After a middling start in the NHL with Columbus, the 21-year-old former first-round pick is getting a fresh look from the Wild.

I’m excited,” Jiricek said. “I heard it’s a hockey state, so that’s the first thing I know. And the second is it’s frickin’ cold out here."

Fresh off his first practice with the Minnesota Wild, David Jirieck spoke with reporters Monday Dec. 2nd on his move from Columbus to Saint Paul.