Ever since acquiring Devan Dubnyk, Minnesota Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher has acted as if his goaltending problem was solved.
This, of course, is largely true. Dubnyk’s arrival has solidified a long-unstable situation in net for the Wild. His ability to play at a high level as a workhorse goalie turned Minnesota’s Achilles Heel into their strength. Not-so-arguably, Dubnyk is the reason the Wild have made the playoffs in the past two seasons, and bears a lot of responsibility for their position near the top of the Western Conference.
But beyond Dubnyk, the Wild’s goaltending pipeline hasn’t improved much.