Brodin, Eriksson Ek Get Real About Missing Wild’s Second Round

Missing a second-round series is the kind of thing that lingers, and Brodin and Eriksson Ek are not pretending otherwise. Their comments carry the weight of players who understand exactly what it means when a team’s postseason run moves on without them. For Minnesota, the absence hits both the lineup and the emotional core, which is why their reflections land harder than standard postgame filler.