Wild History
Biggest Draft Busts in Wild History
June 2nd, 2018 The 2018 NHL Entry Draft is right around the corner. The Minnesota Wild will actually be able to select a player in the first round of the draft unlike the previous year after former Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher traded the pick away. Since 2010, the Wild have done...
Minnesota Wild All-Star History
February 5th, 2018 The 63rd All-Star Game in Tampa, Florida has come and gone. This means all-time All-Stars for each hockey team are solidified until the following season. The Minnesota Wild remain a fairly young team; their history of All-Star selections is rather slim but these players...
Minnesota Wild Five Year Recap
May 4th, 2017 For the fifth consecutive year, the Minnesota Wild qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs and subsequently failed to make much of a splash. Minnesota Wild fans are thinking one of three things right now: Well, now it’s baseball season At least the Blackhawks...
Wild's 5 Worst Draft Picks
February 15th, 2017 Drafting in any sport is an inexact science mastered by none. Each year, hundreds of 18-year-old prospects enter the NHL's talent pipeline in hopes of one day signing a life-altering contract. The reality is that the majority never fulfil their dream of playing in the NHL...
Wild's Five Best Draft Picks
February 11th, 2017 Drafting is the blood and bones of any great NHL franchise. While the big wig general manager is the face that gets to stand at the podium each year to announce the names, the real work that goes into is often unseen. During the regular season and winter months, scouts are...
The Wild Show Loyalty to Minnesota-Born Players
January 31st, 2017 The moment a Minnesota native or even a player that once played hockey at the college level in Minnesota finds himself on the trade block or close to becoming an unrestricted free agent, there's an automatic assumption that this player will join the Minnesota Wild simply...
Ex-Wild Players: Where Are They Now?
January 11th, 2017 Regardless of the terms in which former Minnesota Wild players left the team or the effect they had during their stint, each impacted the team in some way. Here's a look at some of the more polarizing ex-Wild players in recent memory and their path since donning the forest...
What Bruce Boudreau Brings: Part One- The Bruce Effect
May 26th, 2016 The Minnesota Wild have hired Bruce Boudreau to be the fourth non-interim coach in their short history. He comes in with a very impressive record, but also with a muddled reputation. His ability to rack up wins and division titles has many fans excited; while his...
Niklas Backstrom Skates Back into Minnesota
March 23rd, 2016 The Minnesota Wild only made one NHL level trade on this season’s trade deadline day. The Wild received forward David Jones from the Calgary Flames in exchange for goaltender Niklas Backstrom. Calgary was in a huge need of a goaltender due to injuries, and Minnesota...
Analyzing Chuck Fletcher Part 2: The Drafts
February 6th, 2016 ICYMI: Check out Part 1 of our Chuck Fletcher series courtesy of our own Alli Baker, where she breaks down notable trades made by the Wild GM thus far during his tenure in Minnesota. Well, the losing continues for Minnesota as does the frustration and anxiety for the...
The Mess in Minnesota
January 26th, 2016 It is indeed a mess right now for the Minnesota Wild, as they enter the much needed All-Star break following Monday's mental breakdown at home against the Coyotes. Nothing is going as planned for Mike Yeo's group right now, literally, nothing. It seems like forever ago...
Intriguing Players in Wild History
January 5th, 2016 It has been 15 years since the Minnesota Wild began play in the NHL, making the franchise a fairly young one when compared to the rest of the league. But the organization's short tenure in the NHL doesn't mean it hasn't had plenty of interesting, talented, and sometimes...
Looking Back on a Wild Year
December 28th, 2015 If you're a Minnesota Wild fan, this past year might not seem like it was anything truly special. There was no Cup; no first-round choice in the draft; no huge offseason acquisition or mega-trade. But if you look a little closer, the past 365 days have actually been pretty...
