Jesse Pierce

What I love about these two guys is the way they work and how much they, they put into what they do.

And, you know, you saw that with Matt Boldy, even during the Olympics, you know, that, that solo time on the ice before the game with the stick handling and,

staying after practice to work on his craft, which we've seen day after day, kind of like Kirill Kaprizov.

It's kind of been infectious.

And then I look at it with John Hines and the role that he played, a big part of that penalty kill for Team USA, making big decisions leading into the tournament and seeing the team go out there and perform the way they did.

And obviously Bill Guerin,

and his staff all the way through, it's going to give this organization a huge shot in the arm.

And I think between now and the trade deadline, it's fascinating to see what they're going to do with this.

And then from that trade deadline to the end of the season to that first round matchup, which likely ends up being against the Dallas Stars,

A lot of pressure involved with that too, but I think having gone through it now for months and into this past weekend specifically can only help.

I mean, the big winner outside of the game of hockey and outside of, of course, all the fans of the red, white, and blue yesterday, you looked at one organization in specific leaving the Olympics yesterday on the men's side.

It was the Minnesota Wild.

There's no doubt about it.

Well, I'll start with the 50 because Bill Guerin made that prediction a year and a half ago, long before anybody talked about it.

And it felt like it was an awfully bold prediction.

And it feels like right now, to your point, there's a real shot he gets there this year.

It's all about Matt Boldy working to evolve his game.

The big criticism the first couple of years, he made a splash in the National Hockey League.

You could see the talent from the first time he wore a wild sweater in Boston, hometown team player.

game-winning goal against the Bruins on national TV.