

As Shadow and Act have also reported, several scripted series have been cut mid or post-production as networks with streaming components, like Showtime and HBO, fall under new leadership. The proposals are probably a way the guild hoped Hollywood studios would avail the worries of writers who are facing increasing uphill battles against AI, the increase of streaming programming and the downward trajectory of broadcast viewing. But to say that this team is going to look different in a bad way, I don’t think so, I think it’s going to be just as competitive and be a really good hockey team for many years to come.The Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers said in a statement that their offer included “generous increases in compensation for writers,” but the studios failed to agree on the Writers Guild’s proposals that would make it mandatory “to staff television shows with a certain number of writers for a specific period of time, ‘whether needed or not,'” according to NBC News. It’s tough to think about the future right now. “You’ve got to play next season to figure out if we’re going in the right direction,” Foligno said. It’s a feeling that has followed the franchise basically since its inception in 2000. Now the Wild are left to lick their wounds heading the summer. Now we have the feeling that we were the better team.” Maybe last year I think we have a feeling we lost to a better team. “That’s probably the most frustrating thing. “The worst part is that for the most of the games I thought we were the better team, and we still ended up losing,” veteran Mats Zuccarello said. Who cares that they felt they were the better team 5 on 5? None of that mattered when they had ghastly success rates of 18.2 percent on the power play and 62.5 percent on the penalty kill. The ineptitude on specials teams is going to be something else that will keep the Wild up at night as they unpack everything in the coming days.

It’s two great teams going at it, and in no way did we feel like we were overmatched.” For the most part, us versus them, it’s a very even series. “We’ve got to believe that we’ll eventually get them. “It’s the bounces of the playoffs,” Foligno said. What if he would’ve cashed in on his breakaway in Game 4? What if he didn’t get kicked out early in Game 5? What if he could’ve found a way to score early in Game 6? Though some players tried to take positives out from this season in the immediate aftermath, alternate captain Marcus Foligno found himself lamenting the missed opportunities. That when we get those opportunities we do finish them.” That’s something we’ve got to focus on next year and years to come. “We had spots in the series where we could have won games and put them away, and we didn’t do that. “It’s so frustrating,” captain Jared Spurgeon said. Some might point to suspect effort on the brink of elimination in a Game 6 loss. Some might point to the lack of killer instinct in a Game 4 loss. Some might point to the decision to start Marc-Andre Fleury over Filip Gustavsson in a Game 2 loss. Louis Blues before losing three straight games to end their pursuit of the Stanley Cup. Just like last season they went up 2-1 in the first-round playoff series with the St. The more things change for the Wild, the more they stay the same.Īfter going up 2-1 in the first-round playoff series with the Dallas Stars, the Wild lost back-to-back-to-back games to end their pursuit of the Stanley Cup.

He paused before delivering his final thought, a sentence that perfectly encapsulated the Wild in a nutshell, concluding, “Obviously there’s a lot of areas that were the same.” We were in every hockey game as far as our compete level. “It wasn’t like we rolled over or anything like that. “Were we a little more resilient this year? I think so,” Evason said. Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson defends against Dallas Stars center Roope Hintz (24) during the second period of Game 6 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series Friday, April 28, 2023, in St. He truly felt his team took steps forward this season, yet when the pressure got ramped up, things came crashing down like they always seem to do in Minnesota. Wild coach Dean Evason was at a loss on Friday night at Xcel Energy Center roughly 30 minutes after the latest disappointing playoff result.
