Ok, so maybe that wasn’t the start to the season the Wild were looking for when they visited the Pepsi Center of Horrors on Thursday night. The Avalanche looked faster, more skilled, and more physical than Minnesota, as has become tradition over the past year and change. Though the Wild had a late push that looked like it could result in an equalizer on a few occasions, it’s safe to say that the Avs have the Wild’s number dating back to last season.
But speaking of having a team’s number, the Wild surprisingly had the number of tonight’s opponent, the VGK’s, throughout the remarkable inaugural season for that franchise.