The Minnesota Wild got a sample of life without Mats Zuccarello in October ... At Thursday’s morning skate, before the Wild hosted Dallas, head coach John Hynes confirmed that Zuccarello is out for the foreseeable future with an upper body injury.
... Mats Zuccarello and JakeMiddleton affect Minnesota Wild?Mats Zuccarello, 38, has been having a tough season as he had to come back from a lower-body injury that had kept him out till early November.
Veteran forward Mats Zuccarello was injured, we learned in September ... It can hardly be a coincidence, then, that after Sunday’s game in Winnipeg, the Wild are 7-0-1 since Zuccarello returned for a Nov.
Mats Zuccarello’s return after early-season surgery has re-ignited his chemistry with linemate Kirill Kaprizov and provided a livelier dressing room ... .
“We’ll be OK when Mats Zuccarello gets back,” they could tell themselves ... The last two games included Zuccarello, who missed the first 15 games after having surgery to repair a lower body injury ... Wild expect a boost from Mats Zuccarello’s return.