Before Jarret Stoll had even settled in to his new locker stall at Xcel Energy Center as the newest member of the Wild, he had a string of text messages from former New York Rangers teammates.
"See you tomorrow," one of them read, causing Stoll to chuckle.
Without the benefit of a full-team practice, Stoll is prepping for what will likely be his Wild debut Thursday, a contest coincidentally against the Rangers, the team that placed him on waivers Monday. The Wild claimed Stoll, a 33-year-old center, the next day and he skated in St.