Luke Kunin started off his tenure with the Wild by having a good pre-season and making a serious case to stay on the NHL roster. Salary cap troubles and inexperience at NHL level lead the team to decide that he would be sent to the AHL where he went on to score 2 points in 2 games. Meanwhile another former Wild 1st-round pick Joel Eriksson Ek spent most of pre-season recovering from an injury but still got to stay with the NHL roster. Though after the Wild suffered injuries to key forwards Nino Niederreiter, Mikael Granlund, Charlie Coyle, Zach Parise and Marcus Foligno they called up Kunin and so far in his few games he has looked like he belongs.
Joel Eriksson Ek should get to stay with the Wild over Luke Kunin
