The Minnesota Wild have been in a scoring slump lately and were longing for their All-Star forward Marian Gaborik's return to form. After missing 27 games with a "lower body injury," will Gaborik get his groove back?
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Is the Wild's lack of offense enough to get them through the longest home stand of the season? Inside Hockey's Tommy Danger reports on all five games.
Anyone who likes hockey has heard of the movie “Slap Shot” and pretty much can quote you the lines from the movie. One of my favorites is “Putting on the foil” The Hanson Brothers have lots of memorable quotes in the movie, we all know that.
Earlier this year, after the Minnesota Wild bought out Mark Parrish’s contract, he said that he wasn’t too worried about finding a team to play for. But when the offers did not come as fast as he was hoping for, he was starting to worry about not playing this fall.
Popular former Wild winger Mark Parrish, who was bought out last summer in a salary cap move, has had no free-agent offers in the NHL, but has signed a 25 day professional tryout contract with the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
The top line, other wise know as “The Finn to Win” line, of Andrew Brunette, Antti Miettinen, and captain Mikko Koivu have tallied eight goals and 13 assists in the four wins that help keep the Minnesota Wild on top of the Northwest Division.
The Bruins tried to ruin a banner-raising night at the Xcel Energy Center when Phil Kessel scored first with a nice wrist shot past goalie Niklas Backstrom, but thanks to the new additions, Minnesota rallied and took the home opener 4-3.
Tommy Danger gets on the defense with Paul Martin from the New Jersey Devils and asks Paul about what happened in the Devils playoff run and what to expect from them in the upcoming year. He also asks him about Sergei Brylin going to the Kontinental League.
The Wild are looking for a player to fill the leadership role that is missing from the team now that Brian Rolston has signed with New Jersey. Could free agent signee, 16-year veteran Owen Nolan help fill that void?
"This indecision's bugging me." Will Brian Rolston stay with the Minnesota Wild or will he test the free agent market to look for the big fat contract? "Should I stay or should I go?"
The Minnesota Wild won their first ever Northwest Division crown this year in a very tight race that came down to just a few points at the end of the season. But will that be enough to carry them over into the playoffs? Here's a preview.
It definitely was a Wild weekend for Minnesota. It started out with the Friday Night Fight Club, when they took on the Canucks in a battle royale that ended in a 4-0 shutout for Niklas Backstrom, and ended with a 3-2 victory over the Avs.
The Wild had never lost to the Thrashers heading into Friday night's contest. But even though the Wild dominated Atlanta for almost 55 minutes, it was Ilya Kovalchuk and the Thrashers who emerged victorious in the end.
The Wild like to rotate the captaincy month to month instead of just picking one player for the job and waiting until the end of his career to pick another. For this month, star Slovak Marian Gaborik will wear the "C" in Minnesota.
After losing three games in a row and losing the lead in the Northwest Division to the Calgary Flames, the Minnesota Wild are trying to get back on track on their east coast road trip.
Nick Schultz sold his condo to teammate Josh Harding last summer when the Minnesota Wild did not offer a long term contract and since he would be a free agent at the end of the year could you blame him?
The Forsberg sweepstakes has ended; Peter Forsberg will not return to the NHL this season. Now, the teams that were hoping to land the future Hall of Fame center will have to resort to “Plan B.”
Who will be the future netminder for the Minnesota Wild? It's a very difficult question to answer, but let's take a shot at it. Here's a brief analysis of three up-and-coming goaltending prospects for the Wild.
Left wing might be the easiest way to crack Minnesota's roster. Fan favorite Derek Boogaard is currently on IR with back problems and Todd Fedoruk was claimed off waivers from Dallas and is playing well, but he might not be back next year.
With the Northwest Division being as tight as one can possibly imagine, a team can go from first to last very quickly, just by losing a couple of games in a row. Put simply, every game and every point counts.
It was a beautiful day in the State Of Hockey, the perfect atmosphere for a sit-down interview with Minnesota Wild winger Aaron Voros. Here's what he had to say to Inside Hockey's Tom Peets...
