NHL Free Agent frenzy: The best signings so far
This year, NHL free agent frenzy lived up to the hype. After a wild first hour of the free agent signing period, most of the big names (Milan Lucic, Andrew Ladd, Kyle Okposo, and many more) had settled...
View ArticleWild look to free agency to stay competitive
Having decided that the status quo wasn’t good enough in St. Paul, the Minnesota Wild have been looking to shake-up their team after a disappointing season. They attempted to upgrade their team via...
View ArticleThe Wild are finally rebuilding their AHL team
While all the attention in St. Paul rightly went to the signings of Eric Staal and Chris Stewart, those weren’t the only moves the Minnesota Wild made this weekend. The team signed an additional 2 free...
View ArticleDarcy Kuemper extends with Minnesota Wild
The Minnesota Wild still aren’t exactly sure what goaltender Darcy Kuemper is able to bring to the table – but after a solid season serving as backup for starter Devan Dubnyk, he’s been brought back...
View ArticleFletcher: Dumba is ‘a big part of our future’
Minnesota Wild GM Chuck Fletcher was on Toronto’s SiriusXMNHL on Thursday morning: On how he would characterize Matt Dumba’s situation, who is still a restricted free agent, and on how his name has...
View ArticleZach Palmquist inks extension with Wild
Former Minnesota State-Mankato defenseman Zach Palmquist put up four goals and 11 points in 69 regular season games for the AHL’s Iowa Wild this past season – and that was enough, it seems, for the NHL...
View ArticleWild’s prospect camp kicks off fourth line competition
The Minnesota Wild are conducting their prospect development camp this week. These camps are a rare opportunity for the team’s coaches and trainers to work with prospects, they foster a sense of...
View ArticleWild thin in net behind Devan Dubnyk
In the short term, the Minnesota Wild’s situation in net is extremely clear. Devan Dubnyk is the unquestioned starter in St. Paul, and the workhorse goaltender will likely log 60-plus starts for the...
View ArticleJordan Schroeder placed on waivers by Wild
The Vancouver Canucks let former first round pick Jordan Schroeder walk to the Minnesota Wild back in 2014, when he signed on as a free agent with the Central Division club. Now, he’s potentially...
View ArticleJordan Schroeder clears waivers for Wild
The Minnesota Wild placed former first round pick Jordan Schroeder on waivers Tuesday morning, offering the undersized forward essentially for free to the other 29 clubs around the NHL. No one took the...
View ArticleJordan Schroeder inks extension with Wild
The Minnesota Wild picked up Jordan Schroeder as a free agent in 2014, when he failed to get a new offer from the Vancouver Canucks. Now, they’ve brought him back in the Central Division for another...
View ArticleMatt Dumba inks two year extension with Wild
The Minnesota Wild are still waiting to see what defenseman and former first round pick Matt Dumba will turn into as a player. As a player coming off of a 10 goal, 26 point season, though, the team...
View ArticleWhy can’t the Minnesota Wild make a trade?
The calendar is rapidly approaching August, signaling the beginning of the end for the NHL offseason. That doesn’t mean there aren’t dominoes yet to fall. One lucky, not-Nashville-based team will get...
View ArticleWild counting on improvement from young blue line
The Minnesota Wild entered the 2014-15 season without much in the way of offensive firepower. Zach Parise and Mikko Koivu had exited the prime of their careers, while young players like Jason Zucker...
View ArticleBoudreau: ‘I think Eric is going to have a great year’
Minnesota Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau was on Minneapolis’s KFAN 100.3 on Thursday morning. On how much film breakdown he’s done on last year’s Wild team since getting the job: “I haven’t done a lot,...
View ArticleAfter missing the playoffs Parise feels ready for World Cup
Minnesota Wild forward Zach Parise missed out on the 2016 playoffs with a lower-back injury but feels he will be ready to represent the United States in the World Cup this fall. Questions arose about...
View ArticleMinnesota Wild’s top three prospects
The Minnesota Wild have been struggling to find an identity ever since the franchise’s inception in 2000. The second incarnation of an NHL team in the ‘State of Hockey’ has seen limited postseason...
View ArticleBoudreau hoping to play Suter ‘between 23 and 25 minutes’ per game
Defenseman Ryan Suter once again led the Minnesota Wild in ice time last year with an average of 28:35 per game. Ideally, Bruce Boudreau would like to see that average drop for the 31-year-old. “That’s...
View ArticleWild must bolster forward depth before regular season
The Minnesota Wild had plenty of problems last season. Their penalty kill was awful, ranking 27th in the league with a 77.9 percent conversion rate. They had a six-week run where they completely forgot...
View ArticleMikko Koivu named Team Finland captain for World Cup of Hockey
The Finnish Ice Hockey Association has announced that Minnesota Wild forward, and captain, Mikko Koivu was selected to serve as Team Finland’s Captain at the World Cup of Hockey 2016. Koivu, 33, has...
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