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The Wild Could Create the Next Brodin-Dumba Pairing By Drafting Denton Mateychuk
By Tony Abbott - Jun 23, 2022
Ten years ago, the Minnesota Wild drafted Matt Dumba with the seventh overall pick in the 2012 Draft. Dumba became an offensive complement to Jonas Brodin, whom […]
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The Wild Can Monopolize the Next Generation of Austrian Talent
By Tony Abbott - Jun 20, 2022
If you think about the Minnesota Wild in the late aughts or the dawn of the 2010s, you’re probably thinking about Finnish players. Sure, they had more […]
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Chuck Fletcher Is Wilding Out In Philly
By Tony Abbott - Jun 19, 2022
It was clear that Chuck Fletcher had run his course by the end of the 2017-18 playoffs. His Minnesota Wild team, which he’d essentially built from scratch, […]
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Would the Wild Gamble On Russian Star Danila Yurov In This Year’s Draft?
By Tony Abbott - Jun 17, 2022
If you distilled the secret to Minnesota Wild head scout Judd Brackett’s success into one simple sentence, it might be this: Don’t let top talents fall far. […]
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Is Trading For John Gibson A Risk Worth Taking For the Wild?
By Tony Abbott - Jun 15, 2022
In 2018-19, John Gibson played 58 games as the Anaheim Ducks’ workhorse goalie, with a 917 save percentage and his first top-10 placing in Vezina Trophy voting. […]
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Could A Crowded Market Drive Down Kevin Fiala’s Value?
By Tony Abbott - Jun 13, 2022
The Minnesota Wild had it all in the 2016-17 season. A team fighting for the top of the Western Conference. Several breakout seasons from young players. The […]
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Nintendo Switch Hockey Game Has Minnesota Flavor To It
By Tony Abbott - Jun 12, 2022
Video games may never have looked better. But we hardly live in a golden age when it comes to sports games. We can see this when it […]
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Vetoing Five Moves the Wild Made In 2021-22
By Tony Abbott - Jun 9, 2022
If there’s anything extremely online hockey stats people love, it’s Twitter. Twitter was the crucible in which most of our modern understanding of the game was forged. […]
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What Could the Ottawa Senators Offer In A Kevin Fiala Trade?
By Tony Abbott - Jun 8, 2022
It’s June, and the Minnesota Wild are watching their hated rivals, the Colorado Avalanche, play for a Stanley Cup. In Denver, a team chock full of stars […]
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Why Are Wild Fans Talking About Practice?
By Tony Abbott - Jun 5, 2022
We’re sitting here, the Minnesota Wild have been out of the playoffs for almost a month, and the State of Hockey is in here talking about practice. […]
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Alexander Khovanov Has Run Out of Excuses
By Tony Abbott - Jun 3, 2022
The Minnesota Wild faithful got to get a ton of peeks at the future this season. They saw 47 games from Matt Boldy, who showed that he […]
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Who Should Minnesota Have Drafted With the Filip Johansson Pick?
By Tony Abbott - Jun 1, 2022
In retrospect, maligned former Minnesota Wild general manager Paul Fenton could pound his chest over many of his moves. Controversial moves to land Kevin Fiala, Mats Zuccarello, […]