At the start of the 2014-15 season things were looking great for Darcy Kuemper to take control of the Minnesota Wild goaltending duties for years to come. After all here was a young netminder with some success in the playoffs who was just waiting for the time to get his shot to play regularly. The stars had aligned with injury to Josh Harding and the decline of Niklas Backstrom, he got the nod to start the season and had a solid start going 6-2 in his first eight games.
After that we all know that the season just seemed to get away from the young man from Saskatchewan.