Good, but not good enough.
The Minnesota Wild took the Dallas Stars to overtime on Tuesday, but couldn't collect the win, dropping their sixth straight 4-3.
The loss followed an all-too-familiar theme, as the team once again failed to give a complete 60-minute effort.
"We got to play a good 60 minutes, 65 minutes, to win in this league and we're not doing that right now," captain Mikko Koivu said following the game.
"We weren't good enough to win the game," Erik Haula told reporters. "We didn't win the game, so we weren't good enough."
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While his players sang a sour tune, head coach Mike Yeo remained positive, suggesting the team needs to do the simple things to climb their way out of their hole.
"It's very easy right now to find negatives, but nothing easy is going to get us out of this," Yeo said. "We have to stay aggressive, get on our toes, and keep pushing."
"I put a quote on the board," he continued. "'Tough times they don't last, but tough people do.' And that's what we have to do right now."
Despite the loss, the Wild remain in contention, sitting just a win behind the Colorado Avalanche and Nashville Predators for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.
