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When the Minnesota Wild take the ice for their season opener tonight, they’ll do so with something that they’ve never truly had: an elite offensive defenseman. That Zeev Buium is a highly-touted prospect is no secret. He’s considered a leading candidate for the Calder Trophy, and the consensus...
From Hockey Wilderness | about 2 months ago | 1 read
That's Wild Instead of the expected Danila Yurov debut, the Minnesota Wild might be actually handing the reins over to Hunter Haight, for him to make his NHL debut before the Russian forward. This is a sizeable heap of praise for the 21-year-old center after he had a pretty good rookie campa...
From Hockey Wilderness | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
When the Minnesota Wild made their final training camp roster moves on Sunday, more notable than the players they cut were the players they didn’t. Rookies Danila Yurov, Liam Ohgren, and Zeev Buium all made the opening night roster. Hunter Haight will be on it as well, with Nico Sturm and Mats Zucca...
From Hockey Wilderness | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Zeev Buium made history when he stepped on the ice for the Minnesota Wild’s first game against the Vegas Golden Knights in Round 1 last season. He became the first Wild player to debut during the playoffs. Buium had a strong start to his career and assisted Kirill Kaprizov on a power-play goal....
From Hockey Wilderness | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
There has been a lot of talk about eras recently, but in the case of the Minnesota Wild, they kind of blur together. The Wild will begin their 25th season when they travel to take on the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. While the sting of seven straight first-round playoff exits is still fre...
From Hockey Wilderness | about 2 months ago | 1 read
The Minnesota Wild have had a busy couple of weeks but they might not be done. According to TSN's Chris Johnston on Tuesday's episode of Insider Trading, the Wild might just be one of the few teams who are looking into signing unrestricted free agent forward Jack Roslovic. Roslovic...
From Hockey Wilderness | about 2 months ago | 1 read