The Minnesota Wild are in a weird spot just three weeks before the NHL’s April 12 trade deadline.
A team that was never really supposed to be one of the league’s best, has surprised some, but has mainly stayed the course and will more than likely earn one of the four playoff positions in the West division. With a five-point gap between them and the Los Angeles Kings (as well as a game in hand), Minnesota can sit back and relax until the first round.
But general manager Bill Guerin does not feel the same way after an embarrassing two games against the Colorado Avalanche, where the Wild by an aggregate score of 11-1.