COACH: Bruce Boudreau (second season, 11th NHL season). LOST: D Marco Scandella, RW Jason Pominville, C Erik Haula, C Martin Hanzal, D Christian Folin, D Nate Prosser, C Ryan White, G Darcy Kuemper. With Coyle, Mikael Granlund, Nino Niederreiter and Jason Zucker, the Wild have a quality quartet of 25-year-old forwards to build their future around. Though he had a career-most 38 assists last season, Coyle endured a 28-game stretch from early January to early March with only one goal. OUTLOOK: In their 17-year history, the Wild have only won four playoff series and advanced past the second round just once, in 2003.

Source: National Post September 27, 2017 21:45 UTC