A strong team in NHL needs scoring up and down its lineup and the Wild delivered in this category. I’d be careful though, the word depth is surprisingly weighty among Minnesota Wild fans.
The Wild was injury riddled for so much of the season, and wasn’t getting scoring from its stars in the first month or so. This meant, of course, Dean Evason relied on some of the Wild’s other pieces. Fourth liners were often playing the final crucial minutes of close games.
To some degree just how much responsibility these guys were given was perhaps occasionally overstated, let’s break it down.