It might seem forever ago by now, but the last time we watched the Minnesota Wild play a game of hockey was almost four months ago, as they were knocked out of the postseason play-in round by the Vancouver Canucks in four games. A series that wrapped up an uncertain season for the State of Hockey’s team.
No one expected much. Coming out of the disastrous and short tenure of former GM Paul Fenton; the team was still in recovery when the puck dropped for the 2019-20 regular season. While some transactions like acquiring Kevin Fiala from the Nashville Predators for pending free agent Mikhail Granlund has improved with every goal that the young forward scored with the Wild, others such as giving away Nino Niederreiter to the Carolina Hurricanes for buyout candidate Victor Rask and not getting enough back from the Boston Bruins for Charlie Coyle, are still hurting the team to this day.