NHL Teams Unveiled: Surprising Grades for the 2024-25 Season's Highs and Lows – The New York Times
Minnesota Wild (45-30-7): B-
We’re grading the Wild on a curve because they made the playoffs. If Joel Eriksson Ek didn’t score with 22 seconds left in regulation to force overtime against Anaheim on Tuesday, though … whoa, Nelly! Still, if we told you before the season that Kirill Kaprizov would miss 41 games, Eriksson Ek 36 and Jonas Brodin 32, nobody would have envisioned the Wild as a playoff participant. It came down to the very, very end, but reaching the postseason with the adversity they endured is an achievement. — Michael Russo
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