In his post-game presser, Mike Yeo opened things by noting how easy it would be to just use some of the quotes that reporters had used from around the same time last year. The assembled media took that as a bit of dark humor, which it was, and continued the battery of questions. Yeo's intention was clear; it was a laughable game for the Minnesota Wild, one which leaves little beyond a faint nausea and a sinking feeling heading into the end of the year.
Unintentionally, though, Yeo's comments reveal another aspect of what has plagued the Wild over the course of past seasons and over the course of last night's game.