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Blues Host the Wild to Start Season
The Minnesota Wild celebrate 25 years by adding new food options and a luxury suite to improve fan experience in their season opener against the St. Louis Blues.
- On Thursday night, the Minnesota Wild begin their 25th season by traveling to St. Louis, Missouri, to face the St. Louis Blues in the scheduled season opener.
- After last season's setbacks, Kaprizov's lower-body injury and other ailments forced the Wild to fight for playoff survival, though observers say this roster feels different.
- Youth and power-play numbers underpin expectations as the Wild posted a 20.8% power-play success rate last year, Kaprizov earns $17 million, and nine players age 24 or younger highlight the roster.
- Sturm's injury setback sidelines him indefinitely, veteran winger Mats Zuccarello will miss seven to eight weeks, and Hartman will take on key faceoff and penalty-killing duties.
- The Blues' recent form and depth moves position them with Brayden Schenn centering Dylan Holloway and Jordan Kyrou, trialing Pius Suter after signing him on July 2, and finishing 44-30-8 last season.
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Pioneer Press
Injuries already taking a toll on Wild
ST. LOUIS — On Monday, Minnesota Wild coach John Hynes smiled as he talked about his team’s centers and the veteran experience he expected to have down the middle, with Marco Rossi, Joel Eriksson Ek, Ryan Hartman and newly-acquired Marco Sturm ready to go for the season-opening visit to the Blues. By Wednesday, everything had changed. Before his team boarded their Missouri-bound charter, Hynes revealed that an upper body injury that has limited …
Winnipeg Free Press
Blues host the Wild to start season
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Jim Montgomery To Reunite Most Prolific Line Down Stretch Last Season - khbrksport
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. — Jim Montgomery knew all along. Putting the Three Amigos are back together was in the cards all along. The St. Louis Blues coach already knew what he had when training camp began when it came to the line of Brayden Schenn centering Dylan Holloway and Jordan Kyrou. That line was a catalyst in helping fuel the Blues’ run to getting back to the Stanley Cup playoffs a season ago. There was no need to get an extensive look agai…
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Hockey WildernessAre the Wild Entering Their Golden Era?
There has been a lot of talk about eras recently, but in the case of the Minnesota Wild, they kind of blur together. The Wild will begin their 25th season when they travel to take on the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night and while the sting of seven straight first-round playoff exits is still…
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