Given the need for injury call-ups and such typically means a player is placed on injured reserve, you’d assume that isn’t the purpose of the spare spot for the Minnesota Wild.
There’s a chance that Paul Fenton knows he wants to make a trade at some point and as such hasn’t bothered to fill out the roster, knowing he wants to do a two-for-one swap, at a guess?
Maybe, it’s being held open as an incentive for those pleading their case with the Iowa Wild. Mason Shaw has been on a tear lately and Cal O’Reilly, despite his age, is proving to be a top-level AHL guy.