This could be it folks. Unless Brent Burns and Martin Havlat start talking about ripping Alex Ovechkin in the skills competition, there may not be much for a Walk for a few days. Today's is already a bit of stretch. I could give you updates on Russo's golf game, but he stopped updating us at the 6th tee. 

So, today you get just a handful of links, nothing overly exciting, but enough to get you primed for all of the... um... nothing. There will be a whole lot of that the next few days. And not the cool "nothing" from The Never Ending Story, either. Just nothing. Big, stupid, boring nothing. Great idea to just shut it down for a week, NHL.

Head over to the Facebook page for the Question of the Day. You know you want to, it is really all you have left.

Wild News

Minnesota Wild glad goalie Niklas Backstrom always has their back - TwinCities.com - Surprisingly enough, the Pioneer Press has something in the paper today.

One Wild Minute With Dan Terhaar " CBS Minnesota - From the local CBS affiliate, an audio clip from the radio. Not too bad.

System News

All-Stars, Condors put on a show – BakersfieldCondors.com - A re-cap of the ECHL All-Star game that the Wild's affiliate hosted. A little over 7000 people showed up. Not bad for minor league hockey in SoCal, eh?

KiPA's Korner

Hitting The Post: The break is here - I'm not sure how Kevin will make it through this week. Oh, wait... the Steelers have some kind of big game coming up.