CHICAGO -- A day before entering the lineup for the first time in three weeks, Erik Haula sat on a folding chair, the victim of a shortage of locker stalls at United Center.
The Wild had more players than stalls, so Haula's hockey gear was scattered around a plastic chair underneath a sign detailing the room's maximum occupancy.
Even though he was a star in Chicago during the Wild's playoff run a year ago, Haula this year was mostly a forgotten forward on a deeper team before Sunday.
But because of a lower-body injury to Justin Fontaine, Haula, a former Gopher, was set to enter the Wild's Game 2 lineup Sunday night.