Still, Hynes never imagined Kaprizov would be sidelined this long. He was actually placed on long-term injured reserve retroactively to have enough salary-cap space to juggle thei

Forward Jakub Lauko was activated off the Long-Term Injured Reserve. He practiced with the Wild on Friday and will return from his lower-body injury. Brock Faber will also return. Lauko, 24, missed the last 15 games with his injury. He has two goals, two assists, two fights, and 48 hits in 24 games.

Kaprizov, who's been out since Dec. 23 with a lower-body injury, joined his first full practice since then on Friday as did defensemen Brock Faber (upper body) and Jared Spurgeon (lower body), according to The Athletic's Michael Russo.

I’m excited. I feel good. It obviously sucks being hurt. First time in a really long time that I’ve had to miss games,” said Brock Faber, who suffered an upper body injury early in a Jan. 7 home

The Minnesota Wild have announced that forward Jakub Lauko has been activated off the injured reserve. Lauko was placed on IR back in early December. Lauko has appeared in 24 games with Minnesota this season racking up two goals and four points in that frame.

Kaprizov has missed the past 10 games with a lower-body injury that has required lots of treatments and pushed-back timetables.