Wild faces a steep climb, but will have games in hand to help Most teams in the West Division have continued accumulating points in the standings while Minnesota has been on hiatus by Dan Myers @mnwildscribe / Wild.com ST. PAUL -- There wasn't much the Wild coaching staff was able to do during it's week and a half long stretch in COVID-19 quarantine. One thing it did do, however, was, perhaps not surprisingly, watch plenty of hockey. That meant getting a handle on how things in Iowa looked last weekend when the AHL club opened its season with three games against the Texas Stars.