Minnesota is desperate for a solid, reliable backup to spell Devan Dubnyk and give the Wild a legitimate chance to win on The Doob’s nights off. After his short but very positive stint with the big club last season, Alex Stalock was more or less anointed the team’s backup coming into this season, unless things should end up going very badly for him in Training Camp and exceptionally well for newcomer Niklas Svedberg. Stalock got out to a great start last night, stopping all 21 shots faced in a shutout of Winnipeg’s B squad.