Though he won't make the upcoming road trip with the Minnesota Wild, it sounds like Kirill Kaprizov is close to getting back on his skates. Meanwhile, it seems like only a matter of time before Gustav Nyquist is ready to make his team debut as he has been cleared to practice. In other words, the Wild are on the verge of being fully healthy, meaning it won't be long before coach Dean Evason has some very tough decisions regarding his lineup. Asked about potentially having to sit a player that doesn't deserve to sit, Evason emphasized how the Wild have fostered a culture in the locker room where teammates support teammates regardless of playing time.
Matt Boldy was unable to resist a smile in the aftermath of his second hat trick in five games for the Minnesota Wild, a young right wing and reluctant star trying to make sense of a remarkable hot streak. “Yeah, it does,” Boldy said in the locker room after leading the first-place Wild to a 5-1 win over Seattle. This non-attention-seeker has found himself squarely in the NHL spotlight.
Considering how neck-and-neck the three-team race atop the Central Division is, the Wild might need all 82 games in the regular season to determine their final ranking. "We want to show that we're a hard team to play against, and it's not just against these teams," Joel Eriksson Ek said. Already this week the Wild have dispatched another possible opponent in the postseason, dismissing Seattle 5-1 on Monday to nab that season series 2-1.
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
2 | D | |
76 | C | |
12 | LW | |
25 | D | |
26 | C | |
21 | RW | |
24 | D | |
14 | C | |
29 | G | |
17 | LW | |
89 | C | |
33 | D | |
32 | G | |
38 | RW | |
90 | LW | |
97 | LW | |
3 | D | |
73 | D | |
4 | D | |
5 | D | |
28 | LW | |
49 | C | |
75 | RW | |
15 | C | |
46 | D | |
13 | C | |
70 | C | |
36 | RW |