It was a tough season for Jason Pominville up until February 17th. He had only scored 6 goals in 56 played, to include a 21 game drought to start the season, and was drawing more critics than Donald Trump. Many people saw his lack of production and thought “This is what we gave up a first and a second round pick for? Is this what we are paying him 5.6 million dollars a season to do?” The negative talk had gotten so bad that even some media and fans were starting to suggest that the Wild should buy Pominville out of his contract this off-season.