2day rail: Yeo's practice rant
January 8, 2015 at 1:24AM
![Minnesota Wild head coach Mike Yeo looks on during a break in first period action Tuesday night against the San Jose Sharks. ] (Aaron Lavinsky | StarTribune) The Minnesota Wild take on the San Jose Sharks Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2014 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. ORG XMIT: MIN1501071703510540](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/MK2LMPEMJOSOW7FZA5MVXRKTKY.jpg?&w=712)
KNOW THIS
Once you've stormed off the ice at practice, you don't have a lot more cards to play as a head coach. That's not to say Mike Yeo is in any sort of trouble, but he should also be hoping that his meltdown leads to wins.
WATCH THIS
Chicago vs. Wild was already going to be appointment viewing after last year's playoff series and this year's Wild desperation, but Mike Yeo's antics Wednesday make us double down on the interest level. 7 p.m., FSN.
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"The fire Yeo crowd should remember one thing. If I was Craig Leipold and Chuck Fletcher came to me with the idea of firing Yeo, I would tell him he's gone, too."
— jabuyer commenting on startribune.com.
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Filip Gustavsson figured it would be OK to take aim at the St. Louis net, in part because the Wild had a two-goal lead thanks to another fine performance by him.
