The time has finally come. The Minnesota Wild will be playing a normal, regular season game that actually means something. No more looking for development or seeing what hot prospect will make the jump -- the lineup is set and we are seated.
To open the 2024-25 season, the Wild are hosting the Columbus Blue Jackets. All throughout the buildup to this game and what will be present throughout it, is remembering Johnny Gaudreau. It is impossible to really put into words just how emotionally taxing playing this hockey game will be for the visitors, so we don't think we should estimate or really spill a whole lot of digital ink on that aspect of tonight's game.
For the Wild, this roster isn't a whole lot different from last year's. We have the same guys in slightly different roles (like Rossi being on the top line to open the season), and a couple new guys providing some solid foundation like Lauko and Trenin. Other than that, it will be Classic Wild Hockey from here on out for the next several months.
It all starts tonight. We are as pumped as ever.
When: 7:00 p.m. CT
Where: Xcel Energy Center
TV: Bally Sports North, ESPN+
Radio: KFAN 100.3
Projected Wild lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Marco Rossi -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno -- Ryan Hartman -- Yakov Trenin
Jakob Lauko -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Frederick Gaudreau
Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill -- Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
(Marc-Andre Fleury)
Projected Blue Jackets lineup
Yegor Chinakhov -- Sean Monahan -- Kirill Marchenko
James van Riemsdyk -- Adam Fantilli -- Kevin Labanc
Mikae Pyyhtia -- Cole Sillinger -- Kent Johnson
Zach Aston-Reese -- Sean Kuraly -- Mathieu Olivier
Zach Werenski -- Ivan Provorov
Jake Christiansen -- Damon Severson
Jack Johnson -- Erik Gudbranson
Elvis Merzlikins
(Daniil Tarasov)
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