Minnesota Wild: Eating Onions and Spotting Dimes
Feb 26, 2015; Nashville, TN, USA; Minnesota Wild players celebrate win against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena. The Wild won 4-2. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
The Minnesota Wild have had an odd week.
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Tuesday night, they lost to the lowly Edmonton Oilers at home in St. Paul 2-1. It was a terrible loss for a team who is fighting for a playoff spot, although the Wild were probably overdue for a let-down game. They actually did not play that badly, but could not solve Ben Scrivens.
Last night was firmly on the other end of the spectrum. The Wild traveled to Nashville to face off against the Predators who had only lost three games in regulation at home all season. Naturally, the Wild won 4-2. Of course. Last night’s game featured a wild (sorry) second period with both team’s scoring twice. The good news was that the Wild managed to score once in the first period and score an empty netter in the third to secure the victory.
Some of you are probably wondering about the title of this post. For those of you who aren’t Seinfeld fans or aren’t as old as I am, it is in reference to an episode where George loses his glasses. He claims to see Jerry’s girlfriend kissing Jerry’s cousin from across the street without his glasses on. Later in the episode, George spots a dime on the floor from across the apartment, then eats an onion because he mistakes it for an apple. Needless to say, Jerry does not know what to believe. I referred to the episode’s best scene in this tweet after last night’s game:
#mnwild lose to Edmonton at home then win in Nashville. I don't know what's going on! http://t.co/JCwwMIAGuR via @YouTube
— Shefonomics (@Shefonomics) February 27, 2015
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The Wild have been eating onions and spotting dimes all season. They started red hot, got the mumps and almost played themselves right out of playoff contention, then traded for Devan Dubnyk and have been on a tear ever since. This past week has been a perfect microcosm of that. A lot of people might have predicted going into the week that the Wild would split the past two games. Few if any could have predicted that the loss would be to Edmonton and the win would be in Nashville.
Incidentally, I never believed the Wild were as bad as the played earlier in the season. Between injuries, illness, personal tragedies and terrible goaltending, the Wild got overrun in the first half of the season. Now they seem to finally be over the hump with everything.
Hopefully they keep spotting those dimes.