from Dan Rosen of NHL.com,

The Wild won six in a row and now have lost three in a row. What has changed in the team's overall game in the past three games, and how do you fix it?

"I think our details and the urgency to win battles. I think we're waiting for the next guy beside us to do the job. We have to play a better checking-mentality game for 60 minutes. I think against Ottawa we came alive more in the second half of the game, and then a puck goes off our centerman's skate going out in front and we lost the game, so that was a tough one. Against Detroit, we played good, but not good enough. Detroit wanted it more. And I think we just thought we were going to show up and Winnipeg was going to give us two points. We didn't battle like we should. That's the mindset we have to have moving forward. That's why we won six in a row at one point. You forget how much hard work you've gotta do to even put yourself in this position to have an opportunity to clinch.

"The bottom line is we've gotta get into the playoffs. If we make the playoffs, I think everyone will breathe a little easier and get back to playing our game better."

It's pretty amazing, though, if you look at the totality of this. The Wild were a 1-11-2 team in their previous 14 games before you got there. They are 15-9-1 since you arrived. So, let me ask you this: What was the state of the team when you got there and what's the state of the team now, even considering the three-game losing streak?

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