Wild Lose, But Keep Distance In Standings – Wilderness Walk

3 hours ago, RedLake said: Merril cost us 2 points. The Wild have the answer in Jiricek. Yep..and he has been screening our goalie lately.  Not paying attention to clearing people out of the crease.  He has been the cause of several goals against us the last few games.  I don’t usually mind Merrill as… Continue reading Wild Lose, But Keep Distance In Standings – Wilderness Walk

Wild Sneak Out Shootout Win Over Avalanche – Wilderness Walk

Wow, the Rantanen thing was kept pretty quiet to outsiders, really, only the team and he knows what happened. I am guessing that Rantanen did not want to play as structured as the Hurricanes do.  Gutsy win last night. Again, the Wild tend to be hard to watch at this point, and Heinzy has got… Continue reading Wild Sneak Out Shootout Win Over Avalanche – Wilderness Walk

Are the Wild Going To Do Anything Before the Trade Deadline? – Wilderness Walk

That’s Wild The Minnesota Wild made one trade in the weeks leading up to tomorrow’s NHL trade deadline, acquiring winger Gustav Nyquist from the Nashville Predators, but will they be doing anything else? Obviously, this team could use some more help and most likely someone upfront to provide some more depth scoring than this team currently has,… Continue reading Are the Wild Going To Do Anything Before the Trade Deadline? – Wilderness Walk

NHL Reduces Ryan Hartman’s Suspension To 8 Games – Wilderness Walk

Detroit is on the last of a 3/4 after a long break. We get them again in a b2b situation. It looked like there was some chippiness in the 1st meeting. Does this continue? There were, what I would characterize as, 2 bad calls in the 1st meeting. While Fleury did not freeze the goal… Continue reading NHL Reduces Ryan Hartman’s Suspension To 8 Games – Wilderness Walk

Wild Start Potentially Bad Road Trip In Utah – Wilderness Walk

That’s Wild The Minnesota Wild are facing an injury crisis and now they have to deal with a hearty push for the playoffs without two of their best impact players. We have become familiar with what this team looks like without Kirill Kaprizov but now that Joel Eriksson Ek is out with an injury he… Continue reading Wild Start Potentially Bad Road Trip In Utah – Wilderness Walk

Is the Wild’s Medical Team In More Hot Water? – Wilderness Walk

That’s Wild We already saw that the Boston Bruins took issue with the Minnesota Wild’s medical staff that was part of Team USA at the 4 Nations Face-Off last week, but there has been more lasting effects because of that tournament. Florida Panthers winger Matthew Tkachuk could be out for a significant amount of time… Continue reading Is the Wild’s Medical Team In More Hot Water? – Wilderness Walk

Wild’s Faber, Boldy Lose In Heartbreaking Fashion At 4 Nations – Wilderness Walk

That’s Wild Sometimes, it just takes the best player in the world to be the best player in the world. During the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off on Thursday night, Canada’s Connor McDavid clinched the 3-2 overtime victory over Brock Faber’s and Matt Boldy’s United States. It was an unfortunate way to go, but… Continue reading Wild’s Faber, Boldy Lose In Heartbreaking Fashion At 4 Nations – Wilderness Walk

Faber, Boldy Show Off In USA’s Win Over Finland – Wilderness Walk

Thought Faber looking kinda lost and timid last night at times. He went from college hockey to playing the world’s best in less than two years though.  Boldy actually was tossing his weight around last night I was pleasantly surprised. Tchauk bros are fun to watch. Brady would totally change the Wild for the better.… Continue reading Faber, Boldy Show Off In USA’s Win Over Finland – Wilderness Walk

Wild Players Shine For Sweden In First 4 Nations Game – Wilderness Walk

That’s Wild The Minnesota Wild are well-represented at the 4 Nations Face-off tournament for the next two weeks, and in the first game of the midseason event, they were able to shine more than some others. Defenseman Jonas Brodin opened the scoring for Sweden, after his team was getting demolished by Canada in the first… Continue reading Wild Players Shine For Sweden In First 4 Nations Game – Wilderness Walk

Certainly Feels Like Wild Will Not Make Deadline Trades – Wilderness Walk

That’s Wild As we head into the two-week break forced by the 4 Nations Face-Off, the Minnesota Wild are in a good position in the standings but not so good when it comes to some flexibility. With under a month until the March 7 trade deadline, the Wild are projected to have under $200,000 in… Continue reading Certainly Feels Like Wild Will Not Make Deadline Trades – Wilderness Walk