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Jared Spurgeon Is At The Peak Of His Powers Again
By Tony Abbott - Apr 11, 2022
If you know anything about NHL aging curves, you might have looked at Jared Spurgeon‘s 2020-21 season and said, “Uh-oh.” Thanks to hard work by the hockey analytics […]
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Matt Dumba Once Again Makes A Case To Stay In Minnesota
By Tony Abbott - Apr 9, 2022
The Minnesota Wild dodged a massive bad break this week. In Tuesday’s loss to the Nashville Predators, Dumba levied a massive open-ice hit and appeared to injure […]
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How Kirill Kaprizov’s Skating Gives Him An Edge
By Tony Abbott - Apr 5, 2022
Before breaking the Minnesota Wild’s single-season points record, before winning the Calder Trophy, and before putting the energy in the Xcel Energy Center, Kirill Kaprizov‘s journey to […]
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The Wild Aren’t All-In Without Marco Rossi
By Tony Abbott - Mar 29, 2022
Despite Bill Guerin telling anyone who’d listen that he liked his team, the Minnesota Wild were active at the deadline. They made a flurry of moves to […]
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Can a Fleury-Talbot Tandem Work In The Playoffs?
By Tony Abbott - Mar 27, 2022
According to Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin, he decided to trade for Marc-Andre Fleury two weeks before the trade deadline. At the time, both Wild goaltenders […]
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The Deslauriers Trade Is An Overreaction To the Calgary Losses
By Tony Abbott - Mar 21, 2022
When Minnesota Wild general managers get desperate, they make costly mistakes. In 2018, Paul Fenton‘s bad first impressions of Nino Niederreiter caused him to flip Niederreiter at […]
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Can Tyson Jost Be the Wild’s Latest Change-of-Scenery Success Story?
By Tony Abbott - Mar 16, 2022
On the one hand, the Minnesota Wild’s trade with the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday was a footnote. The Wild sent Nico Sturm, a bottom-six forward who wasn’t […]
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Was Anson Carter Right About Minnesota’s Depth?
By Tony Abbott - Mar 15, 2022
It’s been almost six weeks since Anson Carter dismissed the Minnesota Wild’s depth on a TNT intermission. At the time, Carter’s comments were not well-received in the […]
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The Wild Have The Assets To Win At The Trade Deadline
By Tony Abbott - Mar 2, 2022
Despite six regulation losses in seven games, it’s not time to worry about the Minnesota Wild’s playoff spot. They’re still four points up on the second Wild […]
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The Wild Still Have A Center Problem
By Tony Abbott - Feb 25, 2022
We’re all familiar with cartoon physics. In the realm of animation, you can sprint off a cliff’s edge and keep your perfect horizontal momentum going. That can […]