Petr Sykora to join Wild on a tryout

I’ve been sitting on this for a couple days for a variety of reasons, but it’s starting to get out there now and not in an accurate way.

As I reported here Sept. 4, the Wild was interested in signing Petr Sykora. After back and forth negotiations last week, Sykora said no. Now Sykora will indeed fly to Minnesota on Tuesday.

But if he passes his physical, he’ll be placed on a pro tryout like unsigned free agent Andy Hilbert. He is not signed, and GM Chuck Fletcher made it very clear to me just now that there is no guarantee to sign him.

He’s got to make the team. Of course, the assumption is that if Sykora is still Sykora (one of three active NHLers to score 20 or more goals for 10 straight seasons), he’ll eventually be signed.

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