Have you heard about the team in Minnesota that hasn't made it to their league's championship series since the early 2000s? Well, maybe you have heard that they had a very good start to the season this year, but, owing in large part to injuries (but perhaps also to a less than active trade deadline), they are cratering as the season winds to a close.
No, not that team.
The team who is having some payroll constraints as they try to build around a young core? You know the team with the electric young talent who was injured, along with the career long player at center in a Minnesota uniform that also keeps getting injured?
No, no, not that team.
I'm talking about the team with the home town kid that wears #7, and will probably wear too much of the burden if things don't go Minnesota's way while he is in town, even though the real problem is the organization and the fact that the town has been cursed since 1991?
The Wild and the Twins share so much in common. Even as the season draws near a close for the Wild, and it is soon to begin for the Twins, it appears as though their paths may diverge. The cap in the NHL will go up, coinciding with Ryan Suter and Zach Parise's deals coming off the books. In theory, the Wild will be bigger spenders, and their core will get the support it deserves from the free agent market.
That said, we also heard about the Twins TV rights being out for bid, and look how that turned out. And that the team was on the verge of being sold, and look how that turned out. Hopefully this is where the Wild diverge course from the Twins, but I'll believe it when I see it.
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