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The Minnesota Wild are about to lose one of the most important figures in their hockey operations department, and the effects could be felt for years to come. Judd Brackett has been widely credited with helping reshape the Wild's prospect pipeline since joining the organization in 2020, overseeing s...
What do an arena in St. Paul, an arena in Des Moines, and one carved along the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Fla., have in common? Starting next October, they will all be part of the Minnesota Wild's developmental pipeline. The State of Hockey is heading to the Sunshine State. On May 1...
Brackett recently left his role as director of amateur scouting of the Minnesota Wild.
The Minnesota Wild should at least explore a trade for Jack Hughes, even if the odds of landing him are slim. He’s a 24-year-old, elite first-line center with game-breaking speed, playmaking, and the kind of offensive ceiling that can change a franchise’s direction overnight. Hughes is also under co...
Brackett has been key in building out the Minnesota Wild, after a starring role with the Vancouver Canucks.
Minnesota Wild fans have plenty of gripes, but one of the biggest is the NHL’s playoff format. Designed to build regional rivalries and guarantee compelling first-round matchups, the Wild were the poster child of what happens when the format doesn’t work as intended. They had to go through a Central...
As the Minnesota Wild look to the summer, the team isn't looking to take their second-round loss to the Colorado Avalanche lying down. "If there’s something out there that can make our team better, I am willing to do it," vowed Bill Guerin at his end-of-year presser. "I won’t sit on my hands."...
The Minnesota Wild reportedly made a deadline push for Robert Thomas. Even though they couldn’t land him then, there’s a compelling case for revisiting the idea this offseason, especially because Minnesota needs a true top-six center who fits their competitive timeline. Robert Thomas checks a...
That's Wild The Minnesota Wild have several players heading into unrestricted free agency this summer. Michael McCarron, Vladimir Tarasenko, Mats Zuccarello, and Marcus Johansson are just some of the names that could just walk away from the team. But who will they be bringing back? Zuccarell...
The Minnesota Wild are going to be aggressive this summer (or at least, people hope so) to get their right guy that will bring this team further into the Stanley Cup Playoffs than ever before. Is that a No. 1 center? A top-six winger? Maybe both? Yeah, probably. Or, at least general manager Bill Gue...
The Minnesota Wild are watching the Stanley Cup Finals from home after another playoff elimination, but the team is still making headlines. The offseason rumor mill is going strong, and the Wild are in the middle of a puzzling story. Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen recently reported that...
It’s been almost two weeks since the Colorado Avalanche eliminated the Minnesota Wild in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Still, it’s hard for Wild fans not to pay attention to what has happened during the Western Conference Finals. The Avalanche looked stacked and levels above the Wild in their five-...
Almost five years ago, the Edmonton Oilers made a trade so bad that it still has ramifications to this day. On July 23, 2021, they sent the 20th overall selection to the Minnesota Wild for the 22nd overall pick and the 90th overall. Dropping down two spots made a massive difference, as the Wild used…
The Ottawa Senators are desperately in need of some help for Linus Ullmark. The Sens No. 1 goalie needs help in more of a "tag-team" type of arrangement , instead of being counted on night after night. To that end, there have been rumors of Ottawa's interest in the Minnesota Wild's sensational rookie netminder Jesper Wallstedt. But according to Bruce Garrioch in the Ottawa Citizen , the asking price for the Wild's freshman phenom between the pipes has skyrocketed to a point that a ...
When you think of the Minnesota Wild, there’s a good chance you think about Jonas Brodin and Jared Spurgeon. The duo has been a pairing on the blue line since the moment they arrived in Minnesota, and they rank second and third, respectively, on the Wild’s all-time list for games played. The fr...
The Minnesota Wild are trying to make another splash, and this time it's down the middle of the ice. General manager Bill Guerin has made it loud and clear to other executives around the league that his team will be in the market for a top-line center this summer. They've been linked to some big names already, including Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins, and New York Rangers' Vincent Trocheck. Guerin isn't shy when it comes to big offers, as t...
The Minnesota Wild have spent years trying to solve the same problem: They still don’t have a true, long-term answer at center. Joel Eriksson Ek is a valuable two-way anchor, but the team needs more speed, skill, and upside down the middle if it wants to compete with the best centers in the West. Th...
It’s been just over 10 days since the Minnesota Wild’s season ended, and the Wild Twitter community is handling it in an interesting way. Over the weekend, #Hartmantwt gained popularity in a certain sector of Wild Twitter, and the pictures and videos still coming out of it are entertaining....
The Evgeni Malkin-to-Minnesota conversation started up in speculation in January, when Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos reported that Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin was “laying low in the weeds, looking to make another significant trade,” wondering whether Kirill Kaprizov could help convince Malkin to join M...
The Minnesota Wild have reached the point where their offseason priority is no longer subtle: they need a true No.1 center. Bill Guerin has already made it clear that he wants to improve the middle of the ice, and recent reporting has reinforced that the Wild sees center depth as a major offse...
Michael McCarron is in the exact right place at the exact right time. The Minnesota Wild paid a second-rounder to acquire him at the deadline, hoping that he was the kind of big, gritty forward who could thrive in the postseason. McCarron had every motivation to go all-out to prove Bill Guerin right...
Free agent centers don't exactly grow on trees in the NHL these days. Especially ones that are the size of trees. 6'6", 230-pound Michael McCarron is a pending UFA, and the Minnesota Wild "badly want to re-sign him." But they might not get the chance, says insider Michael Russo in The Athletic. While the Wild have cap space and badly want to re-sign him, McCarron almost certainly could make more on the open market since it just takes one team to throw a boatload of cash and term his way....
A week ago, it looked like the Minnesota Wild's path to an upgrade at forward went through the net. Jesper Wallstedt's postseason breakout has him entering the summer on a mission to assume the No. 1 goalie role next year. That is, unless Bill Guerin had designs on dangling him for a top-line center...
That's Wild The Minnesota Wild have roughly $15.3 million in projected cap space this summer but that doesn't really help them all that much. Only 13 skaters are under contract with seven players heading into unrestricted free agency and two restricted free agents in Bobby Brink and Daemon H...
Quinn Hughes largely did his job in the playoffs, but Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy left people wanting. Kaprizov had two goals and had six points against the Colorado Avalanche, but he didn’t have any shots on net in the Minnesota Wild’s Game 5 collapse. Meanwhile, Boldy only had one goal and...