In addition to the sizeable contingent of Minnesota-based players who have been in town for much of the offseason, a steady stream of others will continue to arrive over the next couple of weeks.
With TRIA Rink now open on a limited basis for players to skate, a handful of them are taking advantage. Among those skating at the team's practice facility include Foligno, Spurgeon, Suter, Nick Bonino, Brad Hunt, Nick Bjugstad, Jordan Greenway, Victor Rask and Nico Sturm.
Rask and Sturm just recently arrived from Europe, as did Kirill Kaprizov, who got to the Twin Cities on Wednesday and will spend the next couple of days looking for a place to live and to get settled. He'll need four consecutive negative tests for COVID-19 before he's able to take part in skates at TRIA Rink as well.
Zuccarello and Joel Eriksson Ek arrived from Europe this week and will begin their mandatory seven-day quarantines, as will Carson Soucy, who came in from Canada.
No return date has been scheduled yet for fellow Europeans Jonas Brodin, Kevin Fiala and Marcus Johansson, or Canadian Cam Talbot, and Guerin is fine with that. His only rule has been that guys on their own are getting their work in daily, getting some ice time and that they arrive on time whenever camp and a season gets scheduled.
American-based players Matt Dumba (Arizona), Ryan Hartman (Illinois) and Greg Pateryn (California) will return to Minnesota and begin a seven-day quarantine once a start-date has been announced.
"There's no mandatory date to be here by, and knowing the guys like I do now, I have complete faith in them that they're going to show up in shape and ready to go," Guerin said. "They did for the hockey in the summer and there's no question that they'll do it now."