The Minnesota Wild were setting records last season. As in, a historically terrible ability to convert on the powerplay that eventually caused them to lose games they should have won and tumble down the standings and fail to move on to the second round of the postseason. It’s really not too far of a stretch to point at their powerplay for the major reason why they weren’t a better team.
Anyway, moving on.
This season, Wild head coach Dean Evason wants to really avoid any stretch of the season where the main chances to get their goals from, ends up being fruitless.