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Minnesota Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau questions a call in the second period against the St. Louis Blues in Game 5 of the Western Conference quarterfinals on Saturday, April 22, 2017, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. The Blues won the game, 4-3 in overtime, to clinch the series. (Anthony Souffle/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

The verbal jousting between Paul Maurice and Bruce Boudreau has dominated the days between games 4 and 5 of their teams' opening-round playoff series.

When I look at the good and bad moments in the Jets-Wild series, comments by the two head coaches were triggered by a bad situation — the Josh Morrissey cross-check to Eric Staal’s neck.