero idea what to do to get this team going other than “change nothing”. Why in the hell would you sign Boldy, burn year 1 of his entry deal, and NOT use him when your team is playing like sh!t and basically getting zero production from anywhere other than 1 line? It makes no sense. What the hell was the point of signing Boldy then? We are now one year closer to having to pony up big bucks on him and we’ve got nothing except Iowa Wild highlights for the money. What an awesome GM decision that was.
And then you’ve got a guy who has made his living in the dirty zone getting goals, so of course, you bench him in a series where a hot goaltender is making it impossible to score anything EXCEPT dirty goals. Yeah, makes total sense.
Here we go again. Another dazed and confused playoff R1 and early exit after providing nothing but a warmup for a team that we’ve owned for as long as Team in a Box has been in the league. Deano and Gurin need to figure it out.