Posts tagged with "Erik Haula"
Meet the Golden Knights: Erik Haula
September 6th, 2017 Happy September, Vegas Golden Knights fans. This is the month. Finally. Our favorite local team today, tomorrow, and forever, is finally hitting the ice. We're just over two weeks out from Vegas meeting Vancouver in preseason action. Twelve days later, we get to see the team ourselves at T-Mobile Arena. Yes, this season I intend to take...
Wild Send Tuch, Haula to Vegas
June 22nd, 2017 The Minnesota Wild have been motivated to keep their defensive core mostly intact. With a deal made between the Wild and the Vegas Golden Knights, the Wild will no longer have to worry. According to Michael Russo of the Star Tribune, the Wild are sending prospect Alex Tuch to the Knights. In exchange, the Knights will select Erik Haula...
Haula Faces Unclear Path to New Contract With Minnesota Wild
May 12th, 2017 Erik Haula has been a fixture of Minnesota hockey since he first set foot on the Shattuck-Saint Mary’s campus in 2008. The native of Pori, Finland took his game to the State of Hockey in hopes of joining the North American prospect pool with an eye on making it to the NHL. Along the road, he found an adopted home and a place in the...
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 tasked with catching red-eye flights across continents and...
Minnesota Wild World Cup Storylines
September 8th, 2016 The summer months of waiting for the slate to be wiped clean and for Minnesota Wild fans hopes to be renewed have almost come to a close. September will be made much easier to bear by the start of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. The teams have been announced and players have been added. Teams Canada, Sweden, Finland, USA, Russia, Czech...Uncovering the Wild's Most Underrated Player
August 31st, 2016 When the average hockey fan talks about the Minnesota Wild these days their conversations often include the likes of Ryan Suter, Zach Parise, Mikko Koivu, Eric Staal, or Devan Dubnyk. The more dedicated fan might throw in the names of Mikael Granlund, Charlie Coyle, or Jonas Brodin. One name, however, that is quite often...
