If the playoff series between your Minnesota Wild and the Vegas Golden Knights demonstrated anything that isn’t between the posts, it’s that depth scoring truly matters when the games matter the most.
Especially for this new-look Wild, with actual dynamic offensive talents like Kirill Kaprizov and Kevin Fiala, getting some production from deeper in the lineup can make this mediocre team turn into true contenders.
Well, this season it was really all up to a handful of forwards and it was a mixed bag of results.
Victor Rask
Certainly the most controversial forward, Victor Rask was handed the role as Kaprizov’s center for most of the season and it was simply not good enough.