The Minnesota Wild played a “hockey game” against the Colorado Avalanche and for about three hours, we all collectively looked at our screens like this:
Anyways, here’s some takeaways from the 4-1 loss to the divisional rivals.
1 — Addison forcing tough decision.
Calen Addison made his season debut on Saturday and he was probably the best player on the ice outside of Cam Talbot for the Wild. He didn’t get any recognition on the score sheet, but he just appeared to be the most active on the puck out of any skater — making plays, walking the blue line with ease, sharing the puck with teammates that would eventually just lose it or shoot it directly into Kuemper’s chest.