It seems that the Wild just are not on the same page every game. Other than their recent four game winning streak, three against teams currently sitting outside the playoff picture, there appears to be a disconnect throughout the team. As Mike Yeo recently said in his first interview from being fired: “It just felt like there were almost two groups. There were younger guys and there were the older guys. It wasn’t just a group.”
Bringing in John Torchetti provided the Wild with a noticeable spark on the western-Canada road trip, but the Canucks, Flames, nor Oilers are in a playoff position and Minnesota was able to get a clean sweep.