Where Do Minnesota Wild Players Rank in ESPN Top 100?

The Minnesota Wild are just days into their 2024-25 regular season. General manager Bill Guerin feels the pressure to get his club back in the playoffs, and he’s hoping that John Hynes is the coach to do it. If they are going to accomplish that goal, then a few of their stars will need to have big seasons. ESPN recently put out their top 100 rankings for the entire league. It shouldn’t be a shock that Connor McDavid took the top spot, just as he has done the past three seasons. Although Minnesota doesn’t have that sort of talent, they do have a few notable names as decided by a panel of more than 50 respondents. So, who shows up, and where? Last season the Wild broke rookie Brock Faber in by playing him in all 82 of their games. He responded by finishing as runner up for the Calder Memorial Trophy, and he earned down-ballot votes for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. To put it simply, he was exceptional. “Faber played like he was a 10-year veteran during his rookie NHL season, posting 47 points and acting as a