As such, it shows in their rankings by the various media outlets; they’re looking at a Minnesota Wild team that only lost two games on a seven-game road-trip, doing so by limiting shots against and no longer approaching the California stretch with fear.
They also found the strength to grind out at least one of those results, not allowing themselves to be overwhelmed despite a lot of late pressure against the St. Louis Blues.
During that time, it helped that they saw huge growth from Mikael Granlund, who could arguably be classified as a superstar player.