Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. As you sit around the table with your family today, thinking about everything you are thankful for, consider for a minute how many things could take that away from you all too suddenly. Now consider how many of those things are 100% preventable with a simple check up and check in with your doctor. High cholesterol, high blood pressure (going to see in-laws today?), diabetes... cancer. All can be beaten with help from a doctor. 

The lecture ends now. Well... until tomorrow. Enjoy your day today, and tell everyone you see that Hockey Wilderness says Happy Thanksgiving. 

Links after the jump. 

Wild News

Wild keeps winning: "Let Sidney Crosby do his thing, and we’ll do ours" | StarTribune.com - Great stuff. 

Wild's 51-year-old goalie, Paul Deutsch, survives warmups; scratched | StarTribune.com - What a day for him. 

Harding to start tonight; Wild signs 51-year-old backup | StarTribune.com - Pregame Rants.

Backstrom Out; Paul Deutsch Is Wild’s Emergency Goalie | - The story from Wild.com.  

Koivu 'tirade' never happened | StarTribune.com - No tirade? Even better.

Wild again gets better looking at closing time | StarTribune.com - NBA jokes. You gotta love that. 

No. 33 in warmups? Wild's 51-year-old goalie | StarTribune.com - I could read about this all day. 

Nine storylines from season's first quarter - NHL.com - Quarterly Report - Wait... NHL.com knows the Wild exist? Huh. Who knew?

Tom Powers: Wild big men get physical within the rules - TwinCities.com - Not sure on this one. It's a decent article, but with the team in first place and the story of a lifetime staring you in the face you write about... big defensemen?