But the Minnesota native suffered a lower body injury last Tuesday night, and now the Minnesota Wild will have to look elsewhere to fill his Matt Hendricks’ slot in the lineup.
As of right now it appears Matt Read, the former Philadelphia Flyer will take over Matt Hendricks’ spot in the lineup. Read, although not a big body like Hendricks, has a game that fits a fourth line role well, but that isn’t where he’s expected to be.
Read will start on the first line, and we can only hope he brings a little scoring touch.