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If you watch a lot of professional sports or any television at all, corporate logos and corporate slogans are drilled into your brain through relentless repetition.  The commercials often quickly become noise you try your best to tune out and I doubt I’m the only one that often presses ‘mute’ on my remote whenever a game goes to a commercial break.  Or as my dad likes to watch … [Read more...] about Adidas' Retro Reverse Jerseys Provide the Minnesota Wild an Excellent Opportunity to Re-Brand Itself

Photo by Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images Your daily dose of Wild news, along with other interesting stories from around the NHL. That’s Wild Fresh off his No. 9 ranking in our Top 25 Under 25, 19-year-old Adam Beckman sat down with The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler to give his story ahead of his time on Team Canada at the World Juniors. [The Athletic] At the eighth … [Read more...] about Connor McDavid lives in a murder house

Photo by Brett Holmes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The 24-year-old netminder made his NHL debut last season. At number seven, Kaapo Kähkönen is the highest ranked goalie on the list this year. The Iowa Wild’s top goaltender last year heads into the 2020-21 season with a brand new two-year deal. Drafted out of Finland, Kähkönen was billed as aggressive goalie with … [Read more...] about Top 25 Under 25: Kaapo Kähkönen is #7 in his final year on the list

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Today, we’ll count down the Five Things the Minnesota Wild are Thankful for. Howdy everyone! Hope you are spending this day safely and with your loved ones. To provide a bit of hockey entertainment today, we’ll count down the Five things the Minnesota Wild are/should be Thankful for this year. 5. The […] What the Minnesota Wild are Thankful for this … [Read more...] about What the Minnesota Wild are Thankful for this Thanksgiving

Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The up-and-down Russian prospect is currently in the minor league of the KHL, but if he can keep his temper in check, he should still impress in the pros. While he may not be the Minnesota Wild’s number one Russian prospect, Alexander Khovanov has shown flashes of being a true blue-chip. But that doesn’t mean that … [Read more...] about Top 25 Under 25: Alexander Khovanov hangs in there at #8

Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images Your daily dose of Wild news, along with other interesting stories from around the NHL. That’s Wild Next on our Top 25 Under 25 list is the reigning CHL and WHL MVP, winger Adam Beckman. The 19-year-old is certainly appearing to be a third-round steal if he keeps up this progression. [Hockey Wilderness] In case you missed … [Read more...] about Wilderness Walk: Fred Sasakamoose, trailblazer for Indigenous players in NHL, dies at 86

This is the third in a three–part series celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Xcel Energy Center opening. Arenas of the past never had a long shelf life. Once the 20-year mark was reached, typically, teams began looking for a new venue to call home to keep up with the times. Even legendary arenas (i.e. Madison Square Garden) have to get some major facelifts from time to time … [Read more...] about The Xcel Energy Center Remains A Premier Venue After 20 Years

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Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images Your daily dose of Wild news, along with other interesting stories from around the NHL. That’s Wild Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin announced on Monday that the team will be naming a new captain before the start of the 2020-21 regular season. Will it be Zach Parise? Ryan Suter? Jared Spurgeon? Someone completely out of the … [Read more...] about Wilderness Walk: Who should be the next captain?