Robtangle

I can't believe I sat through the entire Wild game last night, especially after the first 5:02 when the Oilers went up 3-0. Let's face it - this team's going to be one and done in the playoffs - well, if they end up holding onto a spot.

Streaky teams do not win championships. It's why the Senators lost the Stanley Cup Finals last year, and why Edmonton did a couple of years back. A seven game series does not give you enough time to come back from a large deficit. It's a shortened season, and yes, the Wild came back from 3-1 twice in the same season.

But there's a reason why they're the only team that's ever done it. It's happened as many times as the Cubs have won a World Series over the past 99 years. Once. You can't count on those odds come playoff time.

Jacques Lemaire running practices again may kick these guys into gear, but for how long? They'll eventually slide back into the turnover-prone, ho-hum team that came to play last night. The team that's scored more than three goals only once in the past 17 contests. The team that, well, you get the idea.

Look, losing Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Pavol Demitra for the same game hurt us, but that doesn't let that first shift go unnoticed - three turnovers, two by my favorite (cough) player, Kim Johnsson.

I'd rant some more but it would just make me angrier. Kids, this is your blog on drugs. I've lost coherency after watching this team over the course of the season. I wish my first blog in a month would have been a more positive one, but I'd be called crazy if I said the Wild are firing on all cylinders.

We need to be driving a vehicle with cruise control, not one that resembles a ferris wheel. Welcome to the Minnesota Wild carnival, where you can always count on at least one ride being down for repairs on any given night.