First games continue to be brutal for poor, unlucky Gustav Olofsson.



The oft-injured Wild defenseman sustained a season-ending shoulder injury in Iowa’s first game of the 2014-15 season. In 2016, he sustained a sprained MCL in his first game at the Traverse City prospects tournament.



And Monday night, in his first preseason game of a pivotal training camp for the kid, Olofsson suffered a right shoulder injury in the third period against the Winnipeg Jets, The Athletic has learned. He logged 14 minutes, 26 seconds of ice time in the game and didn’t play in the final 7 1/2 minutes.



As of now, the diagnosis and prognosis are unclear, but early indications are that the injury is indeed serious. He went for an MRI on Tuesday.



But make no mistake, this is a big blow for Olofsson, 23, who is battling for potentially one roster spot against veteran Nate Prosser, Carson Soucy and Ryan Murphy. This presumes young Nick Seeler, who rocketed up the...