Greetings. Youngblood here, with not a whole lot to report.

That’s because the Wild didn’t skate Thursday and only a handful of players came in for off-ice workouts. The only one skating was Todd Fedoruk, who went on with his 3-year-old son.

Jacques was there and I asked him why he had scratched Benoit Pouliot last night. Just the matchups, he said, what he was looking for against Edmonton. He said he doesn’t usually scratched someone based on one or two games, but tries to look at the bigger picture.

For example, he said, Pouliot had played better in the past couple days than James Sheppard, but Jacques went with Sheppard Wednesday because of the season-long resume Sheppard had. Jacques did say that he would consider playing Pouliot ahead of Sheppard in a future games. Either way, it appears Jacques is intent on keeping Demitra at center down the stretch and into the playoffs.

One other thing: Brian Rolston was interviewed on XM204 this morning and it will be replayed this afternoon on NHL network. That’s it. Have a good afternoon.

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