A lot has been made of the prospect pool for the Minnesota Wild and no one has been hyped up more than the pair of Matt Boldy and Marco Rossi. So when the latter was sent down to the AHL for increased conditioning as he returned from a terrifying COVID scare that prevented him from playing hockey for several months; and the former was injured in a meaningless pre-season game, most fans were trying to be ultra patient.
It certainly helps when the current first team is sporting a 11-5-0 record as they contend for the top spot in the Central Division early on, but their patience was rewarded on Friday night as Boldy returned from injury to team up with Rossi on the top line of the AHL Iowa Wild—and then destroyed the opposing defense into a smoldering pile of hopeless dreams.