What Should the Minnesota Wild Expect from a Full Season of Kevin Fiala?

ST. PAUL, MN - MARCH 25: Kevin Fiala #22 of the Minnesota Wild takes a breather during a game with the Nashville Predators at Xcel Energy Center on March 25, 2019 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images)
ST. PAUL, MN - MARCH 25: Kevin Fiala #22 of the Minnesota Wild takes a breather during a game with the Nashville Predators at Xcel Energy Center on March 25, 2019 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images)
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ST. PAUL, MN – MARCH 14: Kevin Fiala #22 of the Minnesota Wild lines up for a face-off during a game with the Dallas Stars at Xcel Energy Center on March 14, 2019 in St. Paul, Minnesota.(Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images)
ST. PAUL, MN – MARCH 14: Kevin Fiala #22 of the Minnesota Wild lines up for a face-off during a game with the Dallas Stars at Xcel Energy Center on March 14, 2019 in St. Paul, Minnesota.(Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images)

Kevin Fiala arrived in St. Paul at the trade deadline in an effort for the team to get younger, faster, and less expensive. He was touted as a player with game-breaking potential, but in his nineteen games in a Wild sweater, he only had three goals and four assists. For eighty-two games, he would be on pace for about 13 goals and 17 assists; hardly “game-breaking”. In Nashville, he would consistently get second-line minutes, meaning his lack of production wasn’t entirely because of a lack of opportunity. Yet, he’s posted some impressive years with Nashville. So what should we expect out of the Swiss winger in his first full year as a member of the Minnesota Wild?