Players have explosive comments following Wild's early exit.

With an awesome regular season, the Wild had great expectations for this year's Playoffs. In the end, the team lost in 5 games against the Blues and the players are understandably angry and sad about all this. They had a good lineup plus good coaching and you can feel this one hurt a lot.

Right after the game, players commented about their individual feelings.

"I'm sick of it. We're all sick of it." #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/unb1TdPdBk
— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) April 23, 2017

Dubnyk: "We're obviously frustrated. We can sit & talk that way all you want but it doesn't change anything. That's a good team over there."
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) April 22, 2017

Parise: "we tried to get our way back in the series. When you're down 3-0 in a series, you're really asking a lot. (1/2)
— Michael Russo (@Russostrib) April 22, 2017

2/2 Parise: "Not that we quit, we never quit. We tried, we played hard all the way til the end. Right now, just a disappointed group"
— Michael Russo (@Russostrib) April 22, 2017

Coyle: "We felt like it was our game. Obviously it didn't happen and it's a crappy feeling." #mnwild
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) April 22, 2017

The best comments goes to coach Boudreau:

Bruce Boudreau on the Blues: "They weren't the better team, but they won four games."
— Chad Graff (@ChadGraff) April 22, 2017

We could go on and on with players comments, but you get the picture. It's quite easy to put ourselves in their shoes, but one might wonder how players so angry about their early exit could do better before it was too late. The highlight of this series was a lot of effort in many of the games the Wild played, a fact coach Boudreau highlighted many times.

However, in the end the same Boudreau had this to say:

Boudreau: "I told them I was proud of their effort for the year...they never quit all year. When things were going bad, they kept pushing."
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) April 22, 2017

Until next year, Wild!