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ST PAUL, Minn. — With the Minnesota Wild’s opening roster set to be submitted to the NHL on Monday, young forwards Danila Yurov and Liam Ohgren and young defensemen Zeev Buium and David Jiricek appear to have made the team out of training camp.
The Wild placed forward Tyler Pitlick and goalie Cal Petersen on waivers Sunday. That means Vinnie Hinostroza will be kept as the Wild’s 13th forward because he would have had to be placed on waivers Sunday to clear before opening rosters can be submitted to the league Monday.
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This is barring any further changes on Monday, such as trades or waiver claims.
The Wild will also start Hunter Haight in Iowa. Haight had a terrific training camp and arguably outperformed Ohgren, but the Wild will give Ohgren a little more time to prove himself.
The roster is technically at 27 players — four more than the maximum allowed — but minor leaguers Michael Milne, Stevie Leskovar and Cameron Butler will start on season-opening injured reserve and veteran Mats Zuccarello (surgery for a lower body injury last month) will start on IR. The Wild still have to decide if Jonas Brodin will start the season on IR, but if not, they have room to initially carry eight defensemen after claiming Daemon Hunt off waivers from Columbus on Friday.
Hunt cannot be sent to the minors without being re-exposed on waivers, a move that could allow the Blue Jackets to reclaim him and send him directly to the AHL if no other NHL team puts in a claim.
The Wild could potentially have nine players under the age of 25 on the opening night roster.
Forwards (13): Kirill Kaprizov, Marco Rossi, Matt Boldy, Joel Eriksson Ek, Vladimir Tarasenko, Marcus Foligno, Ryan Hartman, Marcus Johansson, Yakov Trenin, Nico Sturm, Danila Yurov, Liam Ohgren, Vinnie Hinostroza
Injured reserve: Mats Zuccarello
Defensemen (8): Brock Faber, Jonas Brodin, Jared Spurgeon, Jake Middleton, Zeev Buium, Zach Bogosian, David Jiricek, Daemon Hunt
Goalies (2): Filip Gustavsson, Jesper Wallstedt
(Photo of Liam Ohgren: Steve Roberts / Imagn Images)
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Michael Russo is a senior writer covering the Minnesota Wild and the National Hockey League for The Athletic. He has covered the NHL since 1995 (Florida Panthers) and the Wild since 2005, previously for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and Minneapolis Star Tribune. Michael is a five-time Minnesota Sportswriter of the Year and in 2017 was named the inaugural Red Fisher Award winner as best beat writer in the NHL. Michael can be seen on NHL Network; and heard on KFAN (100.3 FM) and the Worst Seats in the House podcast (talknorth.com). He can be found on Instagram and X at @russohockey and Bluesky at @russohockey.bsky.social. Follow Michael on Twitter @RussoHockey
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