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Minnesota Wild Contribution To The NHL

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The Minnesota Wild have made a major contribution to the NHL. The Minnesota Wild franchise was founded in 1997 and took place in the 2000 NHL entry draft. The wild played their first season in the 2000-2001 season. They had a rough start, which is regular throughout teams in their first year in the league. They had a record of 25-39-13 and didn’t qualify for the playoffs. They barely made progress in their second year and didn’t have any major progress until their third year. In the 2002-2003 season, they made it to the conference finals after beating the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 and the Vancouver Canucks in game seven (4-3). They eventually lost to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4-0 who are now known as the Anaheim Ducks. The next season they …show more content…

The wild made the playoffs in 2013-2014 and won against the Colorado Avalanche in game seven to go on to lose to the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round. The next year they had another successful season and beat the St. Louis Blues in the first round of the playoffs to move on and lose to the Blackhawks again. In the 2015-2016 season, they made the playoffs by a slim amount and lost to the Dallas Stars in the first round 4-2. In the previous season, the Wild started out great and mid-season broke their franchise record for longest winning streak only to have it broken by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Ever since the loss, the wild had a lot of ups and downs for the rest of the season before clinching the second seed in the playoffs that season. When they went to the playoffs they lost to the St. Louis blues 4-1 in the first round. It was considered one of the biggest upsets in the playoffs. Aside from the seasonal progress, we have not credited who got them there. The wild have had a first round draft pick in every draft from when the team joined the league except the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. The biggest contributors to the team started with Marian Gaborik who was selected number three overall in the team's first draft. He went on to score the first franchise goal and lead the team in scoring the first two years. The other main contributors were Mikko Koivu who is currently the captain and has played the most games out of any Wild players past or present. The smaller helpers were Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Brent Burns, Nick Leddy, Mikael Granlund, Mathew Dumba, and Joel Eriksson Ek. At the end of the day, you can look at the wild and either say this team has had a great lifespan or say this team could’ve done so much better. Whichever one you think in my opinion they have made the league a better place and have truly brought joy back to the fans in the State of

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