Another Stanley Cup Final comes with the Minnesota Wild watching. When will that change?

It’s tough being a Minnesota Wild supporter as the Stanley Cup Final comes around.

This year is no exception.

I’m not a true fan of the Vegas Golden Knights, but I can appreciate the fact that they knocked the Dallas Stars out of the playoffs.

I know. That’s something the Wild couldn’t really come close to doing.

True, it’s schadenfreude. Beyond that I am also jealous of the Knights.

The franchise is playing for the Stanley Cup for the second time since joining the NHL in 2017.

The Wild have won nine playoff games in that same span and no series. One of those playoff exits came against the Knights, in seven games in 2021. Minnesota has been to the conference finals once, and that was two decades…