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Marco Rossi’s Development Plan Is Already Going Haywire
By Tony Abbott - Oct 17, 2022
We’re just two games into the season, and we must address Marco Rossi‘s playing time once again. The push and pull arguments over his deployment are well […]
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Boldy Is Starting To Challenge Kaprizov’s “Best Player” Status
By Tony Abbott - Oct 15, 2022
Is Matt Boldy the best player on the Minnesota Wild? You can’t say that right now. Not after Kirill Kaprizov took the league by storm with 108 […]
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The Wild’s Worst Fear Played Out On Opening Night
By Tony Abbott - Oct 14, 2022
The Minnesota Wild entered the offseason promising change, and on paper, they delivered. The Wild publicly declared fixing their special teams — their 18th-ranked power play and […]
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Why Are Advanced Stats So High On the Wild?
By Tony Abbott - Oct 13, 2022
Opening Night is the time of year when most teams, even garbage ones, talk themselves into optimism. Can your perennial loser be a playoff team? Sure, why […]
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Can Calen Addison Accomplish Something No Wild Defenseman Has In Over A Decade?
By Tony Abbott - Oct 10, 2022
Throughout Opening Week, 10K Rinks staff will be going on the record with the boldest predictions they can muster. Will they be proven right? Will their picks […]
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Which Cap-Strapped Teams Can Bill Guerin Poach From?
By Tony Abbott - Oct 6, 2022
The clock is ticking for teams above the salary cap. In the NHL, teams can exceed the salary cap by 10% in the offseason. But the fun […]
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Why Is Marco Rossi Pulling Fourth-Line Duty?
By Tony Abbott - Oct 5, 2022
If Marco Rossi isn’t the Minnesota Wild’s most important player this season, he’s at least their biggest X-Factor. Minnesota needs a player to replace some of the […]
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Can the Wild Ride A 38-Year-Old Fleury To the Playoffs?
By Tony Abbott - Sep 28, 2022
Throughout the Minnesota Wild’s history, time has not been a particularly great ally to their goalies. Over the past decade, the State of Hockey has seen Niklas […]
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Why Is Freddy Gaudreau A Lock For A Big Role?
By Tony Abbott - Sep 22, 2022
Every coach in the league has Their Guy. Their Guy is usually a role player who doesn’t have a ton in the way of skills or offensive […]
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Will Kaprizov Make MacKinnon Money On His Next Contract?
By Tony Abbott - Sep 21, 2022
Nathan MacKinnon finally got his money. The Colorado Avalanche locked him into a 7-year, $44.1 million ($6.3 million AAV) in 2016 coming out of his entry-level deal. […]
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When Is Falvey’s Pitching Pipeline Going To Reach Minnesota?
By Tony Abbott - Sep 19, 2022
When Derek Falvey and Thad Levine took over the Minnesota Twins, you could explain why in one word: pitching. By the time he landed the top job, […]
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The Wild Should Load Up Their Top Two Lines
By Tony Abbott - Sep 14, 2022
For the past two seasons, Dean Evason‘s Minnesota Wild were defined by two things: balance and depth. Evason spread the talent between the Top-9 while reserving enough […]