The Wild would have enormous capacity to improve their team this offseason if it weren't for that meddling dead cap space. In the meantime, general manager Bill Guerin believes he still can make his team a contender in 2024-25.
The Wild were only hours into their offseason when they regrouped at Xcel Energy Center on Friday for exit meetings, and already goaltender Filip Gustavsson was talking about redemption. After finishing with the second-best goals-against average and save percentage in the NHL a year ago, Gustavsson wasn't nearly as steady in his second Wild season. "Way more inconsistent than last year," ...
The Wild returned largely the same core that scored 100 points over the past two seasons. Marco Rossi replaced the departures in the forward group in some measure, and Calder candidate Brock Faber replaced Matt Dumba on the blue line. At first glance, it's easy to look at the numbers and point to goaltending.
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
24 | D | |
12 | LW | |
25 | D | |
47 | D | |
14 | C | |
7 | D | |
29 | G | |
17 | LW | |
89 | C | |
33 | D | |
32 | G | |
38 | RW | |
54 | C | |
90 | LW | |
97 | LW | |
22 | C | |
68 | C | |
10 | C | |
27 | C | |
6 | D | |
4 | D | |
5 | D | |
28 | LW | |
23 | C | |
15 | C | |
46 | D | |
36 | RW |