A Minnesota Wild Blog that WON'T make you sick and kill you!
Remember where you were when the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in a shootout? Many people felt catharsis. Colorado’s 48 points lead the NHL. They have a plus-49 and are 10-2-4 away from Denver. It had to be a pleasant surprise to see the Wild (37 points, plus-4, 8-3-4 in St. Pa...
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By the time you read this, Giannis Antetokounmpo might be on the move in the NBA. Crazier things have happened in the NBA, just in this calendar year alone. The Dallas Mavericks swapped Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis, for crying out loud! The Houston Rockets landed Kevin Durant in a seven-team trade....
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When discussing underrated players, you often hear names like Aleksander Barkov (who is so commonly referred to as underrated that he can’t possibly be underrated), Sebastian Aho, Gustav Forsling, etc. While those players certainly deserve credit, Joel Eriksson Ek is also deserving of the title....
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That's Wild The Minnesota Wild were on top of the world and heading into Western Canada, which features some not-so-great hockey teams. Well, after earning that feel-good 1-0 shutout win over the Edmonton Oilers, they dropped two straight to the Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks, two...
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Playing professional hockey is a full-time group project. But unlike many group projects we’ve done at work or in school, this is a rare project with 100% buy-in, where every member has a stake in the outcome. There’s no way that dedication would translate into a group presentation like a coll...
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While Jesper Wallstedt got his flowers for shutting out the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night, it's hard to argue that the difference for the Minnesota Wild wasn't Jonas Brodin. The shutdown defenseman is notorious in Alberta for coming the closest to anyone in the NHL to putting a lid on Connor McDa...
5 days ago | 1 read
Let’s start with the positive. Despite the Iowa Wild’s well-documented struggles in recent years, the Minnesota Wild’s roster features five young players who have spent significant time with their AHL affiliate over the past four seasons: Marco Rossi, Jesper Wallstedt, and Liam Ohgren are all...
6 days ago | 1 read
Last weekend, the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche. Defeating one of your biggest divisional rivals that entered the game on a double-digit winning streak is enough reason to play Shout as loud as the sound system at Grand Casino Arena can handle. The win also punctuated a strong month of...
6 days ago | 2 reads
That's Wild Jesper Wallstedt can do no wrong right now. Just hours after the Minnesota Wild netminder was named Rookie of the Month for November, he went ahead and earned an gutsy 1-0 shutout win over Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers. There is really nothing stopping him from being a domi...
6 days ago | 1 read
The Wild and their goalies are on fire, 9-0-2 in their last 11. So that begs the question of what the Wild do with Jesper Wallstedt and Filip Gustavsson. Do the Wild trade Gus? Ride Wallstedt? Give Wally more games? Keep them even? Listen for all of the answers and leave any questions or commen...
7 days ago | 3 reads
Even at the tail-end of a seven-game win streak that probably saved John Hynes’ job, the Minnesota Wild can’t help but lose to one of the worst teams in the league for the past 15 years. In their last four games heading into tonight’s matchup with the Edmonton Oilers, the Wild: Beat th...
7 days ago | 1 read
That's Wild It is somewhat remarkable just how the Minnesota Wild's goaltending has turned a corner and while it has been mainly powered by rookie sensation Jesper Wallstedt coming into his own, Filip Gustavsson is of course no slouch either. This powerful tandem has gotten the Wild out of s...
7 days ago | 2 reads
Charlie Stramel’s progress was one of the Minnesota Wild’s most encouraging prospect stories this year. The former first-round pick had struggled in his first two NCAA seasons with Wisconsin after playing well with the U.S. National Development Team. His transfer to Michigan State and reunion with f...
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There are superstars, there are Hart Trophy winners, and there are Hall of Famers. But there's nothing more terrifying than the [YOUR TEAM HERE] Killer. The guy who is liable to get a goal against your team every time they line up against your best defensemen. The player who can make you nervous in...
10 days ago | 0 reads
When Bill Guerin told the media before the start of the 2024-25 season that Matt Boldy had 50-goal, 50-assist potential, those seemed like some massive shoes to fill. For context, even Kirill Kaprizov, with as many goals as he scores, hasn't hit a 50/50 season. But through 20 games, it looked like B...
11 days ago | 2 reads
There are those in the hockey media who seek to raise NHL fans' blood pressure at all times. They’re the ones who are constantly moving goalposts or setting and then resetting the stakes of the season. Their refrains include: Tonight’s game is a must-win (a favorite no matter how early it c...
12 days ago | 1 read
The Minnesota Wild powered past the Chicago Blackhawks in a very solid come-from-behind 4-3 win in overtime. And sure, we could all talk about how Kirill Kaprizov finished off the opposition with an absolute laser in the extra period and making it now six straight wins for Minnesota -- but that's a...
12 days ago | 1 read
The Minnesota Wild are 9-2-2 since their 3-5-2 start, a promising sign for a team that appeared to be floundering for the second time in three years. The Wild had an identical 3-5-2 record through ten games in 2023-24, the year Bill Guerin fired Dean Evason and Minnesota missed the playoffs for the...
13 days ago | 1 read
That's Wild To celebrate the Minnesota Wild's Native American Heritage Day this Friday, the team and FanDuel Sports Network are putting on the first-ever Ojibwe-language hockey broadcast of an NHL game. The historic broadcast will be available on the FanDuel Sports Network website and app. M...
13 days ago | 1 read
There’s no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to winning in the NHL. While there are lots of ways to win a hockey game, the best teams in the league generally have a well-developed identity. The Florida Panthers are relentless forecheckers with total buy-in from every player; the Colorado Aval...
14 days ago | 4 reads
The Wild have been on fire since the start of November behind the work of rookie Jesper Wallstedt! The guys go over three things that they know about the Wild and three things that they THINK about the team... tune in to hear it all! As always, if you have a question, leave it in the comments b...
15 days ago | 2 reads
That's Wild The Minnesota Wild claimed a decisive 3-0 shutout victory over the rival Winnipeg Jets and it wasn't just any normal win. Jesper Wallstedt shut the door for his third shutout in his last four starts as he is quickly climbing the hype charts and potentially staking his claim to th...
15 days ago | 0 reads
Jesper Wallstedt is the story of the Minnesota Wild and their November turnaround. No shade to Filip Gustavsson (4-1-1 record, .921 save percentage this month), but "The Great Wall of St. Paul" is on an entirely different level right now. After Sunday's 32-save shutout in Winnipeg -- the second in f...
15 days ago | 1 read
Every hockey team strives for depth in its lineup. The Minnesota Wild have struggled with lineup depth in the past and are missing most of the centers they started the season with. Somehow, the Wild are still one of the hottest teams in the league right now, and part of that might be the fact that s...
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The 2026 Winter Olympics start February 6, and for the first time since 2014, NHL players will be allowed to compete. At this point, only 6 players for each team have been announced. Sweden has named Rasmus Dahlin, Victor Hedman, Adrian Kempe, Gabriel Landeskog, William Nylander, and Lucas Raymond t...
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