The Minnesota Wild have hovered around .500 since superstar Kirill Kaprizov went out with injury. In March, Filip Gustavsson was the man they had to thank for that. Gustavsson led the Wild to a 6-3-1 record in March, with an NHL-best .940 SV% over that stretch. Gustavsson recently won the NHL’s First Star of the… Continue reading Are the Wild Repeating History With Filip Gustavsson? – Minnesota Wild
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The Wild Have Joined the Five-Forward Power Play Experiment – Minnesota Wild
The Minnesota Wild made an unprecedented move last Friday when they deployed a five-forward powerplay unit for the first time. The Wild are the most recent team to try out the tactic, the newest innovation in the ever-evolving strategy of power play hockey. For most of the NHL’s history, power plays functioned with two defenders… Continue reading The Wild Have Joined the Five-Forward Power Play Experiment – Minnesota Wild
Who Is Gunnarwolfe Fontaine And What Is He Doing In Iowa? – Minnesota Wild
The Minnesota Wild are getting in on the college free agent game this spring, which is nothing new for the organization. College free agency has been a well from which Wild have drawn useful contributors like Nico Sturm, Nate Prosser, and Justin Fontaine. Not all of these signings work out, of course — just ask… Continue reading Who Is Gunnarwolfe Fontaine And What Is He Doing In Iowa? – Minnesota Wild
The David Jiricek Trade Is Still the Right Call – Minnesota Wild
When the Minnesota Wild traded for David Jiricek on November 30, they did so partly because the price was right. They got a blue-chip defense prospect for Daemon Hunt and four draft picks. You can argue the draft capital (a first, second, third, and fourth-round pick, staggered between 2025 and 2027) is a lot, and… Continue reading The David Jiricek Trade Is Still the Right Call – Minnesota Wild
Minnesota’s Slow Deadline Highlights A Need To Clear Cap Space – Minnesota Wild
We can all agree that the Minnesota Wild are having a weird season. For a month, they seemed like a team capable of making a deep run, surprising though it was. Then, a second-straight injury-riddled season raised a complicated question at the trade deadline. Are the Wild buyers or sellers? The team was back-sliding into… Continue reading Minnesota’s Slow Deadline Highlights A Need To Clear Cap Space – Minnesota Wild
Ryan Hartman: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly – Minnesota Wild
Ryan Hartman’s career with the Minnesota Wild has been filled with bittersweet moments, ranging from scoring game-winning goals to pushing Tim Stützle’s head into the ice. Sometimes, the range of emotions caused by having a player like Hartman doesn’t seem worth the risk. From the couch, it’s easy to point blame at any individual player,… Continue reading Ryan Hartman: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly – Minnesota Wild
Wild Not Strong Enough To Hold Off Devils, Lose In Shootout
That’s Wild The Minnesota Wild kept on crawling back to score tying goals Monday night against the New Jersey Devils but were not able to hold them off in the end and lost 3-2 in a shootout. Now, we’re just waiting around until Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek can return to the team to… Continue reading Wild Not Strong Enough To Hold Off Devils, Lose In Shootout
Jared Spurgeon Is Still A Force For the Wild – Minnesota Wild
The Minnesota Wild are finally getting flexibility this offseason. Most of this will come from the bulk of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter’s buyout charges disappearing, which helps Minnesota to get to nearly $22 million in cap space, according to the NHL’s estimates. That number sounds like a lot, and relative to the cap room… Continue reading Jared Spurgeon Is Still A Force For the Wild – Minnesota Wild
Can Danila Yurov Be An Ace Up the Wild’s Sleeve In the Playoffs? – Minnesota Wild
The KHL playoffs are ongoing, and on Friday, Danila Yurov found himself on the ice for the first time since February 15. Unfortunately for his hopes of winning back-to-back Gagarin Cups, Metallurg Magnitogorsk fell to 0-2 in their best-of-seven first-round series. Of course, an early exit in the KHL might not close the book on… Continue reading Can Danila Yurov Be An Ace Up the Wild’s Sleeve In the Playoffs? – Minnesota Wild
Matt Boldy, Wild Beat NHL’s Best Team – Wilderness Walk
23 minutes ago, Thatoneguy said: a 27 year old rookie giraffe on skates, with very little hockey skills. Brazeau does have 11 goals and 10 assists this season(in 833 minutes=1.51 points/60 minutes), and he scored 61 goals in a season in the OHL back in 18-19. In 82 career games(982 career minutes, 745 of which… Continue reading Matt Boldy, Wild Beat NHL’s Best Team – Wilderness Walk