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  • Wild's Mats Zuccarello to Miss At Least Seven Weeks

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    Thomas Williams

    By Thomas Williams -

    That's Wild

    • On the same day his best friend on the team committed his long-term future to the team, we got the news that Minnesota Wild winger Mats Zuccarello will miss at least seven to eight weeks with an injury. He will be missed by everyone but some more than others. [StarTribune]
    • Sometimes you just need to bite the bullet. While we could try to come up with hot takes that the Wild overpayed for Kirill Kaprizov on his new record-breaking eight-year, $136-million contract, in reality, there is no "overpaying" for a superstar to stay in Minnesota. [Hockey Wilderness]
    • St. Paul has temporarily renamed 7th street to 97th street to celebrate the new contract and one of the best hockey players on the planet to stay with the Wild. [Pioneer Press]
    • The Wild did actually play a hockey game last night against the Winnipeg Jets and ended up winning by a score of 3-2 with Marcus Foligno scoring a shorthanded goal to earn the preseason victory. [NHL.com]

    Off the trail...

    • In that preseason game, Jonathan Toews and Vladislav Namestnikov (the only other centers the Jets have other than Mark Scheifele and Adam Lowry) had to exit the game. Oops. [Sportsnet]
    • Mitch Marner spoke with ESPN and told them all about his start as a Vegas Golden Knight. [ESPN]
    • Is the rivalry between the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens underrated? On Tuesday night, in a preseason game in Quebec City of all places, they combined for 150 penalty minutes. [Sportsnet]
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    Scalptrash

    Older=more injuries, longer recovery. Seven to eight weeks is probably wishful thinking. Sounds like a groin, so he'll be battling that all season now, if it is.

    Makes me wonder what his off season workout regime is. Is he still hitting as hard as he did five, ten years ago?

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    2 minutes ago, Scalptrash said:

    Older=more injuries, longer recovery. Seven to eight weeks is probably wishful thinking. Sounds like a groin, so he'll be battling that all season now, if it is.

    Makes me wonder what his off season workout regime is. Is he still hitting as hard as he did five, ten years ago?

    According to Russo on KFAN this morning, he already had surgery so as not to continue to deal with it for the entire season.  Sounds like he pushed himself too hard too soon, so yeah probably sports hernia/groin, but they didn't want the same result as Kaprizov last season.

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    NoJoSux

    It's gonna require the Wild to generate more offense. It will also allow some young players to get good opportunities early to prove themselves. Zuccy can bury grade A chances. Elite Swedes, gangly, one-timin Czech defensemen, or Russian phenoms with mostly KHL goals have to make us believe. 

     

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    Pablo

    The team better be prepared with a mass of depth and the youngsters better be prepared to plan a ton of minutes. They also need to score and win face offs!! Its time to be men. Men win. 

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    5 hours ago, Thomas said:

    I read he had back issues. Herniated disc that caused sciatica perhaps. 

    Don't let Slap Nutz sit next to Sturm-a-lurm-a-ding-dong in the locker room

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    On 10/3/2025 at 2:29 PM, Pewterschmidt said:

    Don't let Slap Nutz sit next to Sturm-a-lurm-a-ding-dong in the locker room

    Fun fact, at the time of the nut incident, there had been 9 Norwegians logging at least 1 NHL game. Zuccarello became the 2nd Norwegian to block a slap shot resulting in a cracked nut (Thoresen, Oilers).

    I've taken a few slapshots to the cup in my time on the ice as a defender, but splitting a nut isn't very common afaik.

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