Posts About "Nino Niederreiter"
Minnesota Wild Healthy with Playoff Hopes
January 6th, 2018 We are officially in 2018 and that means the NHL regular season is roughly halfway over. Teams are beginning to smell the postseason, whereas wild card teams and those on the outside are feeling the pressure for a playoff push. This is where the Minnesota Wild fit in -- they own the final wild-card spot with a game in hand over the...
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...
Niederreiter Not Concerned About Trade Rumors
June 15th, 2017 Nino Niederreiter is currently a hot commodity. We are just one week away from the expansion draft and trade rumors continue to circulate through the hockey universe. There have been several names that continuously comes up in trade talks, including Niederreiter. After being traded to the Minnesota Wild in 2013, Niederreiter has...
Comparables for Re-Signing Connor Brown
May 31st, 2017 When thinking about the offseason, the two main things that come to mind are the NHL Entry Draft and free agency. Both are about bringing new faces to the organization and the future of the team. So it's easy to push the NHL's re-signing period to the back of our minds. That excitement that the draft and free agency have just doesn't...
Will Neiderreiter or Granlund Get a Wild Contract?
May 25th, 2017 As we approach the month of June, we'll start to get a better glimpse of what this Minnesota Wild team will look like for next season. The Wild have several free agents that need to be re-signed and Wild management is looking to improve their team this offseason. Two of the Wild's key free agents that need signing are Nino Niederreiter...
