The Minnesota Wild are a veteran team with an aging core consisting of Zach Parise, Mikko Koivu, Eric Staal, Mats Zuccarello, and Ryan Suter who are all north of 30, slow and getting slower. The Wild would like to rebuild but the aging core is all under contract for anywhere from one more year until the 2024-25 season.
The Wild do have a number of quality young players on the roster lending some hope for the future with Ryan Donato, Luke Kunin, Joel Eriksson-Ek, Kevin Fiala, Jordan Greenway and Matt Dumba.