This week: The schedule should be released. The Wild is in the West and will play the division's other seven teams eight times each.
Training camp: Opens Jan. 3 for teams that made the postseason (like the Wild) and Dec. 31 for the other seven.
Preseason: There are no games.
Regular season: Starts Jan. 13, ends May 8.
Trade deadline: April 12.
Playoffs: Begin May 12, could end as late as July 15.
Expansion draft for Seattle: July 21.
Draft: July 23-24.
Free agency: Begins July 28.
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