Before this season started the Minnesota Wild struggled with coming up with the players who would fill the four lines of forwards they needed. Talk of brining in another forward or two in free-agency after the signings of Eric Staal and Chris Stewart seemed like a necessity as much of the Wild’s young talent were showing they were not quite up to the task of everyday NHL action.
Still there was a sense that the Wild had a failsafe of sorts in the form of center Tyler Graovac. Graovac seemed to be a lock on paper because of his ability make the NHL roster out of the previous season’s training camp.