It is often said that insanity is repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. For the New York Rangers, the team’s front office decided adding a piece to the same core was not going to make too much of a difference in the short term future. Up in Minnesota, the Wild are essentially going for it again.
For much of this decade, the Wild have been caught in the soggy middle of the league. Never good enough to be a serious contender to win the Cup and never bad enough to have a chance at a lottery pick.