Minnesota Wild hit the ice with Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello reunited for training camp

"He was a little bit grumpy today," said Kaprizov, who returned to the Twin Cities after spending the summer back home in Russia and playing in the all-star game Zuccarello organizes in Norway. "I don't know. Maybe his daughters don't sleep all night."

Their off-ice camaraderie is already on point, but whether the two's chemistry between the boards returns just as sharply will be answered in time.

Three seasons ago, the trio had career years on the Wild's top line in the team's highest point total in franchise history. Turning back the clock might be the only way the Wild rebound from sinking in the standings and missing the playoffs.

They went all in on this core last year when they signed Zuccarello, Hartman and alternate captain Marcus Foligno to extensions. That left them little to spend in free agency, and their budget was already down the nearly $15 million still tied up in the Zach Parise and Ryan Suter buyouts.

"It really is," President of Hockey Operations Bill Guerin said. "They're getting another opportunity, so I hope they're excited about it. I hope they look at it as a challenge."

Captain Jared Spurgeon is "feeling good" after getting shut down in January to have surgery on his hip and back; the veteran defenseman mentioned he'd been training pretty much since the operations.

Foligno worked with Trenin and center Marco Rossi. That line was praised by coach John Hynes, who also had kudos for the Lauko, Marat Khusnutdinov and Frederick Gaudreau pairing. But Hynes said he'd like to see more intensity and speed during the scrimmage.

This is Trenin's third team since March: The winger's entire career was with Nashville until Colorado added him before the trade deadline. He signed a four-year, $14 million contract with the Wild and settled in a Minneapolis apartment.

"It took time to get furniture, so I had to sleep on the mattress and eat on a suitcase," said Trenin, 27, who played for Hynes when he coached the Predators from 2020-23.

The future Hall of Famer announced in April, after signing a one-year, $2.5 million deal, that this season would be the final of his 21-year career.

"Trying to enjoy my time here — the grind, the tough times, the battles with the guys on the ice," said Fleury, the second-winningest goalie of all time. "I'm just trying to enjoy."

"We need multiple lines to have success," Guerin said. "We need to regain chemistry in some lines that we had before and create new ones. I think it's a good move."

Make no mistake, though, the Wild are running it back minus a few tweaks: Aside from Trenin and Lauko, Liam Ohgren could be the other addition up front if the rookie makes the team after debuting in the NHL in April.

But most of the team is unchanged. The players who were along for the collapse are the same players in charge of restoring the Wild's competitiveness.

"I want to make sure that we have urgency this year, that we are afraid to fail," Guerin said. "This is serious. There's no room for how we started last year and how we were up and down. I know there were injuries and all that stuff, but we were pretty healthy at the start of the year.