The Minnesota Wild did something they very rarely do, they won in overtime against the Senators in Ottawa. After promptly checking the temperature in Hades and breaking down the win, my thought promptly turned to something that was missing from the Wild’s starting lineup.
Before the game it was announced that rookie Joel Eriksson-Ek would be scratched from last night’s lineup. The initial thought was that Eriksson-Ek was unable to play because of the deep cut he got on his chin the night before in Philadelphia. Actually, he was good to go health wise, the issue was actually that the Wild did not want him to play his tenth game yet which would activate the first year of his three-year contract.