"We got that changed," Foligno said, "because it used to be dress shirts with your suit."

As the fashion shows, life on the road has its own set of rules.

Curfew is 11 p.m., and some meals are at the hotel like breakfast and a pregame bite. Players are on their own for dinner on a day off or the night before a game.

Bus times are communicated via text message, and players will receive a reminder the night before.

On the plane, seats are assigned.

Khusnutdinov inherited Connor Dewar's former seat next to Boldy after Dewar was traded to Toronto last month.

Besides staying on top of where they need to be, when and what to wear, there's also an etiquette between the veterans and the rookies.

When players check into the hotel on the road, veterans are supposed to get on the elevator first.

They also serve themselves before the rookies at the pregame meal.

"It's a little nit-picky," Foligno said. "But you know what? I did it, so gotta keep the tradition going."

In the team group chat, the youngest players usually aren't the most talkative.

"You can get roasted pretty quick," Foligno said.

At Tria Rink in St. Paul where the Wild practice, veterans such as Foligno, Eriksson Ek, goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and captain Jared Spurgeon park closer to the door, while their younger teammates have their vehicles in the middle or back of the lot.

As for when they ride the bus, veterans typically get the back and rookies are in front.

The exception? Kaprizov.

"Kirill's in the back from Day 1 because nobody could tell him no," Foligno said. "Kirill was all the way in the back, and he didn't play an NHL game yet. I'm like, 'What are you doing?' He didn't understand English, so he just laughed at me. I'm like, 'OK.'

"It's OK. We've moved on."

Kaprizov has helped his countryman Khusnutdinov adjust to the Wild, but Khusnutdinov has taken a different approach to the bus than Kaprizov.

"I'm rookie," Khusnutdinov said in English. "I'm sitting first."

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