Minnesota Wild win 2.5 and out of 4

Happy Monday morning readers, it has been an intresting weekend of NHL hockey. Last week I told you that the Wild needed to win 3 out of 4 this week to make ground in the Western Conference. The Wild got 2.5 out of the 4 and it is ok, but they really needed to win againest Colorado.

So where do the Wild go now. Well they take a two week break for the olympics, then they have a murders row schedule of Western Conference teams. They need to come out flying after the olympic break and I think the first five games when they come back is key to making the playoffs.

The other thing the Wild need to do is trade a player for a scoring forward. When you have a line of Boogaard, Henry, and Burns you need a scoring forward. Roloson can go and we could trade a defensemen for a forward. If a team wants a Kuba, Mitchell, Schultz, or Zyuzin they should trade one of them for a good scoring forward. Players that are on the market include Martin St. Louis, Brad Richards, and Mark Parrish. Other players could be in the mix as teams fall off the playoff radar.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves are kissing the playoffs goodbye and I say WooHoo. By not making the playoffs this year the Timberwolves keep there draft pick and could add another young player. The team needs to trade Marko Jaric or Troy Hudson for draft picks or just money. They aren't needed on this team anymore with Marcus Banks the future point guard of this team. Marko needs to go and I think Kevin McHale should take a draft pick for him and maybe some considerations.

The Minnesota Vikings had two players in the Probowl last night which included Darren Sharper who had an interception to help the NFC team win over a stacked AFC squad. Koren Robinson was the other member and he didn't do as much, but was just glad to make the team.

The Minnesota Twins found out this weekend that Joe Mauer isn't going to play with the US, in the World Baseball Classic team because he wanted to get used to more pitchers. And I say good for you Joe Mauer, you want to help out and thanks for this judgement call.

More Vikings talk and Timberwolves talk later this week.