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Got to hand it to the Wild, they are another defense man away, a decent goalie and probably another very good offensive threat from being legitimate contenders.
They could have taken this series to 7 and who knows what would've happened then. They desperately need to take some weight off of Suter's shoulders though. I will say I do like a lot of things about their team though.
But the bottom line, just like in the Blues series, in the end our best beat their best. It also helps that we have about 4 more "best" players.
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I believe they are closer than that. They out played us and Colorado for long stretches but died on the horns of some lapses. They are a heck of a team, IMO. Really hate Matt Cooke though. He never cleaned up his game as people keep repeating.
I also thought the refereeing was very inconsistent last night. 2 big non-calls that come to mind are Toews being slashed loud enough that you could hear it on TV while on his first period breakaway (just before Cooke tried to break Oduya's neck) and the slash breaking Bickell's stick. There were others too...quite one-sided IMO.