Boldy on his 2 goals: “I’d give them back in a heartbeat (when) you get blown out of the rink.”
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) October 14, 2022- In pretty much every season preview done by one of the premier Stat Heads in hockey — HockeyViz’s Micah Blake McCurdy, The Athletic’sDom Luszczyszyn, and Evolving Hockey’s Josh and Luke Younggren — the Wild were predicted to be at least the second seed in the Central and always one of the best teams in the league. Why is that? Is it something about the above-average depth this roster has?