Can any Wild fans who've watched Dumba since his beginning give a condensed but honest scouting report?
This is my very short, lazy condensed assessment since his beginning with the Wild. I didn't get to see him much besides highlights when he was in juniors, but I have watched him with many Wild fans.
Dumba's first two seasons with the Wild were a mess. He was a defensive liability at best with some offense flashes that he was known for and some big hits. He looked like a low IQ player.
After that he started to make much better decisions, but still was a liability many times on the ice. His offense was starting to make up for it, and he became more confident.
Overall, I am confident that he will go back to being a 40-50 point defenseman that COULD put up 20 goals. His shot is still there. People said he isn't the same player. Well, he can still skate well and his shot is still heavy- it just wasn't accurate when he came back from injury and he looked like he wasn't confident out there like he needed to prove it to himself.
I think he if he is traded to a good team he will do nothing but flourish and I am calling that he will score 15 goals his first season with a new team.