AJ

That was, I think.

I would say the saddest period of hockey I've seen all season by the Minnesota Wild.

And I think it's the saddest, Judd, because of the talent on the roster now.

Before in October, we saw some pretty bad hockey at times.

But they didn't have Quinn Hughes on the ice for them for any of those periods in October.

Last night, they did.

And that was just sad and pathetic.

And, you know, I feel bad for the people that spent a lot of money to go out and watch that team on a Monday night.

Because...

It was bad.

It was a really, really poor effort.

First period, I thought that they actually came out and they played pretty well.

They created a lot of chances.

They were controlling a lot of the play.

They just couldn't hit the net.

I jokingly tweeted like they would have been up by like four or five goals if the net was twice the size.

But...

Fortunately, it's not.

The plexiglass was fearing for its life behind the end wall, and the Wild just kept peppering that throughout the game.

And then you saw the Devils sort of just, like, find their stride late in that second period.