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Minnesota Wild: Weekly Roundtable, Who is the Breakout Star?

By Cody Defoe

WINNIPEG, MB - NOVEMBER 27: Head Coach Bruce Boudreau of the Minnesota Wild gathers his players at the bench for a pep talk during a third period stoppage in play against the Winnipeg Jets at the Bell MTS Place on November 27, 2017 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images)
WINNIPEG, MB - NOVEMBER 27: Head Coach Bruce Boudreau of the Minnesota Wild gathers his players at the bench for a pep talk during a third period stoppage in play against the Winnipeg Jets at the Bell MTS Place on November 27, 2017 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – SEPTEMBER 21: Minnesota Wild defensemen Carson Soucy (60) looks on from the bench during a preseason NHL game between the Minnesota Wild and Winnipeg Jets on September 21, 2017 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. The Wild defeated the jets 1-0.(Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

The Minnesota Wild are entering training camp, trying to prepare the best roster possible for the coming season. In order to do that, some young players will need to step their game to the next level. Who are the most likely candidates?

Each of us here at Gone Puck Wild have different expectations and different methods for deeming a player’s potential to produce and break-out. The Minnesota Wild are expecting at least one player to breakout this season, and we’re here to give our opinions of who it will be.

Last season saw a couple surprising breakouts among Wild players. We saw Eric Staal‘s resurgent career take it to a new level, we saw Jason Zucker blast through his career bests, and we saw Jordan Greenway show up in a big way to end the year.

A breakout player could be anything from a shutdown defenseman emerging, to a veteran far exceeding their career bests in scoring, or it could be a rookie emerging on the scene and battling for his place on the roster.

We’ve each taken one player that we truly believe will have a breakout year, based on past production, potential, and their position in the predicted depth chart. We decided that Greenway is the obvious choice, given he broke out last spring, and for that made him exempt from our choices.

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