Earlier this year, Minnesota Wild top prospect Marco Rossi tested positive for COVID-19 while playing for the ZSC Lions of the Swiss National League and was purely focusing on feeling better, but did have some symptoms. Approximately three weeks after his quarantine ended, he was on a plane to Alberta to participate in the 2021 World Junior Championships.
Since then, he was unable to participate in the Wild’s training camp after the tournament ended because of a reported upper-body injury. Now, as we’re so used to the vague injury reports within this sport, it was natural to assume that it was something mild and more physical that would keep him out for the beginning of the season.