Summer Skate: Minnesota Wild

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Using the VUKOTA projection system of Puck Prospectus, Insider takes the temperature of key players on every NHL team. For a detailed explanation of Prospectus' proprietary GVT value metric, read more here.

Summer Skate -- Minnesota Wild

A new coaching staff and a new system -- but unfortunately the same results. Despite high hopes, the Wild ultimately struggled through a slow start and another disappointing season. Martin Havlat proved to be an inadequate replacement for Marian Gaborik, and their goals against spiked from 200 to 246.

The Wild shook things up in response, dealing away Eric Belanger, Kim Johnsson and Benoit Pouliot for Guillaume Latendresse, Chuck Kobasew and Cam Barker and signing free agent Matt Cullen. Though these changes may seem relatively minor, there are definitely a few players whose fortunes could dramatically change in 2010-11.

For the full breakdown on the Wild -- who's rising, who's falling and who's next -- you need to be an ESPN Insider.

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