MINNESOTA WILD

BY SARAH MCLELLAN

PREDICTION | 3RD IN CENTRAL MAKING THE PLAYOFFS hasn’t been an issue for the Wild, but advancing past the first round? That’s another story. Minnesota hasn’t won a series since 2015, a drought that’s persisted despite the team continuing to finish near the top of the Central Division. Last season, the third-seeded Wild were knocked out by second-place Dallas in six games. This won’t be a new challenge for much of the incoming lineup. With most of their roster under contract and nearly $15 million tied up in the Zach Parise and Ryan Suter buyouts, the Wild didn’t make many additions. Actually, they had more departures than arrivals: almost all of last season’s trade pickups are gone, and there was no room in the budget to re-sign longtime defenseman Matt Dumba. As…

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