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NHL Unable to Decide Which Team to Rig Draft Lottery For
By Tony Abbott - Aug 10, 2020
A series of stunning upsets rocked the hockey world over the weekend. The NHL front office was not immune to the shock, sitting by in horror as […]
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Minnesota Wild’s Predictable Power Play Must Shake Things Up For Do-or-Die Game 4
By Tony Abbott - Aug 6, 2020
Game 2 should have been a wake up call for the Minnesota Wild. After a Game 1 victory where Minnesota easily dispatched the Vancouver Canucks, Vancouver roared […]
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Kevin Fiala is Proving He’s For Real, But the Minnesota Wild Will Need More Than Him to Win
By Tony Abbott - Aug 5, 2020
Let’s say you wanted to engineer the perfect plan for the Minnesota Wild to drop Game 2 of their series. It would have seemed like a tough […]
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Jared Spurgeon’s Big Night Reveals the Minnesota Wild’s Greatest Advantage Over Vancouver
By Tony Abbott - Aug 3, 2020
There is nothing that unites the State of Hockey as much as a shared, collective appreciation for Jared Spurgeon. Minnesota Wild fans know that when No. 46 […]
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In the Playoffs Zach Parise Has Been Worth Every Penny the Minnesota Wild are Paying Him
By Tony Abbott - Jul 31, 2020
On Independence Day in 2012, the Minnesota Wild were nationally relevant for the first time in franchise history. Minnesota signed Zach Parise and Ryan Suter to the […]
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Donato, Greenway and Kunin Can Establish Themselves as Part of the Minnesota Wild’s Future When Play Resumes in the Bubble
By Tony Abbott - Jul 30, 2020
Yesterday we wrote about the win-win situation that Dean Evason is in. Indeed, the Minnesota Wild are playing with house money in general. Few expected the Wild […]
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Why Was Sam Anas, the AHL’s Leading Scorer, Left Off of the Minnesota Wild’s 31-Player Playoff Roster?
By Tony Abbott - Jul 27, 2020
The Minnesota Wild announced their 31-player playoff roster on Friday. With the pandemic necessitating eight more slots than normal, plenty of Iowa Wild farmhands are along for […]
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Inside the Minnesota Wild’s Courtship of Kirill Kaprizov
By Tony Abbott - Jul 23, 2020
The Minnesota Wild signed Kirill Kaprizov earlier this month, ending a five-year long saga. The Wild drafted him back in 2015, selecting him 135th overall. Kaprizov was […]
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Kevin Fiala and Kirill Kaprizov Can Propel Each Other to Stardom
By Tony Abbott - Jul 16, 2020
It’s hard to overstate how much brighter the Minnesota Wild’s future looks now compared to the start of the season. The Wild entered October a franchise in […]
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What Made Dean Evason Right for the Minnesota Wild
By Tony Abbott - Jul 14, 2020
A year ago it seemed inevitable that Dean Evason would be the Minnesota Wild’s head coach. It didn’t take a genius to see why, either. Minnesota hired […]
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Kirill Kaprizov Now Has the Weight of the Minnesota Wild on Him
By Tony Abbott - Jul 13, 2020
Kirill Kaprizov finally inked his contract with the Minnesota Wild on Monday morning. This concludes a five-year saga full of twists and turns. Spurned prospects, surprise contracts […]
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Top Prospect Calen Addison is Coming to Minnesota Wild Training Camp
By Tony Abbott - Jul 13, 2020
The Minnesota Wild released their training camp roster on Saturday. Our own Drew Cove took a look at how the roster might shake out last week, and […]