The Minnesota Wild will face the Colorado Avalanche to start the pre-season. Colorado's return to something resembling relevance last season will hopefully see this rivalry get back to being one of interest to fans too. Of course, that'll only happen of the Avs can keep improving their game and the Wild under GM Paul Fenton manage to invigorate their own increasingly stagnant performance.
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Wild open season against Avalanche, host Golden Knights two days later
While the full NHL schedule is set to be released later this week, the Wild learned on Wednesday that they will open the season on the road against the Colorado Avalanche on Oct.