Intense Battle Set to Ensue: Minnesota Wild’s Defensive Core
The Minnesota Wild have an obvious strong suit headed into the 2015-16 season. Not only do they have a talented back-end, but it is also one of the deepest in…
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Minnesota Wild Regular Season Report Card
With the regular season and their miraculous run back into the postseason in the Minnesota Wild past, we can give them some grades for their season performance. It was yet…
The Minnesota Wild Awards: Regular Season Edition
With the regular season ending this past weekend and the playoffs fast approaching, the Minnesota Wild have a lot to look back on. They’ve come back from the brink of…
Overpaid and Underwhelming: Big Contracts Not Enough for Minnesota Wild
Lately I’ve been crying doing a lot of thinking about what’s gone wrong with the Minnesota Wild. This team has so much talent on their roster – Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, Thomas…
Minnesota Wild: Five Things to Watch in the Week Ahead
Let’s hope the Minnesota Wild got some motivation from their shootout victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night, because they’re certainly going to need it this week. Here’s what…
The Minnesota Wild’s 3 Stars for November
Two Down, Five to Go November was an interesting month for the Minnesota Wild. The month started off rough, as the Wild lost their first home game of the season…
Healthier Wild Appear to be Back on Track
The Minnesota Wild missed Zach Parise, Marco Scandella and Jared Spurgeon like Alex Ovechkin misses his front tooth. There was a big, gaping hole in the lineup without them. All…
Return of Parise Propels Wild to Victory
Captain America After suffering a concussion against the Pittsburgh Penguins on November 4th, Zach Parise was sidelined for five games before returning last night against the Winnipeg Jets. During his…
Minnesota Wild October in Review
October was a bit of a roller-coaster for the Minnesota Wild. After starting out the season in dominant fashion, shutting out the Colorado Avalanche twice in a row, the Wild…
What Should The Minnesota Wild’s Top Pairing Be In 2014/15?
The Minnesota Wild tried out a couple of different configurations for their top defensive pairing last season, but which was the most successful, and which should they use to start 2014/15? All is…
To the AHL and Back Again: A Marco Scandella Story
The Minnesota Wild entered the 2008 NHL draft with one goal in mind: to find a top-four caliber defensemen. With that in mind they selected a defensemen in the first…
Scandella Realizing his Potential Creating Calm for the Wild
Marco Scandella Under Valued Despite Thriving Against Top Competition In the second round of the 2008 NHL draft the Minnesota Wild selected a 17 years old Marco Scandella of…