The Minnesota Wild had one hell of a year. It might not have led to the amount of glory that some hoped — and we are still waiting for that first-round playoff series victory in this new Kirill Kaprizov-led era — but it was still 12 months full of records breaking and some players further cementing their stardom.
This team has found its place in the NHL and is on the right track to improve in the future, so maybe 2022 was technically a year of transition. They did manage to finish the 2021-22 season with franchise records shattered in overall points in the standings, but it still felt like there was more to give and nothing really reliable except for a few players to just keep on putting out elite results.