Minnesota Wild Forward Breaks Ankle vs Blackhawks

The Minnesota Wild will be without forward Matt Boldy for four-to-six weeks after he suffered a fractured ankle during the team's preseason game against the Chicago Blackhawks

NEWS: #mnwild forward Matt Boldy is expected to miss four to six weeks due to a fractured left ankle suffered in Thursday’s preseason game vs. Chicago.
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) October 9, 2021

Boldy, a former first-round pick from 2019 has looked great so far in training camp and was making quite the impression. The news of the fracture is better than what first was expected as this is only weeks, and some fear months.

Last season the prospect played at Boston College and was a force, recording 31 points in 22 games. Boldy was expected to be given a look early on this season along with prospect Marco Russo, and there was potential the two were going to be line mates. That's been put on hold for the time being.

Here's the play that puts Boldy on the shelve for a couple months: