from Michael Russo of Russo's Rants,

The best blog may be by just stringing together my Twitter mentions.

It would certainly be more entertaining. The Wild fan base is in its annual January meltdown … which always mirrors the Wild’s annual January meltdown.

Last year’s was at least cut off in its tracks by the Devan Dubnyk trade Jan. 15.

This year?

There’s no end in sight yet, so the Wild better hope the seven days away before the Wild resumes practice next Monday and its season next Tuesday in Brooklyn magically repairs this squad.

On Dec. 31, the Wild beat the St. Louis Blues to improve to 20-10-6.

That night, it was four points behind St. Louis and two points behind Chicago and firmly in the top wildcard spot in the West.

After tonight’s 2-1 shootout loss to Arizona, it is 15 points behind conference-leading Chicago and nine back of St. Louis. It moved back into the top wildcard spot, tied with Colorado with 55 points, but only three points up on Nashville, which plays Tuesday and Wednesday in western Canada.

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