Casey played at the University of Minnesota, and brothers John and Luke are seniors on the Gophers squad this season.

A bit of a legend in these parts — he was Minnesota’s Mr. Hockey at Eden Prairie High in 2017 — Mittelstadt always enjoys coming back for a little home cooking.

“Yeah, it’s awesome, I think. I have a lot of memories here and a lot of memories at the Xcel [Center], I guess it’s Grand Casino [Arena] now, I’m not used to that yet, but a lot of good memories there,” he said. “So, obviously I grew up here and to come home, see family and see friends is special and to get to play here is awesome.”

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Mittelstadt helped lead Eden Prairie to the Class AA tournament multiple times.

“Third, second, third,” he said with a slight grimace. “So, it’s a sore spot. But no, I mean obviously at the time it was hard, but you look back and it’s more about the memories and what you’re able to do, so yeah, it would have been nice to win it, but a lot of good memories.”

Mittelstadt is feeling at home on the Bruins’ second line. He has seven goals and six assists in 22 games, including a power-play strike in Thursday’s 6-3 road win over the Jets.

Like many of his teammates, he has started to thrive in coach Marco Sturm’s hybrid zone/man-to-man system.

“I think we’re figuring it out. I think the big thing for us is knowing when to pressure and when to kind of back off,” Mittelstadt said. “I think that’s the in-between that you have to figure out and maybe it took us a little bit longer than we wanted, but I think guys are really starting to feel comfortable and where they need to be and what their job is. I think Marco’s done a very good job making that clear and it’s really all you can ask for from a coach, so I think it’s been good and we’ll continue to get better.”

Wild blockbuster trade lands Hughes

The Wild pulled off the biggest blockbuster trade in recent memory Friday, acquiring defenseman Quinn Hughes from the Canucks. Hughes was flipped for defenseman Zeev Buium, center Marco Rossi, winger Liam Ohgren, and Minnesota’s first-round pick in the 2026 draft. Buium, Rossi, and Ohgren were all first-round selections.

The 2024 Norris Trophy winner is expected to make his Wild debut against the Bruins.

Sturm has a lot of familiarity with Hughes from his time coaching with the Kings. He counts Hughes and the Avalanche’s Cale Makar among the elite blue liners in the NHL.

“Those players are special,” Sturm said. “You just got to make sure you are always aware when [Hughes] is on the ice, but I think it will fit our style, too, we want to play hard against him, don’t give him that room and try to keep him off the special teams, off the power play, too.”

Arvidsson, Aspirot likely out of action

Forwards Pavel Zacha (maintenance day) and Viktor Arvidsson (lower-body injury) and defenseman Jonathan Aspirot (upper-body injury) didn’t practice. Arvidsson and Aspirot likely won’t play Sunday, though no call-ups are expected. Arvidsson’s spot likely will go to Mikey Eyssimont, while Victor Soderstrom will slide into Aspirot’s spot … It’s a homecoming of sorts for winger Marat Khusnutdinov, whom the Bruins acquired from the Wild near the trade deadline last season. “It’s a good place. Good fans. Good team,” Khusnutdinov said. “I think it’s a good trade by me. I have more ice time with the Bruins and I play the power play.” Khusnutdinov said he had dinner with good buddy Kirill Kaprizov Friday. The Wild signed Kaprizov to an eight-year, $136 million extension in September.

Boston Globe Sports Report host Ben Volin chats with the former Bruins goaltender.

Jim McBride can be reached at james.mcbride@globe.com. Follow him @globejimmcbride.