Wild Face Franchise Call on Veteran With 1,058 Games

Minnesota has a familiar front-office problem on its hands, and these are the kinds of decisions that usually come with a little scar tissue attached. A winger with 1,058 games on his resume does not exactly sneak up on you, which is why the Wild cannot afford to treat this like a routine housekeeping move. The bigger question is whether the organization values the history, the role, or the cap-and-roster reality that tends to turn every veteran decision into a referendum.