Minnesota Wild: Central Division Preview; Chicago Blackhawks

Minnesota Wild defeated many demons of last season, covering their season series with the Blackhawks with a record of 5-0-0. This season may not be as simple as the Blackhawks will look to rebound and compete, as always do for the Central Division crown.

No other team did not give the Minnesota Wild climbs in recent seasons than the Chicago Blackhawks. From season to season 2014-15 2012-13 Blackhawks eliminated the Wild from three consecutive playoffs. Although these two teams met in the playoffs last season, the Wild got his revenge kind of radical hated Hawks with a record of 5-0-0 in the regular season.

Season 2015-16 biennium was a step back for the Stanley Cup content Blackhawks perennial. When I say, step back, a step back from the normal Blackhawks performances, because the team is still exhibited an impressive 47-26-9 record to finish third in the standings the Central Division. Their first round of Blues loss was hard fought and went to seven games and could have swung the way the hawks' easy to six of the seven games decided by only one goal.

Duncan Keith's status unclear for start of Blackhawks regular season

Does not play for the team Canada of knee problems that prolonged because of the hockey World Cup Blackhawks defense Duncan Keith, it is set to get underway this weekend without.

Keith, after the press conference of the team for North America during the media day of the World Cup at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ready for the start of the Hawks season and general manager Stan Bowman was uncommitted Thursday If you have questions it is now.

"I am that you do not put any expectations on it," a GM for North America Bowman said. "Are we just display. When he is ready, he is ready and I have. Although there is nothing to worry about, now, we are not trying to put it in the time frame. we you get if we ne exhibition game Ya of have a better feel in , if he was ready to play, he will play. "

Keith, he and suffered during the 2015 Stanley Cup final he received nearly a month of meniscus tears October 20 surgery to repair in his right knee, which missed the last season . On August 24, Keith had to withdraw from the World Cup because of the ongoing recovery of his knee.

"It was a decision of Duncan Keith Jersey," said Bowman said. "He just he is he did not feel the run to the level required in such a tournament (possibility).