It’s eight days before Wild players are set to report to training camp, although every player other than unsigned Kevin Fiala is already back in the Twin Cities and skating in daily high-tempo, informal skates in the Western burbs that have Jared Spurgeon salivating for the upcoming season.



But what may be worrisome to some is it’s eight days before Wild players are set to report to training camp and Spurgeon, one of the Wild’s best defensemen in history, remains without a contract beyond this season.



The Wild have maintained all offseason that it was a priority to get Spurgeon extended well into the future, but the limited discussions between Paul Fenton and Spurgeon’s agent that began peculiarly late in the first place were interrupted in late July when Fenton was unexpectedly fired.



Bill Guerin is now in the driver’s seat. Amidst the myriad other chores on his jam-packed to-do list, Guerin is trying to catch up on where Fenton...