Wild Pre-season Line-up: Game 1

Brunette-Koivu-Miettinen
Gillies-Sheppard-Nolan
Hamilton-Kolanos-Irmen
Veilleux-Pouliot-Weller

Schultz-Johnsson
Bergeron-Zidlicky
Mojzis-Reitz

Backstrom
Brust

I'm surprised to see an all-AHL line in there (though maybe that's normal for pre-season), but knowing Jacques, that will get shuffled around 25 times and the lines themselves are pretty irrelevant, but it's nice to see quite a few Aeros (which is what I'm calling everyone with a 2 way contract) on the roster. That's gotta be exciting for those guys to actually have a crowd to play for.

The game will be on WCCO 830 in Minneapolis/St. Paul at 7 p.m. Central, so I hope to listen in on their internet feed and hear how the boys are doing.

Suppose it irks Pouliot a bit to be starting on a lower line than Kolanos? Mmmm-hmmm....

UPDATE: Well, if Pouliot was irked, he kept it off the ice. He got a goal and JL is saying he's thrilled with his play. That's great. I hope he keeps it up.