Wilderness Walk: St. Paul to be a host city for the NHL playoffs?

Let’s go over some news and notes:

- When the Wild make their first-round selection in the draft, whenever that’ll be, Connor Zary could be a viable option. [Hockey Wilderness]

- Though a player like Zary could be useful for the Wild, however, they may want to add more talent to their pool of defensive prospects. [Zone Coverage]

- With the NHL considering resuming the season with a 24-team playoff, St. Paul could become one of two host cities for the postseason. [Pioneer Press]

Off the trail...

- Drafting goalies isn’t easy, so it’s pretty nice that the Wild seem to have some good talent in the pipeline already. [The Hockey News]

- NHL players are getting ridiculous with their TikTok videos. Someone get these guys back on the ice. [ESPN]

- Vote Nordy for the NHL’s best mascot!

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