Another game, another loss for the Minnesota Wild.
With yet another defeat Saturday afternoon - this time to the Vancouver Canucks by a 4-2 margin - the Wild have now lost seven of their last eight games, all coming in regulation.
The streak has left many around the organization fuming, none more so than head coach Bruce Boudreau who spared very little in ripping his club postgame.
"It was embarrassing, I'm embarrassed," Boudreau said. "To me, if I were the fans, I'd be booing even more because they paid good money for this."
Saturday's game was the club's 13th in the last 24 days - a ton of hockey no doubt - but Boudreau doesn't see a busy schedule as an alibi.
"We're not going to use fatigue as an excuse any more," Boudreau said.
Boudreau said if this was earlier in the year, "changes would be made." Post deadline, limited callups, it's up to the players
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Boudreau continued by stating opposing clubs can do whatever they want in front of the Wild goal, while his players haven't been able to do the same at the other end.
Despite the team's recent slide, it would still take a miracle for Minnesota to miss the playoffs, or even fall out of its current spot in the Central Division.
The Wild sit second with 94 points, eight back of the Chicago Blackhawks and nine up on the St. Louis Blues. That being said, things will need to change, or the club's time in the Stanley Cup playoffs could be short-lived.
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