“Honestly, I’m excited about it. I like our team, I really like our team. I look at it and say, sure, other teams have better marquee players, other teams may have better top lines or second lines, but I love our four lines. I love ’em a lot. Our D, I think our top-four D is as good as any. I’d say they’re in the top five of the league.

“I love (Devan Dubnyk). Duby’s the kind of guy, he can win a lot of games for you. If things can go right for us this year, good things can happen and that’s what we hope is going to happen for us.”

-Craig Leipold, owner of the Minnesota Wild. Michael Russo of The Atheltic has much more (paid), including Leipold dealing with hip issues.