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Yeo: Blues ‘think that they’re much better than us,’ hints at lineup changes

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The Minnesota Wild suffered one of the worst playoff losses in franchise history on Wednesday night -- a 6-1 shellacking at home against St. Louis -- and the day after, head coach Mike Yeo did a little posturing.

“There’s still pressure on them,” Yeo said Thursday, per the Pioneer Press. “They think that they’re much better than us, and it’s our job to prove we’re up at that level.”

As for last night?

“It’s not like we played our best hockey and came up short,” he explained.

That message stayed consistent with comments made in the immediate aftermath of Game 4 (basically, “we stunk, let’s move on.”) Zach Parise said his team was “brutal” and Yeo followed suit today, saying Minnesota has plenty more to give -- which, apparently, will include a new lineup look for Game 5.

Yeo hints there is a “good chance” at lineup changes. #mnwild

— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) April 23, 2015


There’s no shortage of candidates to come out after Game 4. Sean Bergenheim played a team-low 10:11 and finished minus-2 on the night, and has been parked in the press box already this postseason. Veteran d-man Jordan Leopold had the fewest minutes among all blueliners and finished minus-3, and with the wealth of options Yeo has at his disposal -- Matt Cooke, Jordan Schroeder, Erik Haula, Christian Folin and Nate Prosser all sat last game -- there are plenty of new looks he could throw at St. Louis.

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