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Wild's week ahead

October 12, 2013 at 9:58PM
Buffalo Sabres' Tyler Myers, left, and Thomas Vanek, of Austria, battle for position in front of the net in a drill at NHL hockey training camp at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, Mark Mulville) TV OUT; MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; BATAVIA DAILY NEWS OUT; DUNKIRK OBSERVER OUT; JAMESTOWN POST-JOURNAL OUT; LOCKPORT UNION-SUN JOURNAL OUT; NIAGARA GAZETTE OUT; OLEAN TIMES-HERALD OUT; SALAMANCA PRESS OUT; TONAWANDA NEWS OUT ORG XMIT: MIN2
Buffalo Sabres' Tyler Myers, left, and Thomas Vanek, of Austria, battle for position in front of the net in a drill at NHL hockey training camp at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, Mark Mulville) TV OUT; MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; BATAVIA DAILY NEWS OUT; DUNKIRK OBSERVER OUT; JAMESTOWN POST-JOURNAL OUT; LOCKPORT UNION-SUN JOURNAL OUT; NIAGARA GAZETTE OUT; OLEAN TIMES-HERALD OUT; SALAMANCA PRESS OUT; TONAWANDA NEWS OUT ORG XMIT: MIN2013101120251494 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

WILD'S WEEK AHEAD

Monday: at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN)

Tuesday: at Toronto, 6 p.m. (FSN)

Thursday: at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m. (FSN)

Saturday: at Florida, 6 p.m. (FSN)

Player to watch: Thomas Vanek, Buffalo

The Austrian-born former Gophers star and current Stillwater resident is in the final year of his Sabres contract, meaning #VanekWatch to the Wild is in overdrive.

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« Good teams know how to get wins out of situations like this. »

— Ryan Suter on the Wild's inability to prevail in games it outplays opponents

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