ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild lost 4-2 to the Vancouver Canucks at Xcel Energy Center on Saturday but clinched a Stanley Cup Playoff berth from the Western Conference.
"That was embarrassing. I'm embarrassed," Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. "To me, if I were the fans I would be booing even more because they pay good money for this, and to see an effort like that. …I've been here when we've been losing and I haven't said anything too negative about the team, but I mean, if you can't compete 1-on-1, if you don't have the emotion to want to get out there and do the right things, let alone the things the coaches are telling you, I'm telling you, if this was earlier in the year, changes would be made."
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