A Wild Surge

The Minnesota Wild have been on one of the hottest steaks in the NHL over the last few weeks. The last ten games the Wild are a sizzling 7-2-1. After a key overtime win Monday night over the rival Dallas Stars at home, the Wild are positioning themselves for a big playoff push. With 21 games left in the season it seems the Wild are making their move at the right time.

The Wild are currently 7Th in the Western Conference with 71 points. However, they are only three points behind the Vancouver Canucks for first place in the Northwest division and a secured 3rd seed in the play-offs.

So why is there such a buzz over the Wild right now. Well, first of all we have gotten over the injury bug (knock on wood) which crippled some of are best players for a good portion of the early to middle part of the season. We also have a great mix of Veteran experience blended well with great young talent. From the great poise on the blue line with seasoned Defensemen Keith Carney and Kim Johnsson, to the Minnesota Native Mark Parrish battling in the crease, to the talented Marian Gaborik and to new up and comers Mikko Koivu and Pierre-Marc Bouchard. These players and many more backed by the solid goal-tending from Manny Fernandez and the surprising rookie Niklas Backstrom have left Wild fans not saying will we make the play-offs but how far can we go.

So here stand the Wild 7Th place in the conference and one final push for the play-offs. To the Wild's advantage they have 8 of the last 9 games at home and are looking primed for an extended season. All that we can do now is to believe that with Jacques Lemaire at the helm we will succeed.

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