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.
Two summers ago, the general manager who we do not speak of (Fenton), inked a depth defenseman on July 1 to add to an already talented group on the Minnesota Wild blue line. In the first year of his three year, $6.75 million contract in 2018-19, Greg Pateryn had a career year personally after taking over much of the ice time lost from the Matt Dumba injury.