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Just before the game, Wild General Manager Doug Risebrough decided to put defenseman Travis Roche on waivers.
Roche failed to bring much offense to the defensive corps. He didn't have a point in the preseason. Roche, who played last season with Houston of the American Hockey League, dressed for only five of the Wild's first 14 regular-season games, picking up one point. He was a minus-3.