The Wild’s 2025 training camp began two weeks ago with several important questions facing the franchise as a whole, and coach John Hynes in particular.

The biggest of those questions was answered this week when star forward Kirill Kaprizov agreed to an eight-year, $136 million contract extension. And as camp has progressed and the roster has been reduced, more things have come into sharper focus. But as the Wild prepared for their final preseason game Friday in Chicago, Hynes admitted there are a few more things he wants to find out.

One question was answered when newly acquired center Nico Sturm (back) was a full participant in practice on Thursday at TRIA Rink. With Sturm ready to center the fourth line and take key faceoffs, the Wild look set down the middle less than a week before th

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