One day after Mikael Granlund returned to game action, the Wild had another injured forward making notable progress Wednesday.
Bruce Boudreau hopes Nino Niederreiter (high ankle sprain) can return to practice Friday
Wild coach Bruce Boudreau sounded optimistic about Nino Niederreiter's progress Wednesday, as the forward tested his ankle in a pre-practice skating session.
October 25, 2017 at 6:34PM
Nino Niederreiter, who has been out since Oct. 12 with a high left ankle sprain, went through a pre-practice skating session with Andy Ness.
"I think he's going to the pregame skate with us [Thursday]," Boudreau said, adding that he'd only talked to Niederreiter about it, and not the athletic trainers.
Asked if these developments make it possible Niederreiter will be back practicing with the team Friday, Boudreau said, "I go with what [the athletic trainers] say, but as a coach, hopefully that might be the case. When I asked [Niederreiter], he had just come off, and Any Ness said he'd done really good with the stops and starts and stuff."
With the playoffs a month away, the Wild is starting to play in tight contests because goals are hard to come by.
