Wild Quickly Becoming Playoff Contender With Recent Surge

The Wild will become a scarier team when their injured players return

If fans think that the Wild are a scary team and a playoff contender now, just wait until they get fully healthy and really get four lines rolling. They have a few players that either are on injured reserve as of the current moment or have been out for a while already that they are missing from their lineup.

They have forwards Marco Rossi, Vinnie Hinostroza, Vladimir Tarasenko and Marcus Foligno all on injured reserve for the time being. They are signifcant forwards that really help drive play and get on the scoresheet for them and are significant losses.

But the fact that the Wild are stacking as many points as they are and continuing to win games without them, says a lot about head coach John Hynes and how he has his team playing. The Wild are doing this with players that are really stepping up.

They are getting contributions from Danilla Yurov, Yakov Trenin, Nico Sturm and Brock Faber among others. The Wild are getting contributions all over their lineup and it is standing out how well their depth players have been doing.

If the Wild can continue this play with their depth players and then get healthy rolling into the Christmas break, they might be an even scarier team going into the new year. Hynes has his team playing some really good hockey as of late and the Wild look like a wagon.