Wild Goaltending
No Backup: Analyzing the Wild’s Goaltending Situation
May 12th, 2017 Following a first-round playoff exit, the Minnesota Wild face a busy offseason full of questions and signings. One of the more important issues surrounding the team is the state of the goaltending. Currently, the Wild are rolling with a tandem of Devan Dubnyk and Darcy...
Wild Need Quality Goalie Behind Dubnyk
May 10th, 2017 Devan Dubnyk plays a key role in the Wild's success. Over the course of two and a half seasons, Dubnyk has solidified the goalie position. A position that was in so much doubt for several years in the State of Hockey. He has put together back-to-back seasons of starting 60...
And the Wild's MVP Is...?
May 4th, 2017 The Minnesota Wild’s season came to a heartbreaking end last weekend with a 4-3 overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues in the first round of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Despite this, the 2016-17 reason can be viewed as a success. One of the reasons for that success is...
Top 3 All-Time Wild Goalies
February 21st, 2017 In 17 years of play, the Minnesota Wild have trotted out 16 goalies in total. An average of nearly a goalie per season may seem like a franchise constantly searching for a reliable backstop, but to their credit, the Wild have been remarkably good at finding...
Trade Deadline Options For the Wild in Net
February 13th, 2017 The Wild should be looking at the trade market for a backup goaltender. Devan Dubnyk has been immensely reliable as their number one. He ranks in the league's top three for save percentage, goals-against average, wins and shutouts. However, Darcy Kuemper has not been...
Wild Goalie Situation Needs Fixing
February 9th, 2017 With Devan Dubnyk sitting top three league-wide in save percentage, goals-against average, shutouts and wins it might not be instantly obvious the Wild have an issue in net. As a team they have the second-best even-strength save percentage and Dubnyk has played 77 percent...