When he showed up at training camp in some of the best shape of his career, Wild forward Yakov Trenin admitted that his debut in Minnesota a season ago was less than he expected and less than fans should have expected.

He spoke then of a new attitude and approach to the season, and it was fair to assume that providing more offense was his goal.

After a little more than one-fourth of his second season with the Wild, Trenin’s offensive numbers are roughly the same as a year ago, but he is turning some heads with an element of his game that some might not have anticipated from the tall, somewhat lanky, 28-year-old Russian.

After delivering eight hits in the Wild’s 3-0 win in Winnipeg on Sunday, Trenin is leading the NHL in that category, with 107 hits in his first 23 games this season.

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