Équipe: 2022-23 Wild du Minnesota

Date de création initiale: 3 oct. 2022

Publié: 3 oct. 2022

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Per Russo, these are the expected lines come opening night *based on Friday's practice* -- meaning they still could be subject to change. It's been stated by every reputable source for multiple weeks now that the likely lines will be:

Kaprizov - Hartman - Zuccarello
Greenway/Jost - Eriksson-Ek - Foligno
Gaudreau - Rossi/Steel - Boldy
Dewar - Jost/Steel/Rossi - Duhaime

Brodin - Spurgeon
Middleton - Dumba
Goligoski - Merrill/Addison

Fluery - Gustavsson

With Greenway and Merrill expected to miss the first 5-10 games or so due to injury.

With all that being said, what do folks think about the projected lines -- assuming the lines that Russo reported stand true?
Personally, I feel that Rossi has beaten out Steel for 3C. Although Rossi seemed to elevate Duhaime and Dewar's game against the Hawks on Sunday, I feel he'd be better served with Boldy in order to fully unlock his potential.

Also, does someone know what the projected PK lines are?
I'm mainly basing them off of https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/minnesota-wild/line-combinations/. However, this differs from what we've seen in the preseason and in practices. I attended Friday's practice but didn't realize the 2 sessions were broken up between minor leaguers for the first session then NHLers in the last. I saw a number of special team drills but failed to decipher the PK lines.