Posts About "Ryan Suter"
NHL's Top 5 Defensive Defensemen of the Decade
March 1st, 2020 The 2010s have come and gone, and as we embark on a new decade, the hockey world has been reminiscing on the greatest goals, saves and players of the decade. Most of those players include high-octane scorers and acrobatic netminders, but what about the defenseman who plays 20 minutes a night, blocks shots and has an underappreciated...
Parise, Suter Score as Wild Beat Lightning 3-2 to Snap Skid
January 16th, 2020 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Zach Parise scored his team-leading 17th goal and Ryan Suter added his seventh as the Minnesota Wild beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Thursday to snap a four-game losing streak. Parise has three goals in the past two games. Joel Er...
Minnesota Wild: Reasons for Optimism after Slow Start
October 10th, 2019 After the first week of the NHL season, the Minnesota Wild are in a familiar spot – not enough shots, not enough goals, not enough wins, and significantly fewer games played than the most of their division rivals. Although the Wild were badly beaten in their first two games and are currently at the bottom of the Western Conference...
Rantanen Extends Hot Start, Leads Avalanche past Wild 4-2
October 6th, 2019 DENVER — Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. Rantanen, who missed training camp and the preseason before agreeing to a contract with Colorado last weekend, has t...
Wild Had to Pony Up the Cash for Spurgeon
September 21st, 2019 Like the bang from the barrel of a gun, Jared Spurgeon’s new massive deal signals the start of the Bill Guerin era with the Minnesota Wild. Guerin got the defenseman to put pen to paper and agree to a $53 million extension as the freshly minted general manager begins to build his team. Jared Spurgeon - (Amy Irvin / The Hockey...
Wild's Assets and Problems Facing Next GM
August 7th, 2019 The Minnesota Wild are at a pivotal point in their history right now. The team seems to be lacking direction after missing the playoffs for the first time in the past seven years, and owner Craig Leipold will have a big role in shaping the direction of the franchise with his selection of the new general manager. In this time of...
Wild: A Look at the Parise & Suter Era
July 15th, 2019 The Minnesota Wild will begin their 19th season of existence when the puck drops for the 2019-20 season on Oct. 3. For the State of Hockey franchise, one can think of their existence in two separate eras. The pre-Zach Parise and Ryan Suter era, and the Parise/Suter era. When the season kicks off on that October evening, it will mark...
Revisiting David Poile's Drafts - 2003
May 2nd, 2019 Recently, I’ve been diving into David Poile’s draft history as general manager of the Nashville Predators. Since he’s been the franchise’s only GM, he’s been at the helm for every draft since 1998. Beginning with that first draft, I’m working forward to the present, with this installment covering the 2003 Draft. For...
Minnesota Wild All-Time Starting Lineup
September 6th, 2018 The Minnesota Wild have had some impact players in their brief history. The problem is that very few of them have stuck around for more than five years and didn't have enough of an impact to win the Stanley Cup. There have been no Cup victories and only a single division title in all the team's history. All things considered, this...
Every NHL Team’s Worst Contract
August 20th, 2018 In a salary cap league, contract negotiations become critical to building perennial contenders. A team cannot afford too many value-negative contracts: contracts where the money owed to the player is likely significantly higher than the value he will bring to the team over the length of the contract. General managers who avoid handing...
10 NHL Teams Trending Down for 2018-19
July 23rd, 2018 NHL Standings Predictions: Offseason Edition 10 NHL Teams Trending Up for 2018-19 A lot can happen between today and training camp or opening night, but now that my offseason standings predictions are out there, it’s time to take a look at 10 NHL teams that are trending down for 2018-19. Some of these teams lost key...
Minnesota Wild Funko Pop! Wish List
May 27th, 2018 Funko has created one of the most popular toy items on the market with their Pop! Vinyl collections. The company makes characters from everything including Star Wars to Step Brothers. They of course have also recently gotten into the world of sports. While the NHL only has two waves out so far they boast players such as Brent Burns,...
2017-18 Wild Plagued With Injuries
May 11th, 2018 Injuries are something no one can predict and no one can prevent. They are bound to happen in professional sports with the risk increasing greatly in contact sports such as hockey and football. The Minnesota Wild have always had key players injured (Marian Gaborik's entire tenure) but the 2017-18 season was extremely brutal for the...
