Florida Panthers: 3 Head Coaching Candidates
The Florida Panthers lost for the first time this season last Saturday, falling to the Boston Bruins 3-2 in a shootout after winning their first eight games. This came two…
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Wild Top 10 Players All-Time: No. 8 Andrew Brunette
The Minnesota Wild department at The Hockey Writers is starting a series that will look at the franchise’s top-10 all-time players, in honor of their 20th anniversary last season. THW’s…
Top 5 Minnesota Wild Forwards of All Time
The Minnesota Wild franchise was founded as an expansion franchise in 2000. It has enjoyed some mixed success so far in its NHL history and the past offseason has…
Vets Talk Expansion Struggles, Vegas Listens
Las Vegas is often referred to as a “non-traditional” hockey market. It’s probably time to retire that phrase. The NHL has made it clear in the last 30 years that…
Former Minnesota Wild: Where are They Now?
Hockey is a sport, but it’s also a business. Players are acquired and traded every day. If you’re a hockey fan, you’ve most likely experienced that horrible feeling of watching…
Brunoesque – Déjà Vu in Colorado
Minnesota Wild fans will not only remember game seven of the 2014 NHL playoffs, they will remember Nino Niederreiter. Nino brought us back to game seven of the Wild’s 2003…
Minnesota Wild: A Brief History
The 2014-2015 season marks the fourteenth season for the Minnesota Wild. After the North Stars relocated to Dallas at the end of the 1992-1993 season, the NHL granted Minnesota an expansion…
Andrew Brunette and the Minnesota Wild Power Play
As the Minnesota Wild begin a new season, one area that they have actively sought to improve upon is the power play. Many games are won on a very slim…
Pominville’s Past and His Wild Future
Prior to the NHL trade deadline, the Minnesota Wild acquired Buffalo Sabres’ forward Jason Pominville. The official trade included Jason Pominville and a fourth round pick in the 2014 NHL Entry…
Colorado Avalanche: Potential Contingency Plans For Ryan O’Reilly
Nobody wants to believe that it could happen but the possibility has to be considered. Ryan O’Reilly might not re-sign with the Avalanche for a while. There, I said it.…
A Brief Hockey Card History of the Minnesota Wild
Millions of paintings have been painted, but it’s a few, well-chosen paintings that make a museum. Much the same way, millions of hockey cards have been manufactured, and it’s a…
San Jose Sharks Are Setting Themselves Up for Another Disappointing Season
So much for those “big changes” hinted at by Doug Wilson and promised by the media. So much for dismantling the core and “blowing up” the team after a pathetic…