Let’s Go! Minnesota Wild Carry Heavy but Realistic Playoff Expectations

1. Kirill Kaprizov

The best player to ever pull on a Wild sweater will need to continue to be the best player on the ice every game if Minnesota is going to win it all. Kaprizov has been by and large the best player in the league this season. His 42 goals are good for 5th in the league, and his 91 points put him 7th in the league in scoring.

What is even more impressive is the fact that he is getting more and more physical as the season goes on. This kid can do it all.

Kaprizov has rewritten the single season record book for the Wild and will continue to do so for the rest of his career. He has been everything. As good as advertised and should win the MVP this season.

Going into the playoffs, the Wild will need Kaprizov to be even better. Kaprizov will need to channel his inner Pavel Bure or Alex Ovechkin and consistently score huge goals. Is that too much to ask of him? Absolutely not, as he has done that all season long.

Deliver when the team needs him most. He is ridiculously clutch and is as good as any player in the league. This is now Kirill’s team (see the t-shirts in the locker room), and the stage is set for him to deliver us a Cup.

The Wild will go as far as Kaprizov takes them.

Let’s go!