On today's episode of Locked on Wild, we attempt to figure out which Wild player took the biggest leap in 2021-22? We start with the players who had lower expectations, such as Freddy Gaudreau, and how he was able to exceed his by a wide margin by adding offense to his arsenal. We also look at other players like Matt Boldy, Kevin Fiala, Ryan Hartman, Marcus Foligno and Joel Eriksson Ek and how they exceeded the expectations they had for the season. We also discuss Kirill Kaprizov becoming a leader for the Wild, and taking over in the postseason as his way of exceeding the expectations set for him this year.

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