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Filip Gustavsson on future with Minnesota Wild: 'We'll see'

Filip Gustavsson on future with Minnesota Wild: 'We'll see'

Filip Gustavsson hasn't lost the plot. He knows that when Bill Guerin re-signed Marc-Andre Fleury for one final NHL season, the Wild's goaltending plans became complicated. Certainly, playing the Gustavsson/Fleury tandem for another season makes sense. Fleury is a future Hall of Famer who, at 39, showed he remains one of the NHL's most athletic goalies. And while Gustavsson, 26, wasn't as consistent as he was last season, he finished with three shutouts and his share of terrific starts, including a 24-save effort in a 3-1 victory Monday against the playoff-bound Kings in Los Angeles. On the other hand, Minnesota needs to bolster its forward corps. Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek and Matt Boldy,