Judd

And welcome to Judd's Hockey Show.

The bruised and battered and shorthanded Wild going into Buffalo on Saturday, getting a win.

Continue their three-game road trip tonight against Toronto and then Montreal before they return home on Thursday.

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All right, AJ, let's get to it.

Wild 5-4 in Buffalo on Saturday.

Overtime win, 4-3 power play goal.

And...

Boy, so we wake up on Saturday and we know that Boldy's out.

We know that Eric Sinek is out.

We know Brodine is out.

We know Bogosian's out.