On today's episode of Locked on Wild, Alex Micheletti joins to recap the first weekend of the NHL Playoffs. We look at the awesome home atmospheres, especially in Winnipeg and Vancouver and why the Wild need to defend their home ice vigorously going forward. We discuss why they need to not only win at home, but early starts and early leads at home are vital to keep the crowd in it. We look at the list of former Wild players currently in the playoffs and debate whether that full roster of players could beat the current Minnesota Wild roster. We finish by playing "Deal or No Deal" with Wild play ..read more

On today's episode of Locked on Wild, Jonny Lazarus of the Daily Faceoff joins to preview round one of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. We go series by series and get Jonny's thoughts on which team comes out on top. We also discuss which player can single handedly change their team's fortunes with a dominant performance! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Locked On Wild Follow/Subscribe Anywhere: linktr.ee/LockedOnWild Follow Locked On NHL: linktr.ee/lockedonNHL Join our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/ZAB6yyck Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Monopoly GO! - Get in the game and join your frie ..read more

On today's episode of Locked on Wild, we react to the season ending press conference from Bill Guerin and John Hynes. We look at some of the comments to key in on through all of the talk, including the team being "fragile". We also react to the news that Brock Faber played the final 2 months of the season with fractured ribs. We discuss the notion of rookie players "scaring the vets" and playing up in the lineup, which sounds good in theory, but only really means anything if it is also put into action. We also discuss Ryan Hartman, who it appears John Hynes thinks he can get more out of next s ..read more

The Minnesota Wild saw their season come to an end after a 4-3 loss to the Seattle Kraken at Xcel Energy Center Thursday night. The Wild finish their season 39-33-10 and led 1-0 after Kirill Kaprizov's 46th goal of the season. The Kraken tied it at 1-1 on a Power Play goal from Matty Beniers. Both teams scored a breakaway goal to start the 3rd, as Yanni Gourde scored a shorthanded breakaway to make it 2-1. ats Zuccarello scored on a breakaway of his own to tie the score at 2-2. Seattle scored twice in less than a minute, including an empty net goal for Gourde to make it 4-2. Brock Faber scored ..read more

On today's episode of Locked on Wild, Isha Jahromi of the Sota Pod joins to take a look at a few of the things that went right in 2023-24. We start by looking at Kirill Kaprizov getting himself right after a slow start to the season. We look at strong seasons for young players Marco Rossi, Brock Faber and Declan Chisholm, plus tantalizing looks at Marat Khusnudinov, Liam Ohgren and Jesper Wallstedt. We finish by discussing the center position, which carried many questions heading into the season, and now appears to be more solidified after a career year for Joel Eriksson Ek, plus solid showing ..read more

The Minnesota Wild picked up a win in their final road game of the season 3-1 over the Los Angeles Kings. Kirill Kaprizov, Matt Boldy and Ryan Hartman scored to back Filip Gustavsson, who stopped 21 of 22 shots in his final start of the year. The Wild scored the first 3 goals of the game before Drew Doughty scored to cut the lead to 3-1 in the final minutes. The Wild were 3/3 on the Penalty Kill, 1/3 on the Power Play and again got strong efforts from Marat Khusnutdinov and Liam Ohgren, who each played over 15 minutes. Boldy's goal was his 29th, Kaprizov scored his 45th and Hartman added his 2 ..read more

On today's episode of Locked on Wild, Alex Micheletti joins to recap a weekend dominated by the youth movement with Marat Khusnutdinov and Liam Ohgren recording their first career NHL goals. We look at their performances as well as Jesper Wallstedt putting together another strong start against the San Jose Sharks. We discuss the final two games of the year against the Los Angeles Kings tonight and the Seattle Kraken on Thursday. We finish by looking at potential milestones that are still within reach, such as Matt Boldy hitting 30 goals, Kirill closing in on 100 points and Brock Faber climbing ..read more

The Minnesota Wild got a full helping of the youth movement as they eat the San Jose Sharks 6-2 in San Jose. Liam Ohgren scored his first career NHL goal as part of a 2 point night, Kirill Kaprizov scored twice and Jesper Wallstedt stopped 27 of 29 shots for his 2nd NHL win. The Wild led 1-0 and 2-1 before the Sharks rallied to tie each time, but the Wild scored 4 straight goals to cap the scoring in the 2nd and 3rd periods. Matt Boldy, Declan Chisholm and Marcus Johansson also scored to back Wallstedt, who has looked solid in his two most recent starts. Liam Ohgren had his first multi point n ..read more

On today's episode of Locked on Wild we dive into the Colorado Avalanche roster to see what the Wild can learn from how they built themselves into a Western Conference contender! We look at just how bad the Avs were to draft the likes of Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar. We look at how the Avs have built around that core through key free agent signings and trades, and further try to enforce the idea that you can only land franchise altering talent in the draft by being bad enough to draft in the top 5. It isn't an end all be all, but by being bad enough to dra ..read more

On today's episode of Locked on Wild, Jessi Pierce of the Bardown Beauties Podcast joins to discuss Liam Ohgren's call up to the NHL roster. We discuss other players that should also get a call up, as well as why it's more than time to see how they fit into the lineup  and where they are at in their development. We also discuss some important decisions looming in the offseason as well as what makes most sense for the goalie situation.  Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Locked On Wild Follow/Subscribe Anywhere: linktr.ee/LockedOnWild Follow Locked On NHL: linktr.ee/lockedonNHL Join ou ..read more