Much like the New Year, a new NHL season is also a time to hope. Minnesota Wild fans have hopes that cross and are at a crossroads this New Year: That there’s a 2012-13 season to showcase the second richest free agent signings in league history, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. In honor of the ...
After a couple of aimless seasons out of the playoffs, Minnesota Wild general manager takes a huge gamble to reset the course of the franchise. Sound familiar? On the first day of the NHL Entry Draft in June 2006, Doug Risebrough traded his first-round pick and highly-touted prospect Patrick O’Sullivan to the Los Angeles ...
It was announced earlier this morning that, Marc Bergevin, assistant GM for the Chicago Blackhawks, will finally be the Montreal Canadiens’ new GM after weeks of speculation by the fans and the media. Bergevin, is a former NHL defenseman who played 1,191 games in the NHL with the Blues, the Penguins, the Lightning and the Blackhawks among ...
A few days after owner Geoff Molson finally decided to fire general manager Pierre Gauthier, it’s time to have a look at the potential candidates for one of the most important position in the NHL! The top candidates will need to have some experience in a managerial position or have worked in the NHL, whether ...
“The last thing most hockey fans remember about Petr Sykora was how he completely fell off the map last season with the Penguins.”
Unconfirmed reports out of Minnesota that GM Doug Risebrough has been fired by team owner Craig Leipold. This, just days after Jacques Lemaire stepped down as head coach. More as this develops. Here’s the memo from the team: Minnesota Wild Owner, Craig Leipold, announced today that the organization will not renew the contract of President ...
On Backstrom: The guy is just playing great right now. No, he doesn’t see a ton of shots, nor does he see a bunch of scoring chances. But he is absolutely deserving of all the praise he’s receiving now. He’s also an unrestricted free agent after this season, inexpensive (making $3.1M this year) and not ...
As the super skills competition gets underway at the All-Star Game in Montreal, Wild fans are proudly watching their star netminder, Niklas Backstrom, represent the team. But most Wild fans would be less-than honest if they said that pride was not laced with an element of trepidation as that same netminder sits without a contract ...
