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Throughout their history, Minnesota Wild fans love a good villain. Todd Bertuzzi was one of the first to feel the wrath of Wild fans during their first taste of playoff hockey. The playoff vitriol was renewed when Patrick Roy went from a Hall of Fame goalie in the 2000s to the Colorado Avalanche’s h...
Charlie Stramel’s rise at Michigan State has been one of the clearest development stories in the Minnesota Wild pipeline, and it's easy to see why the organization is excited despite a season-ending ankle injury. The 6-foot-3, 216-pound center left college hockey with the kind of season that f...
The Minnesota Wild have already punched their ticket to the playoffs, but Thursday's matchup in Dallas could have major playoff implications. If the Wild beat the Dallas Stars, they would put themselves in a strong position to take home-ice advantage in the first round, a swing that could matter a l...
A common saying among players in the world’s best hockey league is that there are “no bad days in the NHL.” The money’s better, planes are chartered, hotels are fancier, and nearly every need a player might have is taken care of by their team or sponsors. There’s a reason players fight and claw to g...
When the Minnesota Wild faced off against the Ottawa Senators last week, it was a collision between two Team USA stars (among many others between the two teams) as Senators captain Brady Tkachuk was going in a head-on bout against defenseman Quinn Hughes. One of the top forwards on the opposing team...
The Minnesota Wild recently clinched a playoff berth and are on a collision course for a first-round matchup against the Dallas Stars. Now that the Wild have punched their postseason ticket, it’s time for the team to use their final regular-season games to make some decisions about the team that wil...
On Monday night, the Minnesota Wild signed 2023 first-round pick Charlie Stramel to an entry-level contract. Wild fans have already had to be patient with the big centerman. His sputtering start at Wisconsin required him to spend four years in college. But before breaking his ankle in the NCAA tourn...
The Iowa Wild’s season has been defined by frustration, inconsistency, and an ever-changing roster that never seems to settle into a rhythm. While there’s always movement in the AHL, this year has felt especially difficult in Des Moines, and a big reason is the steady drain of talent from the lineup...
Sometimes, math helps us. And sometimes, it gets to tell us what teams are guaranteed to meet in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs a week before the season is over. With all the calculations and beeps and boops, it has been revealed that mathematically the Minnesota Wild and Dallas St...
Minnesota Wild fans have been looking for good news about the Wild’s special teams for years. This year, fans got it with a Wild power play unit that’s top-five in the league statistically. However, the penalty kill is a different story. While it’s not as bad as it has been in the past, it still ran...
The Minnesota Wild’s secondary scoring has been one of the biggest reasons the team has looked like a contender this season, and Vladimir Tarasenko and Ryan Hartman have been central to that effort. Together, they have given Minnesota more scoring depth behind the top stars, helping create offense o...
With only five games to go in the regular season, and only two points back of the Dallas Stars, with a showdown coming on Thursday, should the Wild go for the two-seed and get home ice for the opening round matchup with the Stars? The boys also discuss the penalty kill, lineups, and more!...
When the Minnesota Wild acquired Filip Gustavsson from the Ottawa Senators in the July 2022 Cam Talbot trade, the move looked like a practical goaltending swap with some upside attached. A few seasons later, it’s fair to say the Wild did more than just land a promising young goalie. They found a net...
The Minnesota Wild have inked their top prospect Charlie Stramel to a three-year, entry-level contract after Michigan State was knocked out of the NCAA tournament and did not make the Frozen Four. But, it's not going to be starting until next season. Unfortunately for all parties involved, Stra...
The Minnesota Wild have officially reached a milestone no other team in franchise history has. Two players have hit the 40-goal mark in the same season. Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy both reached 40 goals this season, giving the Wild a level of top-end scoring they have never before had in th...
The Minnesota Wild have officially reached a milestone no other team in franchise history has. Two players have hit the 40-goal mark in the same season. Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy both reached 40 goals this season, giving the Wild a level of top-end scoring they have never before had in th...
The Minnesota Wild picked a good time to find another gear: With back-to-back wins over the Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators, Minnesota strengthened its playoff position while showing the kind of balance, depth, and composure that can carry over into the postseason. They won each game different...
A whole lot has been made of the Minnesota Wild going on a bit of tailspin last month and not looking like a team that can compete with the likes of the Colorado Avalanche in the playoffs. It was causing some chaos among the fan base and some high-level concern that despite spending a whole lot of a...
The Minnesota Wild have depleted their vaunted prospect pool, and for the most part, the State of Hockey should be happy about that. For years, the Wild ranked near the top of most prospect-heads' lists of the top organizations. On one hand, that's great. It meant the Wild were accumulating tal...
Bill Guerin might not be the only GM in Minnesota Wild history who's understood that superstar players are required to win. However, he is the only one who has taken that understanding and put it into practice. Since the start of the offseason, Guerin did what it took to extend Kirill Kaprizov,...
At the trade deadline, the Minnesota Wild swung a little trade for Jeff Petry, sending the Florida Panthers a conditional seventh-round pick for the veteran defenseman. After adding Quinn Hughes, the Wild’s defensive core seemed to be set. When healthy, the Wild arguably have the best defensiv...
The Minnesota Wild did more than just beat the Vancouver Canucks Thursday night. They turned a meaningful game into a defining one, clinching a playoff spot with a 5-2 win at Grand Casino Arena while also putting a perfect spotlight on the Quinn Hughes trade that changed their season. For the W...
The Minnesota Wild's lineup got a lot deeper at the trade deadline, and for the first time in a while, it's tough to crack the forward group. The arrivals of Bobby Brink, Nick Foligno, and Michael McCarron have ushered out the era of suiting up AHL veterans like Ben Jones and Tyler Pitlick. They eve...
When the Minnesota Wild landed Quinn Hughes in one of the biggest trades of the season, they knew they were getting an elite defenseman. What they may not have fully expected was how quickly he would change the tone of their blue line and elevate the entire team's attack. Hughes has long been...
For much of his NHL career, Kirill Kaprizov has been the Minnesota Wild’s most dangerous scorer. His quick release, elite puck skills, and ability to create goals out of almost nothing made him a pure sniper in the eyes of many opponents. But this season, Kaprizov is showing another layer to h...