The 2016-17 season saw many improvements in terms of offensive production almost across the board for Minnesota Wild players. Head Coach Bruce Boudreau relaxed the reins and let his horses run and score, as long as they played responsibly in the defensive zone. For Marco Scandella, that offense was tough to come by.
Scandella was coming off a tough year in which he lost his father to a battle with cancer, and hernia surgery. The 26 year old defensemen that showed promise of being a factor on the offense in 2014-15 with 11 goals from the blue line, and possibly one of the sweetest goals ever scored on Nashville’s Pekka Rinne.