The Minnesota Wild hosted the Colorado Avalanche for their first season meeting on Thursday evening, Jan. 9. The Wild were still without Kirill Kaprizov, Brock Faber, Jared Spurgeon, and Jakub Lauko.

With veteran defensemen Brock Faber, Jonas Brodin and Jared Spurgeon all missing with various ailments and newcomer David Jiricek making his Wild debut, the back end was sure to be at least part of… ...

With veteran defensemen Brock Faber, Jonas Brodin and Jared Spurgeon all missing with various ailments and newcomer David Jiricek making his Wild debut, the back end was sure to be at least part ...

In this series, we take a look at each team and see what they've done over the offseason. Next up is the Colorado Avalanche.

The Wild hope that the return of both Kaprizov and Spurgeon can help end their slight backslide in the new year. While they are 6-4 over their last 10, it's been a trial for this Wild team without ...