In 2013, as the Minnesota Wild geared up for their first legitimate post season run in a decade, the team felt incomplete. A new owner, who had loosened the purse strings and sent his general manager out to sign the top 2 free agents in the previous offseason, had already made the statement that the team was entering win-now mode and not resting on its laurels toward winning a cup. The newly acquired faces of the team were both celebrating their new contracts with excellent seasons, which had been shortened by a work stoppage and kept Minnesota hockey fans drooling for the first game with their new stars leading the team.
Jason Pominville and the contract albatross
