With Alex Stalock on waivers, Wild's roster size down to 23

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As long as the Wild doesn't pick a player up off waivers Tuesday or make a trade by Thursday's opener, it could be down to its maximum 23-player opening night roster that must be set by 4 p.m. Tuesday.

There's still the possibility for some tinkering, but the roster as of now includes rookie Joel Eriksson Ek, who seems like he'll make his NHL debut in St. Louis.

Goalie Alex Stalock was placed on waivers Monday bringing the Wild's roster size to 13 forwards, eight defensemen and two goalies. If Stalock clears (there are multiple goalies on waivers if San Jose's looking for a backup, including Montreal's Mike Condon), he'll be assigned to AHL Iowa.

Center Zac Dalpe cleared waivers, but he remains on the roster for now and could be an extra in St. Louis as long as the Wild doesn't pluck a guy off waivers Tuesday.

Some interesting forwards on waivers include Detroit's Teemu Pulkkinen (coming off shoulder surgery, but a big minor-league scorer and scored vs. the Wild a few years ago, $825K salary cap), the Islanders' P.A. Parenteau (skilled, shootout specialist, but $1.25 million) and Columbus' Gregory Campbell (gritty, but $1.5 million).

The Wild only has $2.8 million $223,000 in cap space if Mike Reilly and Dalpe start the season with the Wild, so the latter two forwards may be too expensive.

There's also tough guys like Zach Sill, Anthony Peluso, Brandon Bollig and Michael Latta

Here's today waivers (the dollar figure under a player's name is the waiver price a team has to pay another if it claims that player):

The following player(s) have been placed on waivers as of 12:00 pm October 10, 2016.
 
Player
    
From Club
    
To Club
    
Amount
JOEL VERMIN
    
T.B
        
$56,250
MIKE CONDON
    
MTL
        
$75,000
GREGORY CAMPBELL
    
CBJ
        
$3,375
BRANDON BOLLIG
    
CGY
        
$15,000
GABRIEL BOURQUE
    
COL
        
$15,000
MARK MCNEILL
    
CHI
        
$26,250
BRANDON MASHINTER
    
CHI
        
$13,125
SETH GRIFFITH
    
BOS
        
$56,250
TYLER RANDELL
    
BOS
        
$26,250
TIMOTHY SCHALLER
    
BOS
        
$56,250
ALEX STALOCK
    
MIN
        
$13,125
JUSTIN FALK
    
BUF
        
$11,250
SCOTT WEDGEWOOD
    
N.J
        
$67,500
ONDREJ PAVELEC
    
WPG
        
$7,500
BRIAN STRAIT
    
WPG
        
$13,125
ANTHONY PELUSO
    
WPG
        
$13,125
JULIAN MELCHIORI
    
WPG
        
$41,250
MICHAEL SISLO
    
COL
        
$26,250
ANTON LANDER
    
EDM
        
$26,250
BEN STREET
    
DET
        
$41,250
ERIK CONDRA
    
T.B
        
$13,125
CORY CONACHER
    
T.B
        
$56,250
MATTIAS BACKMAN
    
DAL
        
$56,250
TEEMU PULKKINEN
    
DET
        
$41,250
PIERRE-ALEXANDRE PARENTEAU
    
NYI
        
$3,375
FREDRIK CLAESSON
    
OTT
        
$41,250
ZBYNEK MICHALEK
    
ARI
        
$3,375
KLAS DAHLBECK
    
ARI
        
$41,250
MICHAEL SGARBOSSA
    
ANA
        
$15,000
ZACH SILL
    
WSH
        
$26,250
AARON NESS
    
WSH
        
$26,250
PAUL THOMPSON
    
FLA
        
$26,250
ROBERT SCUDERI
    
L.A
        
$3,375
MICHAEL LATTA
    
L.A
        
$15,000