My friggin “season record” on the DirectTV didn’t record last night so I didn’t see the first period, dang nabbit.
Good effort from the 2 periods I did see, though. Was really cheering for the man-down D to keep going and make sure Dooobs got the second shutout.
Here’s a who would have thunk it moment. Did I hear this right? After last night’s game the Wild had the most goals scored in the NHL?
The Ek kid is an interesting question. I saw Bruce’s comments after the game and I think he’s conflicted on this. AFAIK the kid is still 19 for heaven’s sake. But cripes, do you really send him packing back to freaking Sweden when he’s scoring and putting up points like this? I mean call me crazy but isn’t that the point?
Yes, on one hand I get not wanting to burn a year of cheap contract on a 19 year old rookie because that’s just a year sooner you’ll have to pony up big money to keep him. Which has other implications.
But it’s hard to see what sending him to Sweden accomplishes? I mean what is he going to get in the Swedish league if he’s playing at an NHL level NOW? Except, of course, the nightmare scenario of injury.
Ek will be on the power play in the game after next against Buffalo again. We’ll see what happens then.
Grouse