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Fashion Could Be the Key To Predicting the Wild Season
The 2026-27 season is starting with a few wrenches thrown in. The Minnesota Wild haven't re-signed Quinn Hughes. Filip Gustavsson is recovering from hip surgery while his fill-in (Calvin Pickard) is struggling. Maybe worst of all, everyone’s favorite Minnesotan Brock Faber is out for an undetermined...
The Wild Opened the Season With Poised In 3-1 Win Over Predators
The Minnesota Wild opened the 2026-27 NHL season with a composed 3-1 road victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night at Bridgestone Arena. They used a fast first period, a perfect penalty kill, and timely scoring from key veterans to set an encouraging tone. Nick Foligno and newcom...
Bobby Brink Made A Strong Second Impression on Opening Night
Bobby Brink got something rare on Thursday night: A second chance to make a first impression. The Minnetonka native arrived in a deadline trade that sent David Jiříček to the Philadelphia Flyers, but he couldn't manage to make a splash. A shoulder injury in his first game with the Minnesota Wild did...
Blake Coleman Immediately Fit In With the Wild On Opening Night
The Minnesota Wild welcomed offseason acquisitions Olli Maatta, Maksim Shabanov, and Blake Coleman when they opened their new season on October 1. Minnesota traded for Coleman over the summer, and on Thursday, he became the 34th Wild player to score in his first game with the team on the back end of...
Wild Wins Season Opener Over Predators, Powered By Depth
That's Wild The Minnesota Wild have started their season on the right foot. With goals coming from Blake Coleman, Nick Foligno (and Kirill Kaprizov), they were able to power through the Nashville Predators by a score of 3-1. The stars played well, and the depth showed that they can be leaned...
The Wild Must Finally Lean On Its Youth to Succeed This Season
If you ask anyone around the team, the Minnesota Wild’s time is now. The Wild were one of the best teams in the NHL last season, and while the Colorado Avalanche eliminated them in a gentleman’s sweep to end their season, they're expected to take another step forward this year. Like most teams...
Will the Wild Handle the Preseason Differently After Faber's Injury?
The Minnesota Wild received the kind of preseason news every NHL team dreads: Brock Faber suffered a skull fracture in Friday’s exhibition finale against the Dallas Stars. Brock Faber underwent surgery Sunday and is now out indefinitely with no timetable for his return. For a team about to begi...
Bill Guerin's Offseason May Officially Be A Failure
Imagine if you will: The Minnesota Wild are ready to take the ice for their home opener. Quinn Hughes is the first out of the Wild locker room, but he’s alone. Seemingly by design (or following the ghosts that plague him), he makes his way out to the ice, only to be met by Wild general manager...
Bill Guerin's Throwback Vision Will Be Tested This Season
The Minnesota Wild finally open their season on Thursday, and as the big day approaches, the season previews are trickling in. So let's do a quick Google search and check out what some of the league's experts are saying about the squad, and... oh, no. When you actually delve into the prev...
How Will the Wild Survive Without Brock Faber?
That's Wild Brock Faber has a fractured skull and there is no timetable for his return. That's not good for him, and less important than that, it's not great for the Minnesota Wild to lose one of their top defenseman before a pivotal season. How can the Wild survive losing Faber? And, how ca...
Will Brock Faber's Absence Be An Eye-Opener For Quinn Hughes?
This may change between now and when you read this, but as of 3:00 pm Central on Tuesday, the Minnesota Wild still haven't signed Quinn Hughes to an extension. We're two days from Opening Night, which is unofficially the date to hit the "Start Panicking" button. And if that anxiety wasn't bad enough...
Are the Wild Asking Too Much Of Joel Eriksson Ek?
Despite being one of the league's most overlooked players, Joel Eriksson Ek has been a core Minnesota Wild player since his NHL debut in 2016-17. Eriksson Ek is set to play a crucial role again this season on a Wild team that hopes to contend for a Stanley Cup. While the centerman has continued to s...
David Spacek Has An Opportunity To Become Part of the Wild's Future
The 2026-27 season didn't even need to start to make it clear that David Spacek would finally get opportunities with the Minnesota Wild this year. Brock Faber's trip to the IR let the 2022 fifth-rounder sneak onto the Opening Night roster, and we don't know how long that will last. The Wild announce...
Bill Guerin Has Made the Wild Expect More From Themselves
Bill Guerin didn’t inherit a losing team when he became Minnesota Wild general manager in August 2019. He inherited a franchise stuck in the middle: competitive enough to avoid a total rebuild, but not threatening enough to make a real run at the Stanley Cup. But Guerin has changed something b...
NHL Insider Predicts Wild Will Win Stanley Cup in 2026-27
That's Wild The 2026-27 NHL season starts today and that means one thing: Predictions. Every single person who writes about this sport or talks about this sport has come out with their list of division winners and so on. NHL insider Frank Seravalli took it a step further and put out a list of 3...
Wild’s Scoring Issues Spoil Veteran-Heavy Preseason Finale
The Minnesota Wild dressed a lineup that looked much closer to an Opening Night group than a typical preseason collection Friday, yet they still managed only one goal in a 2-1 loss to the Dallas Stars. Minnesota generated the territorial edge and outshot Dallas 27-18, but the scoreboard exposed a fa...
Can the Wild Unlock the Real Maxim Shabanov?
In the summer of 2025, Maxim Shabanov was a coveted international free agent. He had just finished third in KHL scoring with 67 points in 65 games for Traktor Chelyabinsk. He led the Russian league in playoff goals with 10 in 21 games as Traktor advanced to the Gagarin Cup Final. Multiple teams purs...
Wild Hit With Tough Injury News Ahead of Season Opener
That's Wild Brock Faber is still missing from Minnesota Wild practice ahead of Thursday's season opener. The leading defenseman got injured during the preseason finale, which featured a whole lot of roughhousing, and now his status is unknown. Yikes! [The Athletic] A whole bunch of coa...
The Dylan Larkin Dream Might Be Over In Minnesota. Now What?
The Minnesota Wild may have lost their edge in the Dylan Larkin Sweepstakes. For most of the summer, the Wild, Larkin, and the Detroit Red Wings were locked in a staring contest. Larkin wanted out, but left the Red Wings with a three-team trade list, of which Minnesota was the only realistic d...
Charlie Stramel Can Start In Iowa and Still Make An Impact This Year
Charlie Stramel has the profile the Minnesota Wild has spent years trying to add down the middle. He’s a big, right-shot center who can win draws, protect pucks, and handle the unglamorous minutes. But even after an excellent senior season at Michigan State, the 21-year-old still faces a difficult c...
The Wild Forgot To Pause Auto-Renew On Guerin's Contract
The Minnesota Wild’s shortened training camp is underway, and they’ve paid almost everyone. The Wild extended John Hynes and his staff, and they’ve tacked on a couple more years to Bill Guerin’s contract. However, one person is still in the final year of his contract. Quinn Hughes. Hughes...
Danila Yurov Crushed His First Challenge of the 2026-27 Season
It's dangerous to draw big takeaways from the preseason. Teams are ramping up for an 84-game season, and we're as far away from a playoff mindset as can be. And while the Chicago Blackhawks played more or less their full NHL lineup, they're entering the season as the Central Division's reigning last...
Rieger Lorenz Is Maximizing His Preseason Opportunity
With the NHL preseason in full swing, the Minnesota Wild have a chance to see how some of its prospects and young players perform in Iron Range red and forest green. This year's preseason is shorter to accommodate the new 84-game season, so there's less of a chance to make an impression. Even with t...
Wild’s Next Wave Offered Encouraging Signs In Thier Preseason Win Over Chicago
The Minnesota Wild’s 3-2 overtime preseason victory over the Chicago Blackhawks this year was more than a welcome result on the scoreboard. Minnesota’s first preseason game offered an early look at how its younger players handle meaningful NHL-style minutes, special teams responsibilities, and press...
Bobby Brink Makes Strong Statement In Preseason
Bobby Brink has yet to find the perfect role on the Minnesota Wild since coming back to his hometown team at the trade deadline last season. It's still up in the air but what certainly helps is having the game that he did against the Chicago Blackhawks in some preseason action Monday night. The...
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