Next Year Will Feel Like A Crossroads For the Wild’s Defense – Minnesota Wild

At the end of the Minnesota Wild’s season, Bill Guerin gave the State of Hockey little reason to speculate about the team’s blueline. “Our [defense] core is set, I’d like to focus on forwards,” the general manager flatly declared. In a sense, the Wild’s defense is indeed fairly locked in. Jon Merrill and Declan Chisholm’s contracts… Continue reading Next Year Will Feel Like A Crossroads For the Wild’s Defense – Minnesota Wild

Kevin O’Connell: Brian Flores and I feel we have some unfinished business together

Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell changed defensive coordinators after his first season on the job, but he won’t have to make another change before his fourth season. Brian Flores’s work with the Minnesota defense was a big reason why the team went 14-3 and it got him interviews for head coaching jobs last month, but… Continue reading Kevin O’Connell: Brian Flores and I feel we have some unfinished business together

Justin Jefferson’s Vikings teammates gush about star receiver’s impact: ‘You feel his joy’

EAGAN, Minn. — Last week, Cam Robinson, the Minnesota Vikings’ left tackle who arrived via trade from the Jacksonville Jaguars in October, sat in a chair near his locker and mulled over a question. You knew about Justin Jefferson before you got here. What did you not know then that you know now? Robinson thought… Continue reading Justin Jefferson’s Vikings teammates gush about star receiver’s impact: ‘You feel his joy’