Superstar winger Kirill Kaprizov and veteran defenseman Jared Spurgeon returned to practice on Wednesday. Head coach John Hynes told reporters he's "cautiously optimistic" that both will play in their ...

The Chicago Blackhawks had their comeback against the Minnesota Wild come up just short despite a good third period.

And the clearest signal that Kaprizov and Spurgeon would be back is that the Wild reassigned defenseman David Jiricek two hours after practice. If you did the salary cap math, it really was the only ...

Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon is still injured after getting ... lot of guys on Nashville that understand the code, and the young kid doesn't understand. It's frustrating," Foligno added ...

Spurgeon hasn't played since due to a lower ... "They've got a lot of guys on Nashville that understand the code, and the young kid doesn't understand. It's frustrating. There will be a price ...

MUSIC - BRAHMS Ballades, Op. 10 Jeff Spurgeon: From Carnegie Hall Live, you've just heard four piano pieces by a young Johannes Brahms. He was just in his early 20s when he wrote these four ballades, ...

After captain Jared Spurgeon was injured on a slew foot by ... a lot of guys on Nashville that understand the code, and the young kid doesn’t understand. It’s frustrating.

They sent down forward Brendan Gaunce and defenseman David Jiricek to the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL). Jiricek, 21, has played great with the Wild. He played in six games with the ...

Spurgeon suffered a lower-body injury on the ... They've got a lot of guys on Nashville that understand the code, and the young kid doesn't understand. It's frustrating. There will be a price ...

But with Spurgeon coming back ... The 6-foot-4 defenseman will go down to Iowa and play key minutes for the young AHL team. This will be better for Jiricek and help his development going forward.

In the meantime, the Wild want Jiricek to continuing developing, which explains why the young defenseman was sent down to the minors as soon as Spurgeon was healthy enough to be back in the lineup.