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1 week ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Michael Russo |Joe SMith |Joe Smith
Minnesota Wild top prospect Zeev Buium’s college career has come to an end with the University of Denver star defenseman signing a three-year, $2.925 million entry-level contract with the Minnesota Wild on Sunday.Buium, 19, who was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as college hockey’s top player, is coming off a dominant season. A dynamic skater and offensive player, he followed up a 50-point freshman campaign with 48 points as a sophomore and feels he improved his all-around defensive game.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Joe SMith |Joe Smith |Michael Russo
There was a photo circulating on X last week of Patrik Laine at the Winnipeg Airport donning a baby blue Minnesota Twins cap. It sure teased a few Minnesota Wild fans, who have been curious since the draft if the club will pursue the sniper, who is on the trade block in Columbus after requesting a fresh start elsewhere. "I think there's always gonna be that, 'Well, can it work here?' kind of thing," said NHL Network analyst Mike Rupp, who played in Columbus and Minnesota.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Joe SMith |Joe Smith
ST. PAUL, Minn - Brock Faber was having a nice little Sunday night at his downtown Minneapolis apartment. He did some laundry. Made dinner. That's when he got a life-changing call. A few miles away, in a conference room at the Graduate hotel, fittingly right in the heart of the University of Minnesota campus, Faber's camp and Wild general manager Bill Guerin were hammering home a megadeal for the former Gophers captain.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Michael Russo |Joe SMith |Joe Smith
The Minnesota Wild are signing defenseman Jake Middleton to a four-year, $17.4 million contract extension ($4.35 million AAV), league sources say. Middleton, 28, has one year remaining on his current three-year contract at a $2.45 million AAV. Monday was the first day Middleton was eligible for an extended deal, so this locks him up for the next five years. The new contract will carry a limited no-trade clause, according to league sources.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Michael Russo |Joe SMith |Joe Smith
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Wild filled out the rest of their coaching staff Monday, hiring long-time NHL coach Jack Capuano as an assistant. Capuano, 57, replaces Darby Hendrickson, who was let go May 31 after 14 years behind the Minnesota bench. Hendrickson has since joined former Wild teammate and fellow assistant coach Andrew Brunette behind Nashville 's bench. Capuano will join head coach John Hynes' staff, which also includes Pat Dwyer, Jason King and goalie coach Frederic Chabot.
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Jun 29, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Michael Russo |Joe SMith |Joe Smith
They do still have one glaring need. Even though they'll be relying largely on better health and internal improvement to turn things around, they may be in the market for a winger to play on the left side of the second line. Secondary scoring was a significant issue this past season, when it felt like any time the top line of Kirill Kaprizov-Joel Eriksson Ek-Matt Boldy didn't score, they were in big trouble.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Michael Russo |Joe SMith |Joe Smith
LAS VEGAS - With a stylish new suit that included pictures inside the lining of his loved ones and beloved pooches, Snoop (Dogg, get it?) and Goose, Brock Faber arrived in Sin City for the NHL Awards on Thursday looking in midseason form. The Wild defenseman who played the final two months and 26 games of his tremendous 82-game rookie season with two broken ribs already had a cut over his swollen lip courtesy of a puck to the face off the blade of captain Jared Spurgeon two days earlier.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Joe SMith |Joe Smith
The 22-year-old forward spent last summer in Minnesota to work on his game, including revamping his skating stride. He showed he was ready for a full-time role from the start of the season, even playing on the top line for stretches. He racked up 21 goals, putting him just on the outside of the Calder Trophy finalist conversation. "A year ago, I don't think we'd be saying he'd have 21 goals," team president of hockey operations and general manager Bill Guerin said. "He put in the work.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Joe SMith |Joe Smith
Usually, in an NHL Draft, there's a list of top players for the first round and then there's a drop-off. For the Minnesota Wild, picking at No. 13 this year should put them near the end of that first group. "You've got 14 or 15 guys that are pretty agreed upon as the cream of the crop in this class," The Athletic draft and prospects writer Scott Wheeler said.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Joe SMith |Joe Smith |Joe SMith |Joe Smith
Judd Brackett just got back from last week's NHL Scouting Combine in Buffalo, N.Y., and he heard a lot of the hot topics were the - um - interesting questions asked. The new one this year was Utah asking prospects about their Uber ratings. But the Montreal Canadiens asking players, "What animal would you be?" is legendary. So, what would the Minnesota Wild 's director of amateur scouting say if he were asked? "I'm a Cape (Cod) guy, and we're infested with great white sharks," Brackett said.
