Ever since the rumors that the Minnesota Wild were looking to move on from Devan Dubnyk, there were question marks surrounding the future of their goaltending. When the ball finally dropped and the established netminder was traded to the San Jose Sharks, it became clear that they were going to look for a new starter, and a more concrete one at that.
Going into the season with a tandem of regular backup Alex Stalock and rookie Kaapo Kahkonen was a non-starter — no pun intended — for the Wild.