Ask The Athletic’s Dom Luszczyszyn, and he has Minnesota as the sixth-best team in the NHL, as does Moneypuck. That’s one of the more tepid predictions, too. Evolving Hockey has them projected for 103.6 points, eighth in the NHL.
These are based on (very complex!) math, with the creators of these models having an informal competition over who will be the most accurate.Īlmost universally, these models love the Wild. These aren’t subjective, seat-of-your-pants predictions you see most outlets doing before the year starts. Things like losing Kevin Fiala and having nearly $13 million of dead cap space aren’t fueling optimism, either.Īsk the Advanced Stat Community, however, and it’s clear they didn’t get the memo.īefore the seasons, those in the Hockey Analytics community like to throw out point projections. Sure, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who thinks that Kirill Kaprizov won’t challenge for the Hart Trophy, or that top rookie Marco Rossi will fizzle out.īut after a(nother) first-round exit that showed last year’s 113-point squad that they weren’t ready yet, Stanley Cup Fever isn’t hitting Minnesota like it used to.
Is this the year your playoff team finally wins it all? Could be!Įxcept this year, expectations are much more tempered in the State of Hockey. Can your perennial loser be a playoff team? Sure, why not? Will your favorite young player become a star? Nah, more like a superstar. Opening Night is the time of year when most teams, even garbage ones, talk themselves into optimism.
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