After a slow start to their 2nd round playoff series against the Chicago Blackhawks, the Wild are facing a pivotal Game 3 and to win it they will need to be better at 5v5.
I'm back from my very lengthy lay-off from blogging. I just haven't had the time to write anything lately with work kind of taking over all my free time. Thankfully things have eased off a little bit and I should be back in the saddle from here on out.
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One year ago, the Wild, coming off a season in which they had been a below average 5v5 team, managed to go toe-to-toe with one of the league's best in the Chicago Blackhawks over 6 games in the Conference Semi-Finals.