the wild's week ahead
Sunday: at Columbus, 5 p.m. (FSN)
Tuesday: vs. Chicago, 7 p.m. (NBCSN)
Thursday: vs. St. Louis, 7 p.m. (FSN)
Saturday: vs. Columbus, 7 p.m. (FSN)
Player to watch:
Jay Bouwmeester, St. Louis
Thoroughbred who eats minutes and skates like the wind, the defenseman was traded from Calgary during last week's Wild game and is hoping to make the playoffs for the first time in his career.
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Wild coach Mike Yeo when told a scout referred to defenseman Brett Clark as a "poor man's Ryan Suter."
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