from Sarah McLellan of the Star Tribune,

How the Wild finished October is the same epitaph it will hang on the entire month, a mashup of touch-and-go execution and untimely breakdowns that has fanned frustration for a previously savvy, veteran club.

Most recently, this reality manifested itself as a 2-1 loss to the defending Stanley Cup champion Blues on Wednesday in front of an announced 18,096 at Enterprise Center that wrapped up a winless two-game tour of the Central Division.

Overall, the Wild is a grim 4-9 with only eight points — the team’s second-fewest ever for October behind the seven it earned from a 2-7-3 showing in its inaugural season in 2000-01.

“Flip the page and flip the calendar,” winger Zach Parise said. “Let’s start over in November.”

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