Thus far Jason Pominville has been cycled up and down the lineup, Charlie Coyle has found himself on the fourth line, and Nino Niederreiter has replaced Zach Parise on the top line.
All of these moves would seem unthinkable in any other season, or at the very least one would think the season was not going as the Minnesota Wild had planned. However, through the first seven games of the Boudreau era, the Wild find themselves tied for first place in the Central Division. They have shown the potential that this is the year they will finally deliver on the success many envisioned after signing Parise and Suter in the summer of 2012.