The expectation is players are already sitting down waiting for a coach to kick off a meeting instead of walking in a minute early.

"Guys that cut it close, it's frowned upon," alternate captain Marcus Foligno said. "You don't see those guys anymore."

What's the consequence for being late for a meeting?

A player typically gets benched the next game; that happened to Boston's Jake DeBrusk earlier this season. His teammate, Derek Forbort, was also a healthy scratch in February for missing a Bruins meeting.

"Just trying not to be late, that was definitely the more stressful part of it when I first got here," rookie defenseman Brock Faber said.

The Wild are on an especially regimented schedule before games.

There are three meetings, for the penalty kill, power play and the entire team. Players only attend the PK and PP sessions if they're on those units, which they know based on if their jersey number is on the whiteboard in the locker room.

This is also when players will tape their sticks or change their laces.

"You lose track of time a little bit if you get talking or having to do little stuff with your equipment," Foligno said. "You gotta be on your toes."

That's also good advice for the soccer showdown.

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