Boo Birds Accompany Wild Win

Ask yourself the last time you saw it; fans booing. The last time you were at a game yourself maybe? Heck I boo every bad call a ref makes if I can. Brad Shepherd of NCHC is probably my favorite target, I'm not even going to try to deny it. But when was the last time you saw or heard someone boo the players. I'll never forget booing The Iowa Hawekeyes in the metrodome in 2004 as a youngster, That was probably the first time I booed anyone or any select team. But not so often is it that you boo your own team, better yet when your team is winning?

Wednesday night at home brought just the scenario, with a 2-0 lead the Wild went on a five minute power play and came out the same way they went in. With a 2-0 lead. Not often does a five minute power play go without any score, think about it, five minutes to dominate the pace of play, five minutes of puck control, five minutes of sheer and utter disappoint in this case. Yep, the Wild held the lead through the power play, but managed to squander momentum, fail to get the puck deep and pretty much suck the life out of Andrew Brunette's system. Granted there hasn't been much life to begin with, to put it bluntly its been dismal. Their power play is working merely 9.0 percent of the time, and sits at 29th in the league, it's just not what it could be.

No, with a star studded team, these numbers should improve, need to improve and frankly, Minnesota deserves better as a state. "The state of Hockey," not the state of a struggling power play. The fans deserve the right to boo, I give them that. But what I can't understand is the timing. The Wild had a lead, and better yet, won the game, beating a strong Montreal team. But it wasn't enough to stop the fans from voicing their concerns.

As it is, the 14-9-1 Wild take the ice again Friday December, 5th against the 16-6-5 Anaheim Ducks, Look for a change in the power play, possibly a switch up in the lines may come. I have a feeling that Mike Yeo and Andrew Brunette will do just that. Look for the Wild to try to get the puck deep and hope for more control and chances on the power play. And if not for Brunette's sake but for the whole teams, hope for another strong win to keep the fans at bay.