Posts About "Joel Eriksson Ek"
Wild's 3 Breakout Candidates for 2020-21
November 18th, 2020 After the significant changes this offseason, the makeup of the Minnesota Wild's roster is drastically different from last season. If the team desires a playoff berth next season, it will be essential for several players to have breakout seasons. A breakout season from a young player can really impact a team's outlook. The Wild saw...
Wild's Depth Upfront Could Be Difference Maker This Season
October 30th, 2020 After the significant trades orchestrated by Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin, the team's bottom-six depth up front will play a huge role in the upcoming season. In the past couple of seasons, the Wild have been a four-line team, with the first line and the fourth line being equally valuable and deployable. The Wild don't...
Wild Have to Focus on Positives From Unfortunate Game 2
August 5th, 2020 The 4-3 score doesn't really paint a fair picture of how lopsided the game was. The Minnesota Wild started Game 2 about as poorly as possible. They fell behind less than a minute in and were never really able to dig out of the hole. To their credit though, they never stopped trying. Even down to the final seconds, the Wild kept...
Eriksson Ek Scores 2, Wild Rally to Beat Stars 3-2
February 7th, 2020 DALLAS — Joel Eriksson Ek scored his second goal of the game with 26 seconds to play and the Minnesota Wild rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Friday night. Eriksson Ek skated from behind the net to the right goalpost and p...
Minnesota Wild: Youth to Watch for in 2019-20
July 23rd, 2019 As the offseason moves towards August, much of the dust has settled in terms of the availability of major free agent signings. Teams will add small pieces here and there, but now becomes the time to look within for further answers to team weaknesses. The Minnesota Wild have hardy, young talent that could really shine brighter this...
Trading Puljujarvi: Potential Targets for Oilers
July 11th, 2019 This week’s swap of first-round prospects — Alex Nylander to Chicago and Henri Jokiharju to Buffalo — has fuelled speculation for a Jesse Puljujarvi trade and Oilers Nation is spitballing all kinds of possibilities. Scouring the rosters and prospect pools of Edmonton’s 30 potential dance partners — including division rivals...
Wild Continue Skid, End 2018 on Losing Note
January 2nd, 2019 It was a frustrating New Year's Eve in the State of Hockey as the Pittsburgh Penguins flew into town and crashed the Minnesota Wild's party. This left the Wild five points out of the second wild card spot after suffering a 3-2 loss to the Penguins, the 11th in their last 15 games. It's a scary time in Minnesota for hockey...
Sweden's NHL Rookie Class of 2017-18
October 12th, 2017 A total of 30 players from Sweden signed an NHL contract before the 2017–18 season. The last time another European country produced more NHL players was more than eleven years ago. With some new Swedes on the block, we don't know yet what they will make as the storyline of this season. But we can presume. In this list of Swedish...
Minnesota Wild Roster Predictions 2017-18
August 29th, 2017 The month of September is nearly upon us and teams will soon begin to file in for their respective training camps. For the Minnesota Wild, this year will be quite different from the past few years. There will be a handful of new veteran faces in camp as well as the absence of others. There will also be several talented prospects who will...
Should the Wild Sign Mike Fisher?
July 22nd, 2017 We're closing in on the end of July and the Minnesota Wild still have some moves to make. The Wild are without a veteran fourth-line center. They have some talented young players who are looking to crack the lineup, but veteran depth never hurts. Matt Cullen has been on the Wild's radar for most of the summer. However, Cullen is still...
Minnesota Wild Top 4 Prospects 2017
July 13th, 2017 The Minnesota Wild take pride in their small but very talented pool of prospects. They have a handful of skilled players who are either close to, or ready to make that jump into a full-time role in the NHL. With the recent departures of Marco Scandella, Alex Tuch and Erik Haula, there are some holes in the Wild lineup that need...
Minnesota Wild Prospect Update
March 29th, 2017 Let's jump back five years in Minnesota Wild history. I'm talking before the Zach Parise and Ryan Suter days when Dany Heatley and Kyle Brodziak were among the team's best scoring threats. Names like Granlund, Zucker, Coyle, Niederreiter and Brodin were either just drafted or playing on other rosters and could not mature fast enough for...
Can Eriksson Ek Provide a Spark for The Wild?
March 29th, 2017 The Minnesota Wild are looking for a spark for a team that has limped through March. According to Michael Russo of the Star Tribune, the Minnesota Wild are bringing back Joel Eriksson Ek. Head coach Bruce Boudreau also confirmed this on Tuesday in an interview. He said that he doesn't know if they plan on playing him in Iowa or with the...
