Central Division: Minnesota Wild Season Primer
Ryan Suter and Zach Parise have different interests now.

A quick look at the Minnesota Wild heading into the season.

Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly

Projected Cap Hit: $72,176,091
Projected Cap Space: $823,909
Projected LTIR Used : $0
Current Cap Space: $823,909
Deadline Cap Space : $3,707,591Todays Cap Hit : $72,176,091
Roster Size: 22/23
Contract: 48/50

Offseason Moves – In/Out – source Sports Forecaster

In
Pat Cannone, C – FA – StL
Victor Bartley, D – FA – Mtl
Alex Stalock, G – FA – Tor
Chris Stewart, RW – FA – Ana
Eric Staal, C/LW – FA – NYR
Adam Vay, G – FA – Europe
Bruce Boudreau, Head Coach – Hired
Sam Anas, C – FA

Out
Tyson Strachan, D – FA – Minors
Conor Allen, D – FA – Minors
Raphael Bussieres, LW – FA – Europe
Thomas Vanek, RW/LW – FA – Det

Depth Chart

Forwards
Zach Parise – Eric Staal – Charlie Coyle
Mikael Granlund – Mikko Koivu – Jason Pominville
Nino Niederreiter – Erik Haula – Chris Stewart
Jason Zucker – Joel Eriksson Ek – Christoph Bertschy
Zac Dalpe- Tyler Graovac – Alex Tuch

Defensemen
Ryan Suter – Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin – Mathew Dumba
Marco Scandella – Nate Prosser
Mike Reilly – Christian Folin

Goalies
Devan Dubnyk
Darcy Kuemper
Alex Stalock

2017 Draft Picks

1st – Minnesota
3rd – Minnesota
4th – Minnesota
5th – Minnesota
6th – Minnesota
7th – Minnesota

2017 Free Agents

Unrestricted –  Alex Stalock, Darcy Kuemper, Marc Hagel, Nate Prosser, Patrick Cannone, Victor Bartley, Zac Dalpe

Restricted –  Alexander Gudbranson, Brady Brassart, Christian Folin, Erik Haula, Grayson Downing, Guillaume Gelinas, Gustav Olofsson, Jordan Schroeder, Kurtis Gabriel, Mikael Granlund, Mike Reilly, Nino Niederreiter, Steve Michalek, Zach Palmquist, Zack Mitchell

2016-17 Minnesota Wild Pre-season and Regular Season Schedule