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Copy shortlink: Ryan Suter, the Wild's 36-year-old alternate captain, got a look at his defensive partner for Tuesday night's game at Los Angeles and gave the youngster some advice. "I told him he needs to get a haircut if he wants to be my partner,'' Suter said, joking about Calen Addison. The 20-year-old with the curly, shoulder-length brown mullet, plus a wisp of a mustache, would fit right in on the state tournament All-Hockey Hair Team. It's business in the front, not party in the back, that has Addison making his NHL debut against the Kings at Staples Center.

Wild faces a steep climb, but will have games in hand to help Most teams in the West Division have continued accumulating points in the standings while Minnesota has been on hiatus by Dan Myers @mnwildscribe / Wild.com ST. PAUL -- There wasn't much the Wild coaching staff was able to do during it's week and a half long stretch in COVID-19 quarantine.  One thing it did do, however, was, perhaps not surprisingly, watch plenty of...

Wild's mission coming out of layoff is to tighten gap in competitive division

Nick Bjugstad, Marcus Johansson, Joel Eriksson Ek, Jared Spurgeon and Nick Bonino join veteran Marcus Foligno on the list.

Copy shortlink: DENVER – The outcome on the scoreboard wasn't the only loss absorbed by the Wild. "It's definitely tough going down to five 'D' in the altitude," defenseman Carson Soucy said. Spurgeon is the latest Wild player to get hurt, with defenseman Matt Dumba (lower body) and winger Marcus Johansson (upper body) already out. Winger Marcus Foligno is unavailable due to the NHL's COVID protocols. Winger Kevin Fiala is eligible to return Thursday after finishing up a three-game suspension for boarding. But the Wild could be subbing in a regular just as it replace...