Dean spilled the beans this week, but the Minnesota Wild have officially confirmed what head coach Dean Evason told reporters on Tuesday - that 2019 first-round draft pick Matt Boldy has been officially removed from the non-active injured list, and, according to The Athletic’s Michael Russo, should make his regular season debut for the Wild’s AHL affiliate in Iowa this weekend as they take on the Tuscon Roadrunners.
If he sees the ice as expected either Friday or Saturday in Des Moines, it will mark Boldy’s first competitive action since fracturing his left ankle on October 7th in an NHL preseason game against the Chicago Blackhawks.