The Wild’s long stretch of road is over, and now we have a majority of home games to look forward to. I think I speak for the entire State of Hockey when I say, “Whew!”

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Even the return of Devin Setoguchi and Casey Wellman couldn’t save the Minnesota Wild from being shut out 3-0 by Roberto Luongo and the Vancouver Canucks. Goals in the first period by Daniel Sedin and Alex Burrows carried through into the 3rd period when an empty netter by Manny Malhotra sealed the Wild’s defeat.

There was little for us in the State of Hockey to be positive about tonight beyond the return of Setoguchi and Wellman. While the PK unit was effective, even that provided concern during an unexpected 3 on 2. The Wild’s previously dominating forecheck barely made an appearance tonight, and to call the neutral zone “neutral” is too kind; the Canucks dominated between the blue lines.

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