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Hockey Wilderness Forum » Minnesota Wild Talk
15h ago
In our offseason series of players the Wild could trade for, we have been identifying skaters GM Bill Guerin could target for a top-six role among the forward group. This week, we turn our attention to Pittsburgh Penguins’ winger Reilly Smith. The 33-year-old former Stanley Cup champion not on ..read more
Hockey Wilderness Forum » Minnesota Wild Talk
1d ago
As we close in on the Stanley Cup Finals, fans often create roster-building blueprints for the teams that don’t make the postseason. Fans and media optimistically project each team’s prospects and future cap space until they turn it into a similar version of one of the Cup contenders. The Minn ..read more
Hockey Wilderness Forum » Minnesota Wild Talk
2d ago
Former Minnesota Wild forward Kevin Fiala won MVP of the IIHF World Championship Tournament. Fiala played for the Swiss team and lost to Czechia in the gold medal game. Minnesota fans may have been focused on the former Wild star. However, they should have been watching former NHLer Ondrej Kase, who ..read more
Hockey Wilderness Forum » Minnesota Wild Talk
4d ago
That's Wild PWHL Minnesota can take home the inaugural Walter Cup championship in a winner-take-all Game 5 on Wednesday night in Boston after having it taken away from them in the dying minutes of Game 4. During double overtime at home, at the X, Minnesota had their game-winning goal called ..read more
Hockey Wilderness Forum » Minnesota Wild Talk
4d ago
A good reason to never draft for need is that you never quite know what a team's needs will be three years out. Last summer, Minnesota Wild fans saw an enviable amount of young defensemen ready to turn pro. Brock Faber looked stellar in the 2023 playoffs. Daemon Hunt and Ryan O'Rourke had finished t ..read more
Hockey Wilderness Forum » Minnesota Wild Talk
5d ago
There are still Minnesota Wild players playing hockey. Okay, well, not anymore but there was. Over in Czechia, the IIHF Men's World Championships were going on and despite Matt Boldy's Team USA and the several Wild players on Team Sweden, no longer in the tournament, we are getting some medals ..read more
Hockey Wilderness Forum » Minnesota Wild Talk
1w ago
Matt Boldy has the makings of a star. While he isn’t quite a superstar in the way that Kirill Kaprizov is, Boldy is still nowhere near his ceiling. When Kaprizov was injured, Boldy stepped up and went on a point streak. He was on fire while the Wild were missing their superstar. The problem was that ..read more
Hockey Wilderness Forum » Minnesota Wild Talk
1w ago
Jake Guentzel is not from Minnesota but is one of our own. He was born in Omaha, Neb., but played two seasons of high school hockey at Hill Murray. Guentzel recently wrapped up his season with the Carolina Panthers, losing in Round 2 to the New York Rangers. After playing seven years in Pittsburgh a ..read more
Hockey Wilderness Forum » Minnesota Wild Talk
1w ago
It's good to be Underrated in the Hockey World. NHL players can make entire careers on being Underrated. Patrice Bergeron is going to the Hall of Fame based on being a perennially Underrated guy. Sasha Barkov is building his own Underrated Hall of Fame career. If you can land that coveted Underrated ..read more
Hockey Wilderness Forum » Minnesota Wild Talk
1w ago
After last season, there was no doubt: Joel Eriksson Ek was a No. 1 Center. Scoring 30 goals alongside Kirill Kaprizov while forming a terrific, dominant line at 5-on-5 settled the matter. It's resolved. The only issue with him being a No. 1 Center is that the price for making him one was the Minnes ..read more