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Minnesota will certainly miss Mikko Koivu while he's out with a broken left index finger.
But the Wild are relieved their captain and first-line center is expected back before the end of the regular season.
The team is not putting a timetable on Koivu's return, but he does not need surgery. Koivu was hurt blocking a shot in last Friday's game against Anaheim.
Koivu said before Tuesday's game against Edmonton that he knew right away he had suffered a serious injury.
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Coach Todd Richards says he'll move center Matt Cullen up to the first line to play with Andrew Brunette and Antti Miettinen. Richards says ''each guy has to take a little piece of that Koivu pie and divide it up equally and do their share.''
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