Posts About "Mikael Granlund"
Do the Wild Have a 'Go-To' Player?
June 23rd, 2018 Every one of the most successful NHL teams has its poster boy or star player. For the Pittsburgh Penguins it's Sidney Crosby, for the Washington Capitals it's Alexander Ovechkin, for the Chicago Blackhawks it's Jonathan Toews. The Minnesota Wild have had players such as Marian Gaborik and Mikko Koivu take that mantle. Each player has had...
2017-18 Wild Rewrite Franchise History
April 18th, 2018 The 2017-18 NHL season has concluded and the Stanley Cup playoffs are well underway. While 15 teams are enjoying beautiful weather on the beach and pondering their failures of the season, 16 teams are in the midst of desperate battles for the chance to lift the Stanley Cup. While the Minnesota Wild are playing the Winnipeg Jets in the...
Staal Soaring with Wild
February 24th, 2018 A change of scenery turned out to be just the thing that Eric Staal needed to rejuvenate his NHL career that started with a Stanley Cup championship as a second-year player scoring 100 points in the regular season with the Carolina Hurricanes. Technically it was his second change of scenery after making a mistake of a pit stop with the...
Minnesota Wild's Best Young Forward
February 19th, 2018 During the Minnesota Wild's long playoff drought, the team was in the process of stacking its farm system. All the main young prospects are now NHL-caliber players in the form of Jason Zucker, Charlie Coyle, Mikael Granlund, and Nino Niederreiter. Each of the four players is 26 or younger, meaning that they haven't yet hit their peaks....
Injuries Will Force Wild to Adapt
October 14th, 2017 After years of being known as one of the stingiest defensive teams in the game but one who had trouble scoring, the Minnesota Wild changed their stripes upon the arrival of Bruce Boudreau. They still finished seventh in goals against but only the Pittsburgh Penguins (282) scored more goals in 2016-17 and their goal differential was...
Niederreiter, Granlund Earn New Deals
August 2nd, 2017 It took long enough, but the Minnesota Wild have signed their top two restricted free agents, Mikael Granlund and Nino Niederreiter, to multi-year contracts. The Wild signed Niederreiter to a five-year deal worth $26.25 million, an average of $5.25 million per year. The following day, the Wild locked up Granlund for three years at $17.25...
