“Like any young player, it’s just developing the size, the strength, the skating, the power to be able to defend in certain areas,” Hynes said. “But it’s intriguing because you have a pretty highly talented player that’s a pretty accomplished player before getting here that’s got size and he’s got some real good upside. So, that’s exciting.”
Aside from playing against Faber and Marco Rossi, Jiricek knows Jakub Lauko after the two skated together last summer in Prague.
He was on a road trip with Columbus’ minor league team when he was traded, flying into the Twin Cities on Sunday from Grand Rapids, so he will have to return to retrieve his belongings at some point. But preparing for a Minnesota winter is a bigger priority.
“I need some warm clothes right now,” he said. “That’s the first thing I have to do.”
Xcel Energy Center, 7 p.m. Tuesday
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