When Sam Steel signed with the Minnesota Wild this summer, it was seen as the lowest-of-low-risk moves that could eventually turn into something decent down the line. I bet no one could imagine that he would be playing with Mats Zuccarello and Kirill Kaprizov on the top line just a few months into the season.
The 24-year-old center was not qualified by the Anaheim Ducks, making him an abnormally-young unrestricted free agent and he decided to take his talents to St. Paul, to try and reach the ceiling that he should have, since there was a wide open availability down the middle.