ST. PAUL, Minn. — Since missing out on Anders Lee on July 1 and responding with a big trade with the Calgary Flames, it has largely been a quiet offseason for the Minnesota Wild.The Wild’s work right now focuses on trying to get Quinn Hughes extended. While there’s no rush, general manager and president of hockey operations Bill Guerin did meet with the star defenseman, who’s entering the final year of his contract, on Tuesday in Detroit, according to league sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity to address negotiations that aren’t public.But regardless of when (or if) Hughes extends, barring a big trade or another free agent signing, this still feels like the most unsettled a Wild lineup has been entering a season in quite some time.Coach John Hynes and his staff will only have 14 days between the start of camp on Sept. 17 and opening night in Nashville on Oct. 1 to put the jigsaw puzzle together.Their four exhibition games come in the first nine days of camp, so that doesn’t leave a lot of time for experimenting with potential lines or deciding if youngsters like Hunter Haight or Charlie Stramel should make the team.In a competitive division, in which teams like the Utah Mammoth and St. Louis Blues arguably improved, here are five of the biggest lineup questions the Wild have after the subtractions of Mats Zuccarello, Marcus Johansson, Vladimir Tarasenko and Jake Middleton and additions of Blake Coleman, Maxim Shabanov and Olli Maatta.Who’s the better power play QB: Quinn Hughes or Lane Hutson?Scott Wheeler, Max Bultman and moreWho is playing on the top line?Beyond re-signing Hughes, the Wild’s top priority in the summer was to bring in another top-six center. For a while, it seemed like Dylan Larkin was a possibility after he requested a trade from the Red Wings and listed Minnesota as one of his top three preferred destinations.The Wild can hardly depend on that trade coming together, though, because they don’t have a lot of intriguing assets they’re willing to part with and the Red Wings are now GM-less.So, there’s some uncertainty as to who will play with Kirill Kaprizov on the top line. Guerin had talked about the idea of Coleman being a great fit on the second line with Joel Eriksson Ek and Matt Boldy, and that’s probably how they’ll start.But where does that leave Kaprizov’s linemates?The options, unless they plan to load up the top line with Boldy at right wing (Hynes historically likes to do that in-game, not full-time), are all unproven.Shabanov was a KHL stud, finishing third in the league in scoring (67 points in 65 games) in 2024-25, but that didn’t translate during his rookie NHL season with the New York Islanders, and he wanted a fresh start.