In the 2019-20 Player Review series, we will evaluate the 2019-20 performances of each member of the Minnesota Wild during the regular season. Players were evaluated based on overall performance with regard to pre-season expectations and how that player performed in their particular role.
Signing free agent Eric Staal back in the summer of 2016 should go down as one of Chuck Fletcher’s best moves during his time as general manager of the Minnesota Wild. It seemed like some in the league were ready to write off the then 32-year-old as someone whose best days were behind him.