Wild Announce Roster, Dates for Prospect Showcase

Hockey is just around the corner and in just a couple weeks we will be watching grainy footage of some minor Minnesota Wild prospects take the ice. 

Formally announced by the team on Tuesday, the Wild are once again hosting the Tom Kurvers Prospect Showcase and it's taking place from September 12 to 14 at TRIA Rink.

The entire roster for this prospect showcase is available here, but there are a couple of key names that will be out on the ice a week or so before Wild training camp even starts.

Danila Yurov and Zeev Buium will be tied to the hip as the Wild's top prospects and two players who are expected to hang around for a lot long. The young centerman and top young blueliner are projected to make the Wild already and have been all summer long, so this feels more like a formality than anything for them. How they perform among their peers shouldn't play more of a role than just being able to warm up for camp while wearing Wild colors.

Hunter Haight is another player to keep an eye on. The center had a pretty good rookie campaign on a terrible AHL Iowa team, so how he follows that up will be interesting. Same goes for Riley Heidt who has somewhat plateaued in junior hockey and needs to show something that the pro level.

Recent draftees Adam Benak, Carter Klippenstein, and Lirim Amidovsky, will obviously be players to keep an eye on as well.

The Wild will be hosting the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues for this miniature showcase and both Wild games (on Sept. 12 and 14) will be livestreamed on wild.com.

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Off the trail...

• Five months from the 2026 Winter Olympics, here's everything you need to know about Team USA. [ESPN]
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