Penalty kill leading the way for resurgent Wild

Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe special team struggles for the Minnesota Wild over the past few seasons have been well-documented. Despite an influx of creative and elite scoring talent over the years, we’ve witnessed the ups and downs of a frustratingly ineffective powerplay.

We’ve seen a powerplay ranked 18th, 24th and 11th in the last three seasons. The Wild have the seventh-ranked unit with a 23.5 percent success rate. Adding a high-end puck-moving defenseman as the quarterback will do that for you, even if Calen Addison has been a hot topic lately.

Despite the powerplay seemingly on the rise, the penalty kill garners attention, and rightfully so. It’s been on an…