The Wild are a little bit better!

One thing that has struck me about the WIld so far has been the low goal output thus far. In 4 games, they are averaging only 2.5 goals a game, with their greatest output a 4 goal night on opening night. This has probably been the greatest frustration with the Wild since they came into existence. Even when Marian Gaborik was here, the Wild just never seemed able to score. Now with the Wild owning a roster full of offensive threats, it seems like they should be scoring more goals. Instead, they are at the 2.5/game mark I mentioned earlier, which is better than the last two years (only marginally better than ’10-11) but behind the pace of goals scored in the two previous seasons. Why am I concerned, specifically, with the past 4 seasons? Because they were the team with the fewest shots/game in each of those seasons. Every single one of them. They weren’t scoring because they weren’t getting the puck on net. You can’t score if you don’t shoot it, as they say. This season, through 4 gam...