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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...
That's Wild While the Toronto Maple Leafs might not necessarily move their captain Auston Matthews, that won't stop from a whole lot of speculation happening. The team is bad and the elite centerman is a free agent in two years, so it's bound to happen. But recently, a list of landing spots tha...
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...
We are nearing the 10th anniversary of Bob McKenzie's legendary tweet: Trade is one for one: Adam Larsson for Taylor Hall. It's one of the most infamous moves in history, but it's also sexy as hell for hockey fans. A one-for-one swap! No waiting on picks and prospects for years. Just two GMs g...
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...
The Minnesota Wild must re-sign Michael McCarron because he fills a specific void that winning teams almost always have: a big, physical, reliable depth forward who can handle tough minutes. Since arriving in Minnesota, McCarron has fit the team's fourth-line identity almost perfectly. He brin...
Imagine, if you will: After a long, grueling season, the Minnesota Wild enjoyed a day out on the lake. Most of the Wild players had gathered for some relaxation on a beautiful spring day, but general manager Bill Guerin walked right past them, jumped in his boat, and headed out to do some fish...
The Minnesota Wild might be big-game hunting. Everything general manager Bill Guerin is saying about how nobody is untouchable and even Wayne Gretzky got traded, just shows that he's trying to make a big swing or two, in addition to the massive swing he took by trading for Quinn Hughes earlier this...
Now that the Minnesota Wild’s rollercoaster playoff run has come to an end, it’s time for the organization to look towards the offseason. The team made tangible strides, but it’s clear they still don’t quite measure up to the upper echelon of NHL contenders. This year’s free agent class is relativel...
That's Wild There are some serious questions that have to be asked about the Minnesota Wild after their playoff disappointment. Sure, they won a series against their division rival Dallas Stars, but then they ran into the Colorado Avalanche and instead of standing up to give them a fight, wi...
For 11 years, Minnesota Wild fans have watched their team exit the first round in what seems like every possible way. But then on a Thursday in April, in Game 6 against Dallas, the drought was over. The curse was broken. All it took was a blockbuster December trade, a couple of Kirill Kaprizov recor...
Jake Middleton isn't a household name; in fact, his name nearly went unannounced during the 2014 NHL draft. If he were an NFL football player, he would have been "Mr. Irrelevant", which is given to those who are selected with the last pick in a given draft. But Middleton’s career has shaped up to be...
That's Wild The Minnesota Wild won a playoff series and that's all fine and dandy, but to what end? Now, GM Bill Guerin needs to face the music and really commit to this team. Getting Quinn Hughes signed to a contract extension is the top priority, but one thing that is desperately needed is...
The Minnesota Wild enter this year's NHL draft with what should be a clear strategy: stay patient, trust the scouting staff, and add more pieces to a prospect pool that already has real NHL value. Rather than chasing headlines or forcing a move for the sake of it, the Wild appear focused on using th...
The Minnesota Wild enter the offseason with real momentum, but also a clear to-do list. After a strong 2025-26 season, the organization has moved closer to contender status. Still, it needs the right mix of roster upgrades, contract stability, and long-term planning to take the next step. GM Bill Gu...
The season for the Minnesota Wild has come to a close, and, as usual, there are always people who immediately want to demand that players spend their off-season doing nothing but training for the next season. There is this idea that a professional athlete, especially one whose team didn’t do w...
The Minnesota Wild’s season ended the hardest possible way: With a Game 5 loss in Denver that officially closed the book on their playoff run. After jumping out to a 3-0 lead, the Wild gave it back and fell 4-3 to the Colorado Avalanche in overtime. It was a collapse that cost them the game and sent...
The only thing that can stop the Minnesota Wild from paying Quinn Hughes a ton of money this offseason is himself. The Wild have already gone all-in on Hughes, unloading a ton of young talent to land him from the Vancouver Canucks, even with no guarantee that he'd extend with his new team. Hughes ha...
The more things change for the Minnesota Wild, the more they stay the same. Despite this loss coming in the second round rather than the first, the Stanley Cup won’t be paraded down West 7th in St. Paul for the 25th consecutive year. The Wild lost 4-3 in overtime to the Colorado Avalanche in De...
John Hynes’ line about the Minnesota Wild making a conscious choice not to play the way they needed to when they no-showed against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 4 will ring in people’s heads throughout the offseason. How could the Wild, a meaningful underdog, just take Game 4 off as the home team i...