With Development Camp in full swing, the beginning of the end of a busy NHL offseason has arrived. It’s almost safe to take stock of what the Wild have done to improve their roster in preparation for the 2017-2018 season, as the organization looks to build on an exceptional regular season that, despite yet another late-season dump-a-roo in March and April, resulted in the best statistical regular season in franchise history.
The positives of the regular season leave a bitter taste when mixed with another negative result in the postseason, but those regular season positives give belief that this is a team that is close to finally getting over the hump.