Joel Eriksson Ek was inked to a massive extension with the Minnesota Wild this offseason and the center is expected to be one of the leaders for the team this season.
Continuing the installment of Minnesota Wild Analytics. This series will preview each Wild player’s roles for the upcoming season and explain what analytics suggest for their 2021-22 season. Today we will cover Joel Eriksson Ek.
Previously at Gone Puck Wild, we discussed the 2021-22 season for the Minnesota Wild and how the team would rank in the NHL based on analytics. In the first two posts of this series, we have also have looked at the projected numbers for Kirill Kaprizov and Kevin Fiala.