Let’s just say this off the hop to avoid an overreaction: The Wild aren’t necessarily pulling the plug on this season.



You certainly know Bruce Boudreau isn’t.



The veteran coach guaranteed Thursday on the radio and in front of a bunch of cameras and recorders: “We’re going to make the playoffs.”



And veteran center Eric Staal, despite the distraction of having his name churning all over the rumor mill, certainly isn’t, nor are any of his teammates.



“The way I see it: We’re in a playoff spot, and I plan on making the playoffs … here,” Staal told The Athletic after Thursday’s practice. “My goal is to be here — hopefully not somewhere else — and to help us win a playoff spot and continue on.”



But with the slumping team clinging to the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, the strategy inside the team’s 317 Washington St.