Is the Wild's unusual roster build without a traditional 1C costing them this series? Their forwards have noticeably had massive trouble moving the puck on their own and have relied massively on Faber/Hughes to get it up the ice.

Generally speaking it's almost impossible to win a cup without a true 1C Minnesota have a great winger duo with Kaprizov/Boldy and one of the very best defensive pairings in the league with Faber/Hughes but the hole up the middle has been apparent against the Avs