KANATA, Ontario — Cam Talbot caught up with the Wild on Thursday morning at Canadian Tire Centre, but he wasn't on the ice with the Senators come game time.
"That'll have to wait until December," Talbot said, referring to the Dec. 18 puck drop scheduled at Xcel Energy Center.
Not only did a training camp injury sideline Talbot for the first meeting between the Wild and Ottawa since their offseason trade, it also has put the goaltender's debut with his new squad on hold.
Aside from that, the transition to Talbot's sixth team in his 10th NHL season has gone well.
"This team just seems different, and you can tell there's a different mentality in that room this year after the summer that they had and then the start of the season," Talbot said. "So it's been fun to watch so far, but I don't want to watch too much longer."
Talbot was hurt in a preseason game earlier this month, getting hit by a shot under his equipment. He has been skating, and the 35-year-old hopes to get cleared to return to practice on Friday.
"It's never easy to be injured, but when you come to a new team, you're trying to integrate yourself into the team and get to know the guys and the systems," Talbot said. "Yeah, it was tough."
The Senators added Talbot from the Wild in July in exchange for Filip Gustavsson, who backed up Marc-Andre Fleury on Thursday.