About Last Night: Wild 3, Hawks 2 and If They Don't Care Why Should I?

Far be it from me to suggest that the second-winningest coach in NHL history is bad at his job, but granting Trevor Van Riemsdyk 28+ minutes is not a recipe for success. 

                            My birthday is approaching soon and this is what I want.

That Q seems to be utterly oblivious to how little TVR provides, which is typically and frustratingly at the expense of what the team needs, i.e. competent puck-movers from the back end, is driving me around the bend.  Seriously, what did TVR accomplish during the third period, which Gustafsson spent the entirety of on the bench?  How do Gus and Ehrhoff get absolutely no leeway yet TVR receives enough rope to hang himself over and over again?

Well, since I'm bothering...
- This could have easily been a 3-0 win for Minny, as Shaw's shot was absolutely a shot Dubnyk should have saved and Panik's goal, while it was the product of some admirably hard work, was of the "let's just keep smashing at this thing until someone tells us to stop" variety.  Even with these goals Zach Parise should have salted it away but inexplicably failed to hit a wide-open net.
- While Shaw was one of the better Hawks in this one I'm still left wondering how effective he could be if a) he could shoot the puck harder than a 14-year-old, and b) he would refrain from taking these weak shots at every opportunity.

That is all.