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Minnesota Wild Offseason GM Report Card

Domenic Lunardo | December 12, 2020

National Hockey League general managers seldom have a chance to put their feet up. Whether they’re assessing talent at the junior ranks, or looking for ways to improve their clubs…

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Wild Roster Moves Necessary for Guerin’s Culture Change

Rob Klein | October 9, 2020

You can’t say that Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin didn’t warn us. Coming off of a disappointing departure from the qualifying round against the Vancouver Canucks and a year…

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Wild Take Big Step Forward With Brackett Hire

Jack Dawkins | July 16, 2020

Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin has done it again with a stellar front office hiring. Judd Brackett has the potential to be a key component in making the Wild…

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Wild’s COVID-19 Challenge: Interviewing President Matt Majka

Tim McNiff | April 3, 2020

The Hockey Writers’ Tim McNiff had a recent opportunity to speak with Minnesota Wild President Matt Majka on navigating a strange new world without hockey. How do you stay ready…

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Wild’s Kurvers Takes Pandemic Pause In Stride

Tim McNiff | March 30, 2020

“We’re pretty much locked down,” says Minnesota Wild assistant general manager Tom Kurvers. “We basically said, go home and ride this out until we give you more direction, and so…

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Wild’s Prospect Problem & Guerin’s Plan to Fix It

Jack Dawkins | March 27, 2020

The Minnesota Wild have a prospect problem. It’s on the verge of being fixed, but it’s up to current general manager, Bill Guerin, to continue fixing it. In order to…

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Wild’s GM Guerin Has a Pivotal To-Do List

Jack Dawkins | March 24, 2020

The surge by the Minnesota Wild down the stretch this season emphatically states that general manager Bill Guerin is not going to tear the whole thing down. However, upon taking…

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Wild GM Guerin Lacks Trade Chips to Get a Center

Ryan Szporer | September 29, 2019

One quick look around the Minnesota wilderness will reveal what is a commonly accepted fact in nature and around the NHL: Top-six centers don’t grow on trees. Wild general manager…

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Wild, Guerin Good Match a Year Later

The Canadian Press | August 23, 2019

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Interviewing for the same job twice in as many years is a rare occurrence in any profession, yet there was Bill Guerin going to Minnesota once again this summer as a candidate for the general manager vacancy.
As the Wild delved deeper…

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Wild Hire Bill Guerin as General Manager

The Canadian Press | August 21, 2019

The Minnesota Wild have hired Bill Guerin, who won two Stanley Cups as a player and two more titles in the front office with the Pittsburgh Penguins, as their new general manager.
Guerin was announced Wednesday as the fourth GM in the team’s 19-year hi…

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Wild Must Hire Hextall as GM Over Chiarelli

Ryan Szporer | August 3, 2019

If early reports are anything to go by, the Minnesota Wild are looking at either Ron Hextall or Peter Chiarelli as their next general manager. If common sense is anything…

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Analyzing Fenton’s Brief Tenure as the Wild’s GM

Jacob Neuman | July 31, 2019

On Tuesday, owner Craig Leipold announced the Minnesota Wild had fired Paul Fenton as the team’s general manager after one full season at the helm (from ‘Wild owner Craig Leipold…

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