Tonight’s preseason home opener versus the Winnipeg Jets will feature the Minnesota Wild’s headliners. Marc-André Fleury is expected to play 60 minutes in his first preseason appearance. Tonight’s game will also feature Minnesota’s top players upfront and on the backend, while also featuring some of the team’s top prospects. (Tonight’s lineup vs. Jets) Despite dressing
Brock Faber
The Minnesota Wild secured some of their defensive future yesterday afternoon when they announced the contract extension of Minnesota native Brock Faber. It’s an eight-year deal worth $68 million and an average annual value of about $8.5 million. This signing shouldn’t surprise anyone who watched him this past season, especially when he was runner-up to
It’s that time of year—the NHL postseason is officially underway, but after a very up-and-down season, the Minnesota Wild must watch from home. They missed the postseason by 11 points after being six points back for what seemed like an eternity, just on the brink of elimination but just enough to stay in. With their
When Connor Bedard fractured his jaw on Jan. 5 and was forced to miss over a month of action, many pundits and those who cover the game thought this could be what cost him the Calder Trophy for Rookie of the Year. Bedard, the 2023 No. 1 overall pick who, through the first three months
June 29, 2022, will forever be a day that changed the landscape of the Minnesota Wild and Los Angeles Kings franchises. The two teams engaged in a blockbuster trade that sent Kevin Fiala to Los Angeles for Brock Faber and the 19th overall selection in the 2022 Draft. Now nearly two years later, both teams
The race for the Calder Trophy in 2023-24 has been a fascinating one as we approach the midway point of the season. You know who the contenders are. Connor Bedard has lived up to the hype and then some. Others such as Adam Fantilli and Luke Hughes are also making a name for themselves. But
With the holidays here and everything that has gone on with the Minnesota Wild in the past month since the firing of Dean Evason and the hiring of John Hynes as well as the team’s complete turnaround of their season, it’s time for another roundtable. The Hockey Writers Wild Team of Tyson McKay and Mariah
After a long week off that was spent in Sweden, the Minnesota Wild got back to hockey action against the Ottawa Senators at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, for the NHL’s Global Series. This was the first of back-to-back games for the Wild as Sweden seemed like a home away from home with their five
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Colorado Avalanche won’t be getting Gabriel Landeskog back before the playoffs. What’s the status of a few of their other injured players? The Toronto Maple Leafs are on the verge of signing Matthew Knies, but things are a bit more complicated than expected. Kevin Hayes talks about his future
Welcome to our daily rumours article brought to you by NHL Lines site Betway Bo Horvat Is A Wanted Man Harman Dayal of The Athletic: There looks to be no shortage of teams that want Bo Horvat on their team. Horvat brings a finisher to a team with skills at the face-off dot and special
The Minnesota Wild have traded the rights to pending restricted free agent Kevin Fiala to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for the Kings 2022 first-round pick and prospect Brock Faber, per Michael Russo of The Athletic. According to Elliotte Friedman, this trade also includes a contract extension for Fiala which will come in around
It has been a little over six months since I last released the Los Angeles Kings’ top 10 prospects list, so now seemed like a good time to update the list. Since that article was released, a few players have graduated to full-time NHL players, and four new players were drafted, leaving plenty of room