The 'curse' is over: Wild break through first round at last — and it feels like more is coming

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Finally, as a jubilant Marcus Foligno exclaimed in an excited yet impressively businesslike postgame locker room Thursday night, the Minnesota Wild were on the right side of a handshake line for a change.No making the playoffs followed by a less than two-week postseason. No dead-silent, somber locker room while their first-round opponent celebrates down the hall. No early offseason.Advertisement