Matt Dumba was fifth on the Hockey Wilderness Top 25 Under 25 last year, which is pretty good ranking. But this year, the confident defenseman with a bomb of a shot, has risen all the way to first and there’s a couple simple reasons.
He is the Wild’s best power play defenseman, even if Yeo will not use him as such. The amount of chaos created by his willingness to shoot is so helpful to a power play that struggles at times. Even though he was mostly on the second unit during his time with the big club, that unit looked good when it was given enough ice time to make things happen.