Spurgie, Scanella, Suter, and Brodin are solid.
I think Brodin has been going through a sophomore slump this year as he has been kind of invisible and made some boneheaded mistakes. That's ok. All of the youngins are growing, and I would say growing in positive ways.
Stoner, while serviceable, is a liability to make a crucial mistake and take a dumb penalty at any given moment. I like his physical game, but man does he do some stupid stupid things.
Ballard and Prosser........ugh........I like Keith's ability to lay a nasty hip check, but other than that, no thanks. To streaky. Prosser is more bad than he is good.
I want a defenseman with a shot, and I mean a shot that will make people regret putting themselves in front of it to block it. Like Zids, but, more defensively sound. Dumba might be that guy, but, will he be ready next year to make that leap? He looked OK in his time playing this year, but he needs to grow. The AHL should be the perfect place to facilitate that.
Goalies.....I never fear goalies coming up through our system too much because historically the Wild have done a beautiful job drafting, training, and handling goalies. But with Backs possibly on the way out and Harding a ticking time bomb, we need to have two defined keepers on our rosters that are good. Not necessarily stellar because we have a very sound defensive group of forwards and defenseman in front of them.
