The Minnesota Wild have three goaltenders on their roster, again. We went through this last year, after Niklas Backstrom had elbow surgery in the summer and couldn’t be bought out. It wasn’t an ideal situation, as it meant Kuemper often had to split practice time with Bakstrom, who didn’t play a single game with the Wild last season. However, this time around is a little different because the Wild aren’t simply stuck with a bad contract.
Currently, the goalies on the Wild’s roster are Devan Dubnyk, Darcy Kuemper, and Alex Stalock. Going into training camp, the general consensus was that Stalock would be sent down to start in Iowa.