Minnesota downs the Isles 6-2

Not a lot of great things to talk about from last night's game so I'll be brief.

Joel Rechlicz might not be as tall as Mitch Fritz, but he can skate better. A lot better. I also admire The Wrecker for sitting there and becoming a fist magnet for the Wild's 6-8 John Scott. Rechlicz goes 6-4 but was outweighed by about 40 lbs in his first period tussle with Scott.

The fact that he could stay on his skates after getting popped like he did has to count for something. I hope he got free beers after the game.

Interesting chat between Billy and Howie about the fight and whether it falls under the new NHL rule of being "staged" or not. Billy said he didn't think it was staged but I saw it more like Howie did: since it came merely seconds after a face-off and the guys had a chance to talk about it while waiting for the puck to drop, it certainly looked like an agreed-upon fight to me.

People are also going to be talking about Blake Comeau and Kyle Okposo spitting nickels at the Wild bench but I look at it as a positive. Sure, they're young guys and they will learn but the kids all stick together and have each others' backs.

Anyway, that sort of stuff is all a part of growing up. Plus, it shows that the kids still care.

Bruno Gervais scored again for the Isles. Playing with Streit has really upped his confidence. The guy had as many goals as I have for like 100 games and now he was 3 in his last 11.

Latest look at the Ping Pong Leaderboard: Isles 56 points in 72 games; Tampa and Colorado 64 points in 73. Chris Botta mentioned that in the thirteen years that the league has used this ping pong-ery to decide the draft that the team with the worst record has only secured the top overall selection 6 times. So, less than 50% of the time the worst team gets the first pick.

What does that mean? Well, it means there's a higher probability that we are gonna get hosed again.

The next lesson comes Friday as the Isles travel to Detroit to face the reigning Stanley Cup Champions.