Well, we could kind of see this coming.
Minnesota Wild head coach Dean Evason is going to healthy scratch Ryan Hartman in Thursday’s lineup against the Philadelphia Flyers, after a string of performances that saw the forward take way too many damn penalties.
It all came to a boiling point on Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning, when Steven Stamkos was able to score the game-winning goal because Hartman fumbled the puck and it went off of him and straight into the net. And then, just 40 seconds later, the Wild forward took a hooking penalty to nullify any chance the Wild had at getting back in that game with just five minutes remaining on the clock.