Will Marco Rossi Sit Out of Wild Training Camp?

The Minnesota Wild still have one large elephant in the room. While this team is preparing for the upcoming season where they transfer the ownership of the roster to their youth, they still have a major restricted free agent still unsigned, in Marco Rossi.

And now, the latest question being raised is whether or not the team and player will let this contract stalemate continue to the beginning of training camp.

As Elite Prospects' Cam Robinson mentioned, is Rossi prepared to sit out and potentially start a very important season on the back foot? If he lets this tough negotiation go through training camp, and if they eventually do reach and agreement to keep him with the Wild for a year or two, but not until the season has already started -- Rossi could underperform if he did not properly prepare for the season, like he would have if he attended training camp.

That's the tough position both the Wild and Rossi might face.

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Off the trail...

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