Mikael Granlund won’t have Mark Scheifele and Patrik Laine to pass to on the Wild’s No. 1 power play, but the Wild are taking a page out of the Winnipeg Jets’ book when it comes to where to position Granlund as power-play quarterback.



Thank Blake Wheeler and the Jets’ coaching staff.



Last season, the Jets had the best power play in the Western Conference (by far) at 23.4 percent.



Wheeler had the second-most power-play points in the NHL with 40 (five more than the next player in the Western Conference), including a league-high 34 assists. Wheeler achieved a lot of this by positioning himself on the right side of the offensive zone and making plays for righties like Scheifele and Laine while also still giving himself the ability to shoot.



Now, the Wild don’t have the luxury of a bunch of right-shot, high-end forwards like Wheeler, Scheifele and Laine.



But they do have talented lefties.



So, a new wrinkle...