After nearly six months without meaningful hockey, the Wild is back in action tonight when it opens the regular season against the St. Louis Blues.
For Staal, who signed with the Wild on July 1, the day has been a long time coming.
"It feels like a long training camp, and then watching some of the games last night, kind of getting the season started, for us tonight, it's going to be great," Staal said. "I'm just looking forward to getting the ball rolling and having a great start to the season and going from there."