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Each season, as the college hockey season winds down and teams begin to be eliminated from the NCAA postseason, a mini free-agent frenzy begins as NHL teams compete to sign undrafted players they believe could help their organization. While every team hopes to make a home run signing and nab a...
The foundational aspect of hockey is that it’s played at live speed. It’s not unique to hockey -- sports like basketball and soccer have the same characteristic. But it’s this feature that makes hockey so rewarding to watch and play. Reacting to your opponents and teammates, then making plays in rea...
The Detroit Red Wings dumped Vladimir Tarasenko on the Minnesota Wild this offseason, trading him for precisely nothing. And as far as breakups go, it wasn't Detroit, it was Vladimir. Injuries and age had turned Tarasenko from one of the league's great goal scorers into a defensive liability w...
There is only one question on every Minnesota Wild fan’s mind right now. Who’s getting the start between the pipes for the Wild in Game 1 of the 2025-26 Stanley Cup Playoffs next week in Dallas? In one corner, you have the incumbent starter. Filip Gustavsson, 27, has backstopped the Wild in the...
The Minnesota Wild’s physical players can be a real asset in a playoff matchup against the Dallas Stars. However, they can only make a positive impact if they play disciplined hockey. In a postseason series that already has plenty of intensity, the Wild’s best “fighters” are not just the playe...
8:30 PM 8:30 PM 8:30 PM 5:30 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM These were the local start times for the Minnesota Wild-Dallas Stars series in April 2023. If you wanted to see Kirill Kaprizov going head-to-head with Jason Robertson and Co., it was crucial to brew that late-afternoon cup of coffee. An...
That's Wild The Minnesota Wild rest just about every single one of their good offensive players, and then even more than that, for Monday night's game against the St. Louis Blues. And no surprise, they ended up losing the game by a score of 6-3 without those players. [StarTribune] Wild...
Marcus Foligno has built a reputation in Minnesota as more than a hard-nosed winger and alternate captain. On April 9, the Minnesota Wild named him the 2026 recipient of the Tom Kurvers Humanitarian Award and also the club’s nominee for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy, recognizing his leadership and...
The Minnesota Wild appeared to show their hand in Thursday's loss to the Dallas Stars. In a heavyweight tilt that came four games before their first-round playoff matchup, the Wild iced their likely Game 1 lineup. That lineup did not include Bobby Brink. It looks like a curious decision, just b...
That's Wild The Minnesota Wild are in the playoffs. We all know that already. But what we don't know is who exactly will be in the Wild's lineup for Game 1 of the first round against the Dallas Stars. There are multiple lineup decisions that John Hynes and the rest of his staff have to make...
The end of the season for the Minnesota Wild hasn’t been perfect. There’ve been a few losses, some goalie bobbles, and some weird penalties taken. But overall, the vibes have been great since the trade deadline and have only gotten better heading into the playoffs. Besties for the Resties...
Thursday night’s game between the Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars was a playoff preview. The 5-4 loss had everything a hockey fan could dream of this time of year. Some were declaring it “Game Zero” in advance of the best-of-seven series that will begin next week. But lost in all the fists and...
This Minnesota Wild season has been defined by two superstars playing at the peak of their powers, and somehow, neither has been Kirill Kaprizov. Instead, the oxygen around this team has been consumed by Matt Boldy's breakout 40/40 season and Quinn Hughes' revelatory arrival. Heck, they've alre...
The Minnesota Wild left Dallas with more than a loss on Thursday night. They left with a reminder that even a strong team can be vulnerable when a game turns into a grind, and that the playoffs will demand more than skill and scoring touch. In a 5-4 defeat to the Dallas Stars, the Wild twice built m...
The X’s and O’s of hockey are a complicated topic. On any given play, the picture changes incredibly quickly, and there are few set plays available to both teams. Comparing hockey to the other three major American sports, it’s harder to put hockey onto a whiteboard than football, baseball, or...
We can talk all we want about Thursday night's disappointing defeat to the Dallas Stars, as the Minnesota Wild suffered a 5-4 defeat in the preview of their first-round playoff series. But in the end, it only slightly confirmed that the Wild are going to not have home-ice advantage in this first-rou...
Throughout their history, Minnesota Wild fans love a good villain. Todd Bertuzzi was one of the first to feel the wrath of Wild fans during their first taste of playoff hockey. The playoff vitriol was renewed when Patrick Roy went from a Hall of Fame goalie in the 2000s to the Colorado Avalanche’s h...
Charlie Stramel’s rise at Michigan State has been one of the clearest development stories in the Minnesota Wild pipeline, and it's easy to see why the organization is excited despite a season-ending ankle injury. The 6-foot-3, 216-pound center left college hockey with the kind of season that f...
The Minnesota Wild have already punched their ticket to the playoffs, but Thursday's matchup in Dallas could have major playoff implications. If the Wild beat the Dallas Stars, they would put themselves in a strong position to take home-ice advantage in the first round, a swing that could matter a l...
A common saying among players in the world’s best hockey league is that there are “no bad days in the NHL.” The money’s better, planes are chartered, hotels are fancier, and nearly every need a player might have is taken care of by their team or sponsors. There’s a reason players fight and claw to g...
When the Minnesota Wild faced off against the Ottawa Senators last week, it was a collision between two Team USA stars (among many others between the two teams) as Senators captain Brady Tkachuk was going in a head-on bout against defenseman Quinn Hughes. One of the top forwards on the opposing team...
The Minnesota Wild recently clinched a playoff berth and are on a collision course for a first-round matchup against the Dallas Stars. Now that the Wild have punched their postseason ticket, it’s time for the team to use their final regular-season games to make some decisions about the team that wil...
On Monday night, the Minnesota Wild signed 2023 first-round pick Charlie Stramel to an entry-level contract. Wild fans have already had to be patient with the big centerman. His sputtering start at Wisconsin required him to spend four years in college. But before breaking his ankle in the NCAA tourn...
The Iowa Wild’s season has been defined by frustration, inconsistency, and an ever-changing roster that never seems to settle into a rhythm. While there’s always movement in the AHL, this year has felt especially difficult in Des Moines, and a big reason is the steady drain of talent from the lineup...
Sometimes, math helps us. And sometimes, it gets to tell us what teams are guaranteed to meet in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs a week before the season is over. With all the calculations and beeps and boops, it has been revealed that mathematically the Minnesota Wild and Dallas St...