DENVER — It was pure luck, absolute serendipity that Nick Seeler was assigned No. 36 as his training camp sweater last year.



“Just dumb chance,” Seeler said.



The number is so significant to the hard-nosed defenseman, even though equipment manager Tony DaCosta was going to allow Seeler to change the number now that he officially made the Wild out of training camp, Seeler’s going to run with the No. 36 he wore during 22 regular-season and five playoff games last year.



It’s team policy — well, Tony DaCosta’s policy, actually — that players wear their training-camp numbers in regular-season games until they earn a full-time job out of camp.



Call it a rite of Wild passage.



When Charlie Coyle made the Wild full-time, he got to change his number from No. 63 to 3. Similarly, Marco Scandella changed from No. 64 to 6. Derek Boogaard from No. 52 to 24. Matt Dumba from No. 55 to 24. Tyler Graovac from No.