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Wild waive Schroeder and cut Reilly, Graovac makes team

Connor McDavid, Mike Reilly

Connor McDavid, Mike Reilly

AP

Busy day in Minnesota, as the Wild made a series of moves to get to their 23-man roster.

Perhaps the most prominent move was the demotion of young defenseman Mike Reilly.

Reilly, the prized University of Minnesota product, made headlines this summer after balking on signing with his draft team, Columbus, to join his hometown Wild.

The 22-year-old failed to leapfrog any of the club’s veterans in training camp, however, and Minnesota will now open with a top-six defense comprised of Ryan Suter, Jared Spurgeon, Jonas Brodin, Mathew Dumba, Marco Scandella and Christian Folin.

Journeyman Nate Prosser will serve as the club’s seventh d-man.

Up front, good news for former seventh-round pick Tyler Graovac -- he’s won the club’s third-line center job, thanks to a roster spot created after Jordan Schroeder was waived and Justin Fontaine was placed on IR.

Graovac, 22, has spent the majority of his pro career with AHL Iowa and impressed in ’14-15, scoring 21 goals and 46 points in 73 games.

At 6-foot-5 and 200 pounds, he’ll add some size to the Wild lineup.