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Mailing It In: The Search Continues
By Giles Ferrell - Aug 16, 2019
It’s another Friday mailbag! The Wild are still in the midst of a general manager search as we get under a month from training camp. Let’s take […]
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Minnesota Wild GM Candidate Review: Mike Futa, Brian Lawton & Scott Mellanby
By Giles Ferrell - Aug 14, 2019
Here’s a quick look at three other candidates who are in competition for the Minnesota Wild general manager position. Mike Futa For the past 13 seasons, Futa […]
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Minnesota Wild GM Candidate Review: Tom Fitzgerald
By Giles Ferrell - Aug 13, 2019
After Monday’s announcement that Don Waddell was removing himself from consideration for the Minnesota Wild general manager position and signing a contract extension with Carolina, the list […]
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Minnesota Wild GM Candidate Review: Mark Hunter
By Giles Ferrell - Aug 12, 2019
Adding his name into the hat for the Minnesota Wild general manager position is Mark Hunter, who served as assistant general manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs […]
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Minnesota Wild GM Candidate Review: Bill Guerin
By Giles Ferrell - Aug 8, 2019
Last offseason the Wild interviewed Pittsburgh assistant general manager Bill Guerin for their vacant position. Guerin never was in the running for the position last year, but […]
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Minnesota Wild GM Candidate Review: Don Waddell
By Giles Ferrell - Aug 7, 2019
The word on Tuesday afternoon that current Hurricanes president and general manager Don Waddell interviewed for the vacant Minnesota general manager position became intensified when Carolina owner […]
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Minnesota Wild GM Candidate Review: Ron Hextall
By Giles Ferrell - Aug 6, 2019
After Paul Fenton‘s sudden and shocking firing last week as Minnesota Wild general manager, owner Craig Leipold already began the interview process with a couple of potential […]
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Leipold’s and Fenton’s Failures Have Wild In State of Dysfunction
By Giles Ferrell - Jul 31, 2019
Just 14 months after hiring Paul Fenton to be his new general manager, Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold made the bold move to fire him in an […]
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GILES AND THE GOALIE Ep. 202: Wild Fire Paul Fenton
By Giles Ferrell - Jul 30, 2019
Paul Fenton has been fired. Topics Include: Why now? Reasons for the failure. Candidates for the position. Do the Wild need a President of Hockey Ops? Bruce […]
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FERRELL: Mailing It In Redux
By Giles Ferrell - Jul 26, 2019
My podcast cohort Ben Remington retired back in May, leaving the keys to the Zone Coverage hockey department all in my hands. Ben did a mailbag monthly, […]
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2019 Minnesota Wild Year End Review: Bruce Boudreau
By Giles Ferrell - Jul 15, 2019
It was a season of turmoil for Bruce Boudreau. It was also a season that came with some uncertainty as he now had a new boss, general […]
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2019 Minnesota Wild Year End Player Review: Ryan Donato, Kevin Fiala & Victor Rask
By Giles Ferrell - Jul 12, 2019
Ryan Donato Acquired on Feb. 20 from Boston in the trade for Charlie Coyle, Donato was immediately thrust into the Minnesota lineup. After spending parts of the […]