The Wild’s Patience With Dylan Larkin May Pay Off No Matter What

For the second straight summer, the Minnesota Wild’s offseason has felt like a disappointment. While the Wild promised “Christmas morning” a year ago, fans had to wait to open their gifts as Kirill Kaprizov signed a massive extension, and they traded for Quinn Hughes a few weeks before Christmas. This summer has felt similar, with rumors of a slew of big names coming to Minnesota and a massive extension for Hughes. But just as it felt like they wouldn’t be able to land a top-line center like Dylan Larkin, the Detroit Red Wings announced that Executive Vice President and General…