"I was just kind of in shock when you walk in that place and you see that thing there," the Wild winger said. "It doesn't feel real and kind of hard to wrap your head around that someone built that. Since arriving in Sweden on Tuesday, the Wild have had plenty of time to unplug from hockey, but now it's back to reality. As for Kirill Kaprizov, who participated in both Stockholm practices after taking a maintenance day on Monday, he's with Marco Rossi and Mats Zuccarello. "We can really do something here and make it a special trip and hopefully look back on it later on in the season and say, 'We can circle this one as something that turned the season,'" Foligno said.

Source: The Express Tribune November 17, 2023 22:02 UTC