The NHL trade deadline is just days away as it is set for 3 P.M. ET on Monday. Teams will make their final calls and decisions in the next couple of days as to what direction they’re trending and how to best address their needs for the short or long term. The Minnesota Wild’s successful
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The Minnesota Wild finished their four games out west with two straight victories versus the Vegas Golden Knights. Despite losing the first two contests in San Jose against the Sharks, the Wild earned five of a possible eight points in the standings. It was a rocky start to the week, but ending it on a
The Minnesota Wild are thin down the middle and desperately need a first-line center. This isn’t news, as the Wild have been historically poor at the center position, a problematic area opposing teams have exploited. The issue is that acquiring a top-line center via trade is rare, and the free-agency market this upcoming offseason is
The Wild followed up their embarrassing mini-series effort in Denver with three straight victories at home. During this most recent homestand, Minnesota racked up six out of six possible points, with two wins against the Ducks and one versus the Blues. They currently sit seventh in the NHL standings in terms of points percentage and
The Minnesota Wild have been having quite a bit of success so far this season, with a record of 18-10-1 for 37 points in 29 games and tied for third place in the Honda West Division as of Saturday evening. Much of that success has come from forwards Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello, Kevin Fiala, and
Welcome to the second installment of Minnesota Wild News & Rumors where we keep you up to date on the latest news, rumors about the team. In case you missed it, the first edition on Monday featured the return of fans to Xcel Energy Center, Bryce Misely’s tryout contract, Marcus Foligno’s injury, Kirill Kaprizov’s hat trick,
The Minnesota Wild are off to one of their best starts in franchise history thanks to a couple of first-year NHLers. We are still in the early goings of the 2020-21 season but the first-year pros on the Wild have already made a name for themselves. In previous years, the Wild were characterized as a
Kirill Kaprizov has been one of the best forwards for the Minnesota Wild this season after finally making his NHL debut. Victor Rask has arguably just played his best string of games since he stepped on the ice for the Wild following the one-for-one trade that sent Nino Niederreiter to the Carolina Hurricanes. Mats Zuccarello
The NHL Trade Deadline is less than two months away on April 12. Now’s the time when teams should start thinking about what to do with their upcoming unrestricted free agents. The Minnesota Wild are one of those teams that will have to decide whether they’ll be buyers or sellers at the deadline. As of
The Minnesota Wild failed to register a single goal in a 4-0 defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Kings. This game marked the first time the Wild hit the ice for an actual game since precisely two weeks ago, on Feb. 2. Minnesota Wild celebrating (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers) The Wild had over
When the Minnesota Wild drafted Kirill Kaprizov 135th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, no one could imagine the impact he’d have in his rookie season six years later. At the start of the season, it wouldn’t be surprising that many casual NHL fans didn’t know who he was. For starters, when Kaprizov was
Every team has players that struggle to crack the lineup season after season. Then if they do make it, staying there is the next battle. The Minnesota Wild are no different, and this season there were two players who weren’t sure what their futures would be after training camp. Those two players were defenseman Carson
Welcome to the first installment of Wild Weekly, which will be a weekly article from one of the Hockey Writers Wild writers. It will be a review of the past week’s Wild action and will provide notes, biggest takeaways, and of course, a review of the week. We will keep you up to date this
The Calgary Flames still can’t win on opening night, not even with a two-goal lead. But the start of the 2020-21 NHL season portended good things for two East Division rivals, the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals, and showed why the Minnesota Wild eagerly awaited the arrival of Kirill Kaprizov. The Flames dropped their
The Minnesota Wild’s season is almost upon us, and you likely have read your fair share of season preview content about the team and its players. Well, now it’s time to talk about a couple of hot takes for the upcoming. These predictions are some that you might not hear being tossed around very much.
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, the New Jersey Devils are looking for goaltending options after the retirement announcement from Corey Crawford. Have they found anything? What does Matt Dumba think about the idea of playing somewhere other than Minnesota? There is news on the Vancouver Canucks and Elias Pettersson talks and Alexander Kerfoot is questionable
Soon after the Minnesota Wild were eliminated from the 2020 playoff qualifying round, general manager Bill Guerin wasted little time in changing the roster, which included trading away Eric Staal to the Buffalo Sabres for Marcus Johansson. The Wild have been searching for help at center for years, which left many asking why would they
As the offseason slowly, but surely, begins to reach its conclusion, it’s time to look towards the future. In doing so, the Minnesota Wild have to realize that they don’t have a ton of cap space to work within the near future. Now it may look as though next year will be a year where
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