Martin Hanzal is a very good hockey player.
But he is quite an unremarkable player.
He doesn’t wow you with a powerful shot or sublime puck skills. He doesn’t take over games with his speed. He doesn’t say things to the media that draw attention to himself or rock the boat.
Based on those things, you wouldn’t think that Hanzal managed to be incredibly polarizing in his 7 weeks in a Minnesota Wild uniform.
But he was.
The Wild paid a massive price for Hanzal in late February, trading three high draft picks- including this year’s first-rounder- to rent Hanzal’s services.