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The Minnesota Wild don’t necessarily need another star; they need another reliable finisher. That's why Toronto Maple Leafs’ winger Bobby McMann is an intriguing target. McMann isn't a household name, but his production suggests he could be exactly the type of secondary scoring winger Minnesota need...
From Hockey Wilderness | about 10 hours ago | 0 reads
The Florida Panthers have entered the seller's market as we approach the trade deadline, sending veteran defenseman Jeff Petry to the Minnesota Wild for a conditional 7th-round pick. We have acquired Jeff Petry from the Florida Panthers. 📰 Full detail » https://t.co/I6aC7YxNEo pic.twitter.com/NRBcG3JwcV — Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) March 5, 2026 The pick has a unique condition on it: It b ecomes a fifth-round selection in the 2026 NHL Draft if Minnesota wins two playoff rounds and Petry pl...
From NHL Trade Rumors | about 13 hours ago | 0 reads
The Minnesota Wild should avoid a Ryan O'Reilly trade because the timing of his age curve and the structure of his contract clash with where this roster and cap sheet are headed over the next few seasons. Ryan O’Reilly is 35 and is firmly in the back half of his career. Even for elite two-way c...
From Hockey Wilderness | 1 day ago | 0 reads
For the record, Coach Jon Cooper isn’t worried about the team right now. Yes, he acknowledges that they’re not playing well, but he’s confident that the team will figure it out. For 55 games or so this has been a tough defensive team that makes opponents work for every goal. Right now that’s not happening and the Minnesota loss was a microcosm of the losing streak. They gifted the Wild a stretch of power plays that ended with a Mats Zuccarello power play goal to make it 2-0. Then Andrei V...
From Raw Charge | 1 day ago | 1 read
There's no doubt that Bill Guerin is feeling himself right now. Coming off a Kirill Kaprizov extension, the Quinn Hughes trade, and a Gold Medal win with Team USA, he's maybe the strongest contender for GM of the Year. And especially with the gold medal, he did it his way. Guerin took criticism...
From Hockey Wilderness | 1 day ago | 0 reads
As of Wednesday morning, the Nashville Predators have been the most active team this week as we steam toward Friday's trade deadline. They shipped out two pending unrestricted free agents on Tuesday, sending Cole Smith to the Vegas Golden Knights, and Michael McCarron to the Minnesota Wild. Will they remain this active as the week progresses? While most hockey fans are salivating about the big names like Steven Stamkos, Ryan O'Reilly and/or Jonathan Marchessault potentially being next on the b...
From NHL Trade Rumors | 1 day ago | 1 read
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Minnesota Wild are becoming more and more plausible trade partners as Friday's deadline creeps closer. Maple Leafs forwards Scott Laughton and Bobby McMann have both acknowledged the noise around their names, and the Wild's general manager Bill Guerin is clearly in the market for forward help as the Central Division race tightens. Maple Leafs Wild trade partners for Scott Laughton Laughton feels like the best fit if Minnesota wants a dependable middle of t...
From NHL Trade Rumors | 2 days ago | 1 read
The Minnesota Wild have made their first trade in the week of the deadline! Boy, we hope it's someone cool and good and truly makes a massive impact on the team and the Wild didn't give up too much -- but we also understand if it was needed to give up a bunch of assets and... Wait, the Wild tra...
From Hockey Wilderness | 2 days ago | 2 reads
It may have a new name, but the home arena for the Minnesota Wild continues to be a house of horrors for the Tampa Bay Lightning. The newly christened Grand Casino Arena witnessed another loss, their fourteenth out of nineteen games played there, for the Lightning as they fell 5-1 to home team. Matt Boldy had three assists while Kirill Kaprizov (after striking iron three times) set Minnesota’s franchise goal record with an empty-netter. As has been the case since returning from the Olympi...
From Raw Charge | 2 days ago | 3 reads
Michael McCarron is one of the biggest names (as in, 6-foot-6, 232 pounds) available this week for teams looking for a massive, rugged presence in their bottom-six heading into the playoffs. The Nashville Predators pulled the pending UFA from their lineup Tuesday night, and we learned shortly after that he has been traded to the Minnesota Wild. TRADE ALERT: #MNWild acquire Michael McCarron from #Preds for 2028 2nd round pick, per @RussoHockey — NHL News (@PuckReportNHL) March 4, 20...
From NHL Trade Rumors | 2 days ago | 0 reads
When the Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup in 2023, Jonathan Marchessault surprised everyone by becoming the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff MVP because he of his huge impact in the Stanley Cup Final. Marchessault scored 13 goals and 25 points in 22 games, leading the team in goals, with...
From Hockey Wilderness | 2 days ago | 0 reads
The Minnesota Wild should resist the temptation to reunite with Charlie Coyle, even if he checks a few boxes they are desperate to fill down the middle. Coyle still brings size, versatility, and reliable two-way minutes. However, he’s 34, has a limited offensive ceiling, and timing concerns that don...
From Hockey Wilderness | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Game Fifty-Nine: Tampa Bay Lightning (38-16-4) at Minnesota Wild (35-16-10) Time: 9:30 PM EST Location: Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul Minnesota – Home of Charles Schultz TV/Stream/Radio: TNT, TruTV, HBO Max, 102.5 FM, Lightning App (audio only) Odds: Lightning -142 Know the Opponents: Hockey Wilderness Coach Jon Cooper was as critical of his team after their uninspired loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday as he’s ever been, “No push back, no urgency, no driv...
From Raw Charge | 3 days ago | 0 reads
The Minnesota Wild are waiting it out as the trade deadline approaches, waiting for the New York Rangers to either accept or decline their standing offer for Vincent Trocheck. Trocheck has been tied to the Wild basically since the moment the Rangers announced their intention to rebuild. Bill G...
From Hockey Wilderness | 3 days ago | 0 reads
The tinted visor. The gap-tooth smiled. It’s back. On Tuesday, prior to their game against the Minnesota Wild, the Tampa Bay Lightning announced that they had recalled forward Conor Geekie from the Syracuse Crunch. With injuries to Gage Goncalves, Dominic James, and Nick Paul, there was a need for some help in the middle of the ice, and the Lightning are turning to one of their top prospects to fill it. The 21-year-old started the season with the Lightning, but after posting just one assi...
From Raw Charge | 3 days ago | 1 read
With the NHL trade deadline quickly approaching, reports are swirling about who Bill Guerin might acquire as his next big swing to contend this season. The Minnesota Wild are connected to players like Vincent Trochek and Robert Thomas. Still, everyone in Minnesota should be keeping an eye on Steven...
From Hockey Wilderness | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Bill Guerin was famously making his own meatballs when pulling off the Quinn Hughes trade, but it appears that this week, he's determined to import some gabagool from New York. As Friday's March 6 trade deadline approaches, it looks like the Minnesota Wild's No. 1 target is Italian-American cen...
From Hockey Wilderness | 3 days ago | 0 reads
The Minnesota Wild will be busy this week as we head to Friday's trade deadline. They're expected to make another big splash. For now, they have hit the waiver wire to claim 10-year veteran forward Robby Fabbri from the St. Louis Blues. Minnesota claims Robby Fabbri — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) March 2, 2026 Fabbri adds another depth forward to the mix for the Wild. He has had four 15+ goal seasons in his career, including 18- and 17-goal years with the Detroit Red Wings with...
From NHL Trade Rumors | 4 days ago | 0 reads
We are now in the week of the NHL trade deadline and that means one thing: A whole lot of speculation about who will be moved after months of general inactivity across the league. Aside from the Minnesota Wild's blockbuster Quinn Hughes trade and the somewhat boring move of Artemi Panarin going to t...
From Hockey Wilderness | 4 days ago | 0 reads
Vincent Trocheck is a highly sought-after target for contenders looking for a center at this coming Friday's trade deadline. The New York Rangers ' two-way pivot has a reasonable $5.625 AAV, and it runs for three more years. Most observers around the sport have been connecting Trocheck to the Minnesota Wild. We know he has made it clear that he wants to stay in the "East" , but whether or not Minneapolis is "East", or at least "non-West", enough remains to be seen. He does hold that 12-t...
From NHL Trade Rumors | 4 days ago | 1 read
The Philadelphia Flyers made a trade Sunday night. It didn’t move the needle much, but hey, a trade is a trade. The deal sent defenseman Roman Schmidt, who had been playing with Lehigh Valley, to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for left winger Boris Katchouk. TRADE ALERT: We’ve acquired forward Boris Katchouk from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for defenseman Roman Schmidt. Katchouk will report to the @LVPhantoms (AHL). https://t.co/gR5The0rWn — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) March...
From Broad Street Hockey | 4 days ago | 0 reads
The Minnesota Wild closed the gap on the league-best Colorado Avalanche last night, moving within five points of the Central Division lead after a 5-2 win -- with a possible assist from our own Justin Wiggins???? We'll never know for sure. Despite the Avs out-attempting the Wild by a 65-to-37 m...
From Hockey Wilderness | 7 days ago | 0 reads
The Minnesota Wild needed this one. On Thursday night, in their returning game, back from the Olympic break, the Wild were staring down the barrel of the Colorado Avalanche. The NHL's top team who, while they were stumbling before the league paused, are still claiming to be the best team in the leag...
From Hockey Wilderness | 7 days ago | 0 reads
Tonight, the Colorado Avalanche welcomed the Minnesota Wild for a Central Division matchup at Ball Arena in Denver, CO, and it was the team in red and green that skated to victory. Much to the chagrin of onlooking Avalanche fans, Minnesota would tally two goals in the second period and three more in the third […]
From Mile High Hockey | 7 days ago | 0 reads
The Colorado Avalanche and Nathan MacKinnon make their return to Ball Arena in Denver, CO, tonight for an interdivisional matchup with on-again, off-again rival Minnesota Wild. The Avs suffered defeat to the Wild in a tense shootout back in November, but bounced back with a commanding 5-1 victory at the end of the calendar year. […]
From Mile High Hockey | 7 days ago | 1 read