Analysis: Minnesota has been a pleasant surprise and is in the thick of it for a high seed in the Western Conference. It’s pretty likely that the Wild will return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs ...

DENVER — This isn’t a reason to sound the alarms for the Minnesota Wild. But shouldn’t there ... losing streaks. Look up the past Stanley Cup champions — they all have them.

They can see the Minnesota Wild becoming Stanley Cup champions ... dream of seeing the Cup parade down 7th street in his hometown, Wild on 7th was born. While King grew up in the small town ...

Hartman's dangerous roughing penalty against Ottawa Senators center Tim Stutzle will likely hurt the Wild's Stanley Cup playoff picture. While Minnesota will likely still get into the playoffs ...

At one point, though, the Wild were certainly among the class of the NHL. Kirill Kaprizov had a case for the Hart Trophy as league MVP. And Minnesota looked the part of a Stanley Cup contender ...

Fleury has had a terrific career with three Stanley Cups, but on a Wild team that isn’t a lock to make the Stanley Cup playoffs ... The more Minnesota’s young talent steps up, the easier ...