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No luck: Wild slide one spot in NHL draft lottery
The NHL draft lottery didn’t go any better for the Minnesota Wild than the 2018-19 season did. The Wild, in the lottery for the first time in seven years, slid from the 11th to the…
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Zulgad: Retooling, rebuilding or tweaking? Don’t bother asking Wild GM
ST. PAUL — Paul Fenton is in the right line of work but the wrong sport. Listening to the Wild general manager at the team’s postseason press conference on Tuesday, one had to think that…
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Job security: Wild GM confirms that Boudreau will return next season
ST. PAUL — The Wild’s failure to make the playoffs for the first time in seven years was a disappointment but many did not find fault with the job coach Bruce Boudreau did this season.…
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Zulgad: Should he stay or should he go? Is it fair Boudreau’s future is in doubt?
If you are to believe one ranking of which NHL coaches are currently sitting on the hottest of hot seats, Bruce Boudreau very well could be coaching his last home game for the Minnesota Wild…
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Zulgad: Wild’s playoff hopes end, but flurry of activity is sure to follow
ST. PAUL — During a season in which the Minnesota Wild forfeited the right to have the final say on what happened to them, their playoff hopes came to an end on Tuesday night long…
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Surprise, surprise: Turns out Devan Dubnyk had good reason for leaving net
ST. PAUL — What the heck is Devan Dubnyk thinking? That was the first thought of many as the Wild goalie skated to the bench with 9 minutes, 15 seconds left in the third period…
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Zulgad: Wild’s effort was fine, but team simply wasn’t good enough
ST. PAUL — My non-hockey loving friends (that’s you Patrick Reusse and Phil Mackey) enjoy poking fun at the fact that many of us puck heads often place an emphasis on effort when dissecting why…
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Zulgad: Better version of Wild shows up but will they stick around?
ST. PAUL — Bruce Boudreau appeared to be wound tight following the Wild’s victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday night at Xcel Energy Center. The Wild coach was asked in various ways about…
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Zulgad: Ryan Donato continues to show he’s never afraid to take his shot
ST. PAUL — The three significant trades Paul Fenton has made since becoming the Wild’s general manager have provided mixed results. The first, which sent winger Nino Niederreiter to Carolina for center Victor Rask on…
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Zulgad: Wild can’t shoot straight but Foligno does: “We have no heart right now”
ST. PAUL — Accountability is something some members of the Minnesota Wild seem to struggle with so before addressing the team’s lifeless and pathetic performance on Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center, I need to…
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Strangers on the ice: Parise displeased with Wild’s lack of focus on power play
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Wild’s roller-coaster season continued on another dip Monday night with a 3-0 loss to the San Jose Sharks at Xcel Energy Center. It was the Wild’s fourth loss in the…
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Zulgad: It’s time for the NHL to put a fork in the shootout
Alex Stalock was upset on Sunday when a shootout goal by Ryan Johansen was allowed to stand, despite the fact the Wild goalie felt his pad was nudged by Johansen. Devan Dubnyk was upset Tuesday…
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Wild GM reportedly came close to jettisoning Jason Zucker at deadline
Jason Zucker’s power-play goal with 1 minute, 27 seconds remaining in the third period Tuesday night tied the score for the visiting Wild in what became a 3-2 victory over Winnipeg when Joel Eriksson Ek…
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Decision to give Eric Staal a contract extension doesn’t fit with GM’s plan
General manager Paul Fenton has spent recent weeks trying to make the Wild a younger and more salary-cap friendly team. Fenton turned into 26-year-old right wing Nino Niederreiter and his $5.25 million cap hit (which…
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Zulgad: Granlund is latest of once promising roster to be shown the door
The Wild’s master plan seemed to be coming together in the spring of 2014. Led by a veteran group of Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, Mikko Koivu and Jason Pominville, the roster also featured a core…
2 months ago