Jesse Pierce

It was the Minnesota Wild.

There's no doubt about it.

Well, I'll start with the 50 because Bill Guerin made that prediction a year and a half ago, long before anybody talked about it.

And it felt like it was an awfully bold prediction.

And it feels like right now, to your point, there's a real shot he gets there this year.

It's all about Matt Boldy working to evolve his game.

The big criticism the first couple of years, he made a splash in the National Hockey League.

You could see the talent from the first time he wore a wild sweater in Boston, hometown team player.

game-winning goal against the Bruins on national TV.

This kid is different.

He's built different.

He's a really special player.

But again, the critics would say he wouldn't take his game to the middle of the rink.

He played far too much to the exterior part of the rink.

That is completely flipped.

He is so much better now

in traffic, on the wall, in the trenches, going to the middle.

That's been Matt Boldy taking his game to another level.

There's been a lot of work off the ice to get him there, and he puts that time in.

He's the most humble, confident, or cocky guy I've ever met because he's a team-first guy.