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Liam Ohgren and Danila Yurov are expected to contend for top-nine roles, while Zeev Buium and David Jiricek, who arrived in a trade from the Blue Jackets last November, could fill two openings on the Wild’s defense. Then there’s Jesper Wallstedt, who could be charged to work in tandem alongside Filip Gustavsson now that Marc-Andre Fleury has retired.
Biggest concern: Can they find a way to consistently generate scoring chances and turn them into goals? The team that had the fewest scoring chances in 5-on-5 play to make the playoffs last year was also the same team that also entered the postseason scoring the fewest goals of any team.
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