We've seen what a similar version of this Minnesota Wild can do. Compete inarguably the strongest division in the league for the 2020-21 season and finish the season by taking a heavily favored Vegas Golden Knights team to seven games in the playoffs. The storylines for 2020-21 were strong. Bill Guerin was brought in as General Manager in the summer of 2019 to usher in a new era. Mikko Koivu, the longest-serving captain in team history, was gone. Onetime franchise cornerstones Ryan Suter and Zach Parise were starting to slow down, their effectiveness as contributors questioned.