July 4th, 2012 was an exciting day for the Minnesota Wild and their fans. Zach Parise and Ryan Suter were coming to the “State of Hockey,” and not only the state of Minnesota, but the entire hockey world was in an uproar.
Things were looking up for the Wild, and a Stanley Cup seemed inevitable in the years to come.
Six years, and two ninety-eight million dollar contracts later, the Stanley Cup has yet to show its face in St. Paul; even making it out of the first round has proved quite challenging for the team.