WILD DEPTH CHART
As free agency is set to open Friday, here's a look at how the Wild is shaping up to look next season. This will change constantly throughout the summer as the Wild adds and deletes players.
Obviously, lines change, roles change (maybe Charlie Coyle moves to right wing if the Wild adds a center and not a right wing, maybe Mikael Granlund back to center if the Wild can't add a center), etc. I kept the third line intact only because they were the Wild's most effective line from mid-February on.
But, any of those three could play in any role in the top-6 depending on acquisitions. Like I said, by Friday night, things could be shuffled around quite significantly.
In parentheses, each player's cap hits. Restricted free agents are noted as (RFA).
All rosters can be a maximum of 23 players. So we don't know if the Wild would keep 14 forwards or eight defensemen, or like it often does, 13 and 7 and go with 22 players instead of wasting cap space (benefit of having Iowa so close).
Just an fyi: Two key roster hopefuls, Tyler Graovac and Christian Folin, would require waivers to get to Iowa, so they have definite inside tracks to make the team.
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