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  • Gamethread: Wild vs. Blue Jackets (7:00 p.m.)

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    Thomas Williams

    By Thomas Williams -

    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)

    By Thomas Williams  

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    Citizen Strife

    That is a game the Wild had no reason to win.  Gus and the 2nd and 4th lines did all the work.  3rd line came on late, as the PP, and uh...Rossi as 1C has some work to do.  Sloppy ass defense, but Gus stole this.

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    Protec

    Gonna need to be a lot better than a team who can barely beat CBJ at home. Nice game for Boldy. #1 star.

    Need Kaprizov to have a faster start. The Boldy, Ek, Kaprizov line needs to come back.

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