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Marc-Andre Fleury Right: Jordan Greenway became a key part of the Wild's identity last season. A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ROSTER PROJECTED FORWARD LINES ADDITIONS SUBTRACTIONS PROJECTED DEFENSE PAIRS PROJECTED GOALIES Marc-Andre Fleury Filip Gustavsson Third goalie: Zane McIntyre Jared Spurgeon Kirill Kaprizov Kirill Kaprizov Ryan Hartman Mats Zuccarello Jordan Greenway Joel Eriksson Ek Marcus Foligno Matt Boldy Marco Rossi Tyson Jost Connor Dewar Freddy Gaudreau Brandon Duhaime LW/RW Kevin Fiala G Cam Talbot LW Nic Deslauriers C Nick Bjugstad D Jordie Benn C Marco Rossi G Filip Gustavsson Jake Middleton- Jared Spurgeon Jonas Brodin- Matt Dumba Alex Goligoski- Dmitry Kulikov Seventh defenseman: Jon Merrill Vying for spot: Calen Addison P R E S E N T E D B Y Russo's Rants Photos / Getty Images: Dave Reginek, Bruce Kluckhohn In 27 career NHL games, Gustavsson is 10-13-3 with a 3.12 goals-against average and .905 save percentage. "Sometimes you just know in your gut that things might not work out, and somebody might not be happy. I don't want a player to be like that," Guerin said of Talbot. "Sometimes it 's best to just move on. … I know Cam, he's a no BS guy, and so am I. So let 's just try to make every- body happier and we'll just part ways." The Wild, in the midst of a cap squeeze that will see them with a salary cap ceil- ing $12.7 million less than most other teams in the NHL because of last summer's Zach Parise-Ryan Suter buyout, gained an extra $2.879 million in cap space by trading Talbot. That gave them $4.3 million in avail- able space heading into free agency, but by mid-August, the Wild didn't sign a single player or yet execute a trade. "A long with getting Filip, the added cap space was definitely a bonus," Guerin "Why not? Why can't we win? Hey, look, maybe I'm a fool, but that's just the way I think." -GM Bill Guerin