Honestly, what an absolute joke.



Sorry, but let’s not mince words here: What an unacceptable effort, what an utterly sorry performance by the routinely infuriating Wild during a 6-1 beatdown Saturday to the Boston Bruins, the same defending Eastern Conference champs who stunned the Wild in overtime back in November despite a two-goal deficit with two minutes left in regulation.



In the rematch, despite playing a hard-fought, extremely physical game the night before north of the border, the Bruins showed no evidence of fatigue against Minnesota.



The Wild hadn’t played since Jan. 22, but the early anticipated rustiness offered no excuse and had zero to do with why they melted down so quickly, easily and painfully in the middle of the hockey game.



Coming off nine days of fun in the sun in mostly the Caribbean or Mexico and playing in front of their loyal stakeholders who continue to support this group of players by showing up to the arena...