With Alex Stalock on waivers, Wild's roster size down to 23

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As long as the Wild doesn't pick a player up off waivers Tuesday or make a trade by Thursday's opener, it could be down to its maximum 23-player opening night roster that must be set by 4 p.m. Tuesday.

There's still the possibility for some tinkering, but the roster as of now includes rookie Joel Eriksson Ek, who seems like he'll make his NHL debut in St. Louis.

Goalie Alex Stalock was placed on waivers Monday bringing the Wild's roster size to 13 forwards, eight defensemen and two goalies. If Stalock clears (there are multiple goalies on waivers if San Jose's looking for a backup, including Montreal's Mike Condon), he'll be assigned to AHL Iowa.

Center Zac Dalpe cleared waivers, but he remains on the roster for now and could be an extra in St. Louis as long as the Wild doesn't pluck a guy off waivers Tuesday.

Some interesting forwards on waivers include Detroit's Teemu Pulkkinen (coming off shoulder surgery, but a big minor-league scorer and scored vs. the Wild a few years ago, $825K salary cap), the Islanders' P.A. Parenteau (skilled, shootout specialist, but $1.25 million) and Columbus' Gregory Campbell (gritty, but $1.5 million).

The Wild only has $2.8 million $223,000 in cap space if Mike Reilly and Dalpe start the season with the Wild, so the latter two forwards may be too expensive.

There's also tough guys like Zach Sill, Anthony Peluso, Brandon Bollig and Michael Latta

Here's today waivers (the dollar figure under a player's name is the waiver price a team has to pay another if it claims that player):

The following player(s) have been placed on waivers as of 12:00 pm October 10, 2016.
Player
From Club
To Club
Amount
JOEL VERMIN
T.B
$56,250
MIKE CONDON
MTL
$75,000
GREGORY CAMPBELL
CBJ
$3,375
BRANDON BOLLIG
CGY
$15,000
GABRIEL BOURQUE
COL
$15,000
MARK MCNEILL
CHI
$26,250
BRANDON MASHINTER
CHI
$13,125
SETH GRIFFITH
BOS
$56,250
TYLER RANDELL
BOS
$26,250
TIMOTHY SCHALLER
BOS
$56,250
ALEX STALOCK
MIN
$13,125
JUSTIN FALK
BUF
$11,250
SCOTT WEDGEWOOD
N.J
$67,500
ONDREJ PAVELEC
WPG
$7,500
BRIAN STRAIT
WPG
$13,125
ANTHONY PELUSO
WPG
$13,125
JULIAN MELCHIORI
WPG
$41,250
MICHAEL SISLO
COL
$26,250
ANTON LANDER
EDM
$26,250
BEN STREET
DET
$41,250
ERIK CONDRA
T.B
$13,125
CORY CONACHER
T.B
$56,250
MATTIAS BACKMAN
DAL
$56,250
TEEMU PULKKINEN
DET
$41,250
PIERRE-ALEXANDRE PARENTEAU
NYI
$3,375
FREDRIK CLAESSON
OTT
$41,250
ZBYNEK MICHALEK
ARI
$3,375
KLAS DAHLBECK
ARI
$41,250
MICHAEL SGARBOSSA
ANA
$15,000
ZACH SILL
WSH
$26,250
AARON NESS
WSH
$26,250
PAUL THOMPSON
FLA
$26,250
ROBERT SCUDERI
L.A
$3,375
MICHAEL LATTA
L.A
$15,000