The stakes are higher, the checking is tighter, and the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Minnesota Wild have rarely lasted any meaningful length. These are have almost become Scientific Law at this point. Just ask Einstein, I’m sure he knows.
One thing I continue to hear every single year when the Wild are summarily dispatched from the post-season is that the star players for the Wild always disappear. I decided to investigate this narrative. I went through every single year the Wild have made the playoffs, at total of nine seasons and found that the trend whether the Wild went lasted more than a series, or were beaten in five, Minnesota’s top players have an incredibly hard time rising to the occasion.