Tony Abbott

We wrote about Kirill Kaprizov's incredible start on Thursday. Still, when a player goes out and drops a three-point night to extend their multi-point game streak to seven... what else can you do but marvel about him all over again? Kaprizov is refusing to slow down, adding two goals and an assis...

When the Minnesota Wild acquired Zach Bogosian early last season, it felt like they'd cast a player with the right look into the wrong role. If you were a director looking for an actor to fill the part of "Big Shutdown Defenseman" and Bogosian walked in, you'd hire him on the spot.

The Minnesota Wild's "Not Weird. Wild" ad campaign is getting a lot of love, but for my money, no local sports ad in history can compare with putting Nick Punto in an aquarium, which the Minnesota Twins did back in 2006.

At first glance, all you can say when looking at Kirill Kaprizov's season is, Perfect. No notes. You'd be insane to think anything else. With seven goals and 24 points in his first 13 games, Kaprizov is well on his way to an individual season that will be the best in franchise history. Heck, at t...

In hockey, you often ride the hot hand. Great chemistry between players is rarely the result of struggling and then finding a breakthrough. Usually, you have it or you don't, and once you have it, coaches are loathe to give it up. So it's a bit eyebrow-raising that on Sunday, John Hynes broke up ...

Since signing with the Minnesota Wild in July 2019, the State of Hockey has been fretting about the moment Father Time would catch up with Mats Zuccarello. Five years later, the shifty forward seems to be avoiding decline as effectively as he avoids checks. His 84 goals and 281 points in 324 games inspired Minnesota to sign up for another two years of having the 37-year-old in the fold.

For the second straight offseason, Marco Rossi responded to the trade rumors swirling around him by making himself indispensable. In 2023, he trained hard to gain the speed and strength to propel him to his 20-goal, 40-point rookie season. After still having his name in the rumor mill this summer, Rossi came back to start hot, scoring five goals and 15 points in his first 19 games.

Coming off a frustrating season in which the Minnesota Wild missed the playoffs with little salary cap room to improve, Bill Guerin and the front office had few options. Minnesota was going to have to make internal improvements.

Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin knows what a member of the 50/50 Club looks like. He spent his final season with the Pittsburgh Penguins during Sidney Crosby 's only 50/50 season. Heck, Guerin even fed Crosby on 12 of those 51 goals and dunked in 12 more of Crosby's 58 assists.

It's never too early in the season for trade rumors, and the Minnesota Wild rarely get through the early part of the season without activity. Since Bill Guerin took over as general manager, he's been proactive at fixing holes on his roster, trading for Ian Cole, Ryan Reaves, and Zach Bogosian in the first two months of the season.