Top prospect Marco Rossi fully aware he needs to earn his spot on Minnesota's opening-night roster
After a strong 2021-22 campaign in the American Hockey League, Minnesota Wild top prospect Marco Rossi will look to make the jump to the NHL on a full-time basis this coming season after appearing in two games for them last year.
Rossi's development took a big hit in 2020-21. After only appearing in one game for the ZSC Lions in Switzerland and four games at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship, it was determined that Rossi was suffering from a heart condition called Myocarditis, which he got after a bout of COVID-19. The condition kept Rossi off the ice for several months, but he was healthy enough to suit up with the Iowa Wild for the start of the 2021-22 season.
In 63 games for Iowa last season, the Feldkirch (Austria) native put up 53 points (eighteen goals, 35 assists), 46 penalty minutes and was a plus-eleven.
The 20-year-old will be given every opportunity to prove himself during training camp and in pre-season games, but there's a very good chance we'll see Rossi in a Wild uniform on October 13th when they open the season against the New York Rangers.
Rossi knows he has to 'earn that spot' in Wild's opening-night lineup https://t.co/uXXkYfSkue pic.twitter.com/DgXHh5LAFQ— theScore NHL (@theScoreNHL) August 17, 2022
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Kyle Connor | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owen Power | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Michael Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Drew Helleson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jirí Kulich | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Isac Lundestrom | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nino Niederreiter | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gabriel Vilardi | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Leo Carlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ross Johnston | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Morrissey | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Perfetti | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bryan Rust | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Scheifele | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Trevor Zegras | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||