Sebastian Egerton-Read

Seb has been writing about the NHL and ice hockey online for over a decade. A long-time passionate Bruins fan, it's a dream of his to be writing about this team, but don't expect him to hold back from telling some hard truths when necessary. Follow him on twitter @seberead

Minnesota Wild: NHL Lockout Positives and Negatives

You would expect the Minnesota Wild to be cursing their luck that an NHL lockout has hit the 2012-13 season. There remains reasonable optimism that 2012-13 will not be completely lost like in 2004-05. However, the Wild are a team who have just invested a huge amount of money into signing two prime free agents Ryan Suter and Zach Parise. This is a franchise that changed its very nature and identity with an aggressive offseason, and seemed to be set to finally give the huge Hockey Town fan base the NHL team it deserves.

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Torrey Mitchell, Konopka Are Key Additions For Minnesota Wild

The big free agent signings of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter caught all of the headlines, and will continue to do so, but the huge 13-year contracts handed out to the two premier free agents in this year’s class were not the only important moves that Minnesota GM Chuck Fletcher made this season. He also made a trio of signings for his bottom six forward group bringing in Torrey Mitchell on a three-year deal, while signing Zenon Konopka and Jake Dowell to two-year deals.