The conditions surrounding this season presented teams — the Minnesota Wild included — with the need to rely on depth players. In a normal season, it’s doubtful that we would have quite the wide range of players regularly shuffled in and out of the lineups.
We’ve already espoused the virtues of the Wild’s depth, but when reaching the bottom of the barrel, how did the lesser-known names fare?
Luke Johnson
Ear-marked as a solid option for the fourth-line center role, Johnson appeared in 14 games this season with the Wild and tallied one point, which just so happened to be his first career NHL goal.