Soooooo, Saturday morning, outside the visitors’ locker room in Denver, I got to chatting with Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher about the multiple personalities seven or eight usually quality teams have had this season.



It’s natural, of course, when you’re a fan or stakeholder of one team to only focus on that specific team’s shortcomings.



It’s natural, of course, when you’re a reporter paid to follow one team to only pay attention to the ins and outs of that team and not 30 others.



But despite this logical tunnel vision, the reality is a number of NHL teams have shown similar traits to the Wild this season.



Good one night, terrible the next. Sloppy one night, flawless the next.



The problem is you never can predict which team will show up on a night-to-night basis.



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