Hockey Wilderness Sep 30, 2022
Wild send more players to AHL training camp
Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Some players are no longer at Wild training camp. The Minnesota Wild announced more cuts to their training camp roster Friday afternoon, sending down five players to the AHL training camp in Iowa. Heading to Des Moines are forwards Damien Giroux, Vladislav Firstov, Sam Hentges, Michael Milne, and goaltender Hunter Jones. The #mnwild has reduced its training camp roster to 40 players. The Wild assigned forwards Vladislav Firstov, Damien Giroux, Sam Hentges and Michael Milne and goaltender Hunter Jones to the @IAWild....
Hockey Wilderness Sep 30, 2022
Top 25 Under 25: Brock Faber easily glides into No. 5
Photo by Andy Devlin/ The Wild’s summer acquisition is one for the near future. Welcome to this year’s Top 25 Under 25 series. If you’re unfamiliar, we’re going player-by-player in a ranking of the top 25 Minnesota Wild players that are under the age of 25. It’s fairly simple. Enjoy! Brock Faber has come into the Wild’s system and jumped a lot of folks in the depth chart, and our overall excitement ranking. Since being one-half of the return for Kevin Fiala from the Los Angeles Kings, the reason for the acquisition has become clearer and clearer with every...
Hockey Wilderness Sep 30, 2022
Wilderness Walk: Jost received hateful messages from Avs fans
Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Your daily dose of Wild news, along with other interesting stories from around the NHL. That’s Wild Tyson Jost is quickly becoming a fan favorite in Minnesota. He has been scoring a whole lot in the preseason and might end up taking Kevin Fiala’s role in the lineup for the foreseeable future. But he did suffer what he called some “dark days,” as he saw his former teammates on the Colorado Avalanche lift the Stanley Cup just a few months after he was traded. After the championship celebrations, Jost reportedly received a lot of...
Hockey Wilderness Sep 29, 2022
Recap: Wallstedt calmly earns Wild 5-2 win over Stars
Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports No panic, whatsoever. Wild go 3-0-0 in the preseason. Jesper Wallstedt had a lot to prove coming into this season, and he might have just sorted it out within the first two appearances in a Minnesota Wild sweater. A massive asterisk over any statement at this time of year — since it is the preseason — but a 19-year-old goaltender just showing up, after putting in a below-average performance on Sunday during a half-game stint against the Colorado Avalanche, and taking over a full 60 minutes to nullify a team’s offense, is incredibly...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Sep 29, 2022
As Wild revamp power play, Tyson Jost seeks to play a role
After being traded to the Wild last March, Tyson Jost is looking to display his potential further up the lineup and on special teams.
Hockey Wilderness Sep 29, 2022
Gamethread: Wild at Stars (7:00 p.m.)
Photo by Bruce Bennett/ Join us for some preseason action. The Minnesota Wild are here and visiting the Dallas Stars to just hang out and play some preseason hockey. There are some important players tonight for our favorite hockey team, so that’s something also to look forward to. Led by a first line with Sam Steel getting another chance to play with some talent, and further bolstered by either Iowa’s top players or someone named Marco Rossi, the Wild might be entertaining tonight Wild lineup Tyson Jost — Sam Steel — Mats ZuccarelloAdam Beckman — Marco Rossi...
Hockey Wilderness Sep 29, 2022
Preview: Wild visit Stars in another preseason matchup
Photo by Tom Pennington/ Just another exhibition game before everything matters. It’s another Minnesota Wild gameday that doesn’t really mean anything in the end. Yes, it still feels good that our favorite hockey club is 2-0-0 in this preseason and both wins come over the reigning Stanley Cup champions — but, it’s just too bad that this is just a little warm-up and it is too early in the preseason to really get an understanding of what this team looks like. The Wild have made two rounds of cuts at training camp, but both of them involve players that we knew for...
Hockey Wilderness Sep 29, 2022
Top 25 Under 25: Ohgren debuts at No.6 on the list
Photo by Andy Devlin/ After being selected in the first round of the 2022 Draft, he makes his Top 25 U25 debut at sixth on the list. Another year, another great draft for Judd Brackett and his team with the Minnesota Wild. The first round especially was shocking, as Liam Öhgren and Danila Yurov fell into their laps. We covered Yurov earlier in this ranking (you can find that article here or down below), but the other pick that they made five selections prior was even better. Öhgren is one of the most fun players I and many others had the privilege of watching,...
Hockey Wilderness Sep 29, 2022
Wilderness Wild: Guerin celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Photo by Dave Sandford/NHLI via Your daily dose of Wild news, along with other interesting stories from around the NHL. That’s Wild The Minnesota Wild is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by sitting down with general manager Bill Guerin and talking about his Nicaraguan mother and his childhood. [NHL dot com] Marat Khusnutdinov is next on our 2022 Top 25 Under 25 list, earning the No. 7 spot after a strong year in the KHL. [Hockey Wilderness] Can the Wild really carry through an entire season with the elderly Marc-Andre Fleury? [10K Rinks] Off the...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Sep 28, 2022
Back with Wild, Fleury welcomes big workload as clear No. 1
With his ever-present smile, tireless approach and long list of accomplishments in the net, Marc-Andre Fleury has always embraced a heavy workload.
Hockey Wilderness Sep 28, 2022
Top 25 Under 25: Marat Khusnutdinov earns No. 7 spot
Photo by Maksim Konstantinov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via The 20-year-old Russian jumps up two places from his previous ranking. There are so many underrated prospects around the NHL. Every system seems to have one or two. The Minnesota Wild are no exception. Despite Marat Khusnutdinov coming in seventh overall in our Top 25 Under 25 rankings this year, it doesn’t feel as if he gets the recognition around the league that he deserves. The kind of production he has had with all kinds of different players, from those his own age to men in the KHL, is extremely...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Sep 28, 2022
Wild takes 5-2 exhibition victory from Avalanche in Denver; Tyson Jost scores twice
Tyson Jost scored a pair of power-play goals and goalie Zack McIntyre shut out Colorado during the 30 minutes that he played.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Sep 28, 2022
Wild backup goalie Filip Gustavsson starts big season hoping to learn, land new contract
Filip Gustavsson isn't just beginning a fresh start with the Wild after an offseason trade. He's also getting his first chance to be a full-time NHLer and has an eye on his future.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Sep 28, 2022
Wild's Jordan Greenway wants to put painful offseason behind him, deliver on promise
Will Jordan Greenway miss a week to start the Wild's season? Two weeks? The first month? For now, his script will remain the same. Go to rink. Get treatment. Skate. Avoid contact.
Hockey Wilderness Sep 28, 2022
Wilderness Walk: NHL salary cap going to increase, by a lot
Photo by Joe Puetz/ Your daily dose of Wild news, along with other interesting stories from around the NHL. That’s Wild The Minnesota Wild were ranked fifth among all 32 NHL teams in terms of how well they are set up for the next three years. Taking into consideration the current roster, prospects, front office, coaching, and cap, Minnesota is considered one of the best. [ESPN] Carson Lambos returned to the WHL’s Winnipeg Ice last summer and had a good enough season for us to project him a little bit better and he move dup to No. 8 on our Top 25 Under 25 list....
