If Parise and Pominville each play, it would offer Boudreau a glimpse at his full lineup for the first time since the Wild traded for Martin Hanzal and Ryan White six days ago.
"I'd be anxious to see," Boudreau said. "It's not exactly an easy team you're picking to start off with, but you can't pick your battles; you've got to go after them all."
While both players were diagnosed with mumps, each said they felt OK during the duration. Parise was even at the rink last Monday prior to the Wild's win against the Los Angeles Kings before being sent home.
"I didn't feel sick at all," Parise said. "Some of the guys had some different symptoms. I just had a little lump in my neck. I didn't get the swollen jaw like everyone has gotten or seen. So like I said, I was really surprised when my test came back positive."
Pominville said he slept on one side and experienced soreness but didn't think anything of it until the morning, when he checked the mirror.
"I just called [head athletic trainer John Worley] right away and he said, 'Go to the doctor.' The funny part is when I showed up there, Zach was there without me knowing," Pominville said. "But it wasn't that bad. I had a fever and stuff like that, but I didn't get it as bad as some guys a couple of years ago because of the booster shot we got a couple years ago."
Neither has played a game since before the Wild's bye week, but both skated Sunday in the club's first practice afterward and each player went to Braemar Arena to skate on Friday when the rest of the team had a day off.
"It was fun to be back," Parise said. "You feel like you haven't played in such a long time with the break and the mumps. It feels like it's been a long time. It's nice to be back skating."
