from Michael Russo of Russo's Rants,

John Torchetti opened the film he showed the team this morning with clips of Nate Prosser sacrificing his body and blocking shots during Monday’s Game 3 victory over the Dallas Stars.

Oh, the irony.

A huge theme in Torchetti’s press conference after tonight’s 3-2 Game 4 loss to the Stars was bemoaning the fact that the Wild didn’t commit to getting into Ales Hemsky’s shooting lane during the first of the Stars’ 2 for 2 power plays.

The guilty party was veteran Ryan Suter, who wasn’t close to the lane and then seemed to sidestep it with his stick rather than his body.

Hemsky then blew it through a screen as Devan Dubnyk’s eyes were taken away by Colton Sceviour.

“We have to do a better job in that lane,” Torchetti said. “That right lane has to be blocked, especially when it’s a righty on the off-side. We have to get in front of that, and block that shot.”

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