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The Case of the Missing Third Line Center for the Minnesota Wild

How’s this for a headline? “Minnesota Wild Struggle to Score and Fall to Team XYZ”

A pretty familiar headline for a team that was shutout 11 times, tied for 27th most in NHL history with 21 other teams. At any rate it is not a list any NHL team wants to find itself on. This is where my big question comes from “are the Minnesota Wild better suited trading Rask and signing Dzingel?”

Now the obvious answer may be yes. Dzingel had 26 goals and 30 assists, a wide margin better than Rask’s 9 points total. Now because of Rask’s point totals this season, a lot of writers, Michael Russo included, have Rask penciled in as a 13th or 14th forward entering the season.