On the same day that the Wild found out it would not get Ryan Suter back this season, it went out and took care of Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers in clinical fashion. Then, later that night, it officially clinched a playoff spot with three games to go, completely eliminating the drama that could have been built in this final trio of games in California. That’s what we all anticipated would happen, right?
But that’s been the thing with this team all year long. Every time we’ve presumed that a collapse was on the way, the Wild has stood up to the task at hand and gotten it done.