Tyler Graovac entered the Minnesota Wild’s training camp in September as a man determined to make the Wild’s opening day roster. As the leading scorer for the AHL affiliate Iowa Wild in the previous season it looked as if Graovac was in an excellent position to make the jump to a full-time NHLer.
“My goal has been to make that home opening roster,” Graovac told Evan Sporer of wild.com. “I have so much work to do still, and … it’s going to be small steps, and just showing them that I can play, and getting that 100 percent confidence from the coach will be number one.