Wild season preview: Roster overhaul heightens need to jell quickly

The 2020-21 season is scheduled to begin Jan.
Today, the Minnesota Wild, who will play in the West Division.
The 33-year-old should be ready for a heavier workload this season after going 12-10-1 with a 2.63 goals-against average, a .919 save percentage and two shutouts in 26 games (22 starts) with the Calgary Flames last season5
With Alex Stalock recovering from an upper-body injury, rookie Kaapo Kahkonen likely will begin the season as the backup, placing more importance on Talbot playing up to his contract.
Video: Cam Talbot joins Minnesota Wild.
In addition to deciding whether Rossi will make the roster, the Wild likely will need to replace forward Mats Zuccarello on the second line to begin the season after he had surgery on his right arm in November.
Kaprizov, a fifth-round pick (No. 135) in the 2015 NHL Draft, led the Kontinental Hockey League in goals the past two seasons with CSKA Moscow, scoring 30 in 57 games in 2018-19 and 33 in 57 games last season.
Rossi led the Canadian Hockey League last season with 120 points (39 goals, 81 assists) in 56 games for Ottawa of the Ontario Hockey League and has the potential to be the Wild's No.
Minnesota will have to decide whether to keep him to start the NHL season or return him to Zurich in Switzerland's National League, where he was loaned before leaving for the WJC.
The 24-year-old played well in five games with the Wild last season, going 3-1-1 with a 2.96 GAA and .913 save percentage.
He was 25-6-3 with a 2.07 GAA, a .927 save percentage and a league-leading seven shutouts in 34 games with Iowa of the American Hockey League.
Talbot shared starts with David Rittich with the Flames last season and emerged as Calgary's No
1 goalie in the postseason, where he was 5-4 with a 2.42 GAA, .924 save percentage and two shutouts in 10 games