You’ve probably seen the “Not Weird. Wild.” commercials. Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello ride a tandem bicycle and eat PB&Js. The pillow fight in Matt Boldy’s hotel room. Brock Faber’s mother reminds him to wear his glasses as he waits for the Gus Bus.

That's Wild The Minnesota Wild made one trade in the weeks leading up to tomorrow's NHL trade deadline, acquiring winger Gustav Nyquist from the Nashville Predators, but will they be doing anything else?

Kirill Kaprizov will be out longer than anticipated for the Minnesota Wild because of a lower-body injury, general manager Bill Guerin said Friday. The forward had surgery in late January because of a lower-body injury and was expected to be out a minimum of four weeks.

The NHL's top road team faces a club finally starting to make some noise on home ice when the Minnesota Wild visit the Vancouver Canucks on Friday. Minnesota is 22-9-3 in away games this season, with an NHL-leading 47 road points.

The Minnesota Wild are not expected to be active at the NHL Trade Deadline, but that also means Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek are both expected back.

The big question with a bit more than 24 hours until the deadline: Will the Wild employ LTIR to create cap space for a big addition?

To me that’s a great lesson for us moving forward and it’s better to win and learn some lessons than lose and learn some lessons,” John Hynes said.

The injury-thinned Minnesota Wild could use a boost in their push to return to the playoffs, with their margin for making it slimmed down following a strong start. With the NHL trade deadline approaching this Friday, the Wild more than likely will have to find that spark from within.