The Wild announced Tuesday that they’ve reassigned forwards Brendan Gaunce and Devin Shore to AHL Iowa. Their spots on the active roster will remain open over the holiday break, and the pair of demotions will allow them to exit their LTIR pool and begin accruing cap space again over the next few days. One or both could find themselves back on the roster for Friday’s game … [Read more...] about Wild Reassign Brendan Gaunce, Devin Shore
Wild Activate Yakov Trenin From Injured Reserve
The Wild will have winger Yakov Trenin’s services for tonight’s game against the Blackhawks. The team announced this morning that he’s been activated from injured reserve, ending a nine-day absence due to an upper-body injury. Trenin, 27, became an unrestricted free agent for the first time last summer and landed a four-year, $14MM contract with Minnesota. The 6’2″ Russian … [Read more...] about Wild Activate Yakov Trenin From Injured Reserve
Wild Reassign Travis Boyd, Jesper Wallstedt
The Wild have returned forward Travis Boyd and goaltender Jesper Wallstedt to AHL Iowa, per the team’s public relations staff. The move leaves them with two open active roster spots and no extra forwards for tomorrow’s game against the Blackhawks, suggesting one of their injured reserve-bound forwards, either Joel Eriksson Ek or Yakov Trenin, might be able to return to the … [Read more...] about Wild Reassign Travis Boyd, Jesper Wallstedt
Middleton’s Injury May Affect Minnesota’s Deadline Plans
It’s been a surprising year for the Minnesota Wild. After missing the playoffs last year, they’ve accrued the second-most points in the Western Conference up to this point in the regular season. They’re still cap-strapped, too, thanks to the buyouts of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, with the team still owing the pair a combined $14.7MM this season. The Wild needed to stay diligent … [Read more...] about Middleton’s Injury May Affect Minnesota’s Deadline Plans
Wild Activate Mats Zuccarello And Jonas Brodin
While the Wild lost a key blueliner to LTIR on Friday, there is some good news on the injury front for them. Michael Russo of The Athletic relays (Twitter link) that winger Mats Zuccarello has been activated off LTIR while defenseman Jonas Brodin has been activated off IR. Both players are expected to return today versus Philadelphia. Zuccarello has missed the last month due … [Read more...] about Wild Activate Mats Zuccarello And Jonas Brodin