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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Mark Parrish's playoff beard was missing, and a Minnesota Twins baseball cap was covering his head. Parrish wasn't ready for the off-season, however, and neither were his Wild teammates.

Summer plans?

"I haven't gotten that far yet. I was still planning on playing for the next couple of days," Parrish said, sitting in front of his dressing room stall on a sleepy Saturday at Xcel Energy Center where the team gathered for a meeting - instead of Game 6.

Two days earlier, the Wild were eliminated from their first-round series by the bruising, smothering Anaheim Ducks in five games. The end came too soon, a stinging contrast to a regular season in which Minnesota set a franchise record with 104 points and a 48-26-8 record.

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