https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/page/129/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/iowa-wild-sign-matthew-sop-to-ahl-deal/That's Wild         The AHL Wild are already adding some talent for next season. On Monday, they announced that they have signed forward Matthew Sop to a one-year, one-way AHL contract and will be joining the team for the 2024-25 season. Sop is an undrafted left-winger who attended Toronto Mapl...19278Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/michael-brandsegg-nygard-fits-guerins-bigger-stronger-faster-mantra/Last week, Hockey Wilderness looked at the upcoming draft through the lens of "What Would Judd Brackett Do?" Going through his tendencies, we identified Berkly Catton as the ideal Brackett Pick of anyone who could conceivably fall to the Minnesota Wild. Skilled, smart, and prolific, Catton can eas...19277Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-06-18/Locks WNBA (0.5 Unit) Connecticut Sun Team Total Over 83.5 (-110; Odds via Caesars): 6:00 PM CT on NBA TV   The Sun are a very interesting team with a lot of talent that can beat you in multiple ways. If they want to lock you down they will, as they showed in a 4-game stretch where they allow...19276Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/could-the-packers-make-a-surprise-cut-at-receiver/The Green Bay Packers’ five best receivers have solidified their spot atop the depth chart. While the Packers lack a true No. 1 wideout option, Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs, Jayden Reed, and Dontayvion Wicks are ready and able to step up. Bo Melton showed he could be an impact player at the end o...19275Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/how-jeff-hafley-is-changing-the-culture-in-green-bay/Green Bay Packers fans have been begging for a change in defensive coordinator, and they got their wish when Matt LaFleur let Joe Barry go in favor of former Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley. We're still months away from seeing Hafley's version of the defense on the field, but it's not hard t...19273Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/is-marcus-johansson-a-wild-card-or-a-sunk-cost/Marcus Johansson's 2023-24 season with the Minnesota Wild was a tale of two halves. While his arrival sparked a late-season surge last year, he hosted a nightly tour aboard the Frustration Express this year!       Sure, he showed some flashes of brilliance late in the season, but that doesn't e...19269Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-06-17/Locks NBA (1 Unit) Boston Celtics First Half Team Total Over 55.5 (+100; Odds via Caesars): 7:30 PM CT on ABC   The Celtics don’t like losing, and the bouncebacks they have after losses are usually pretty impressive. Boston led the NBA in average margin of victory after a loss at plus-12.7 po...19268Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/dan-orlovsky-fires-back-at-silly-jordan-love-narrative/Last week on NFL Live, while talking about the Green Bay Packers, Booger McFarland paused and asked Dan Orlovsky a question.   "Dan, I'd love to hear your opinion on this…you're right the second half of last season Jordan Love took his game to the next level so now what's next for him? I think th...19267Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-06-16/Locks MLB (0.75 Unit) Oakland A’s/Minnesota Twins Game 1 Over 8.5 (-110; Odds via Caesars): 1:10 PM CT on Bally Sports North   The Minnesota bats are finally hot, and with the hot weather hitting Minneapolis today, I think a great situation exists for plenty of scoring here. High temps and hu...19266Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/an-old-wild-killer-has-become-a-minnesota-target/Just when you think you’ve exhausted all options on the trade block, the surprise of one addition can completely throw everything else out the window.       This week, that surprise came in the form of Columbus Blue Jackets winger Patrik Laine requesting a trade out of Ohio. Reports from Columbu...19265Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/a-wild-killer-has-suddenly-become-a-target/Just when you think you’ve exhausted all options on the trade block, the surprise of one addition can completely throw everything else out the window.       This week, that surprise came in the form of Columbus Blue Jackets’ winger Patrick Laine requesting a trade out of Ohio. And the reports fr...19263Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/how-high-can-the-wild-trade-up-and-should-they-do-it/The NHL draft is only two weeks away, and it’s time to start thinking about draft moves. Where do the Minnesota Wild want to pick, and how much can they reasonably move around the board?       To understand what Minnesota might do, we must figure out what they can do. That starts with the marke...19262Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-stand-out-trait-that-gives-dontayvion-wicks-wr1-potential/Dontayvion Wicks ranked in the top 10 among rookie wide receivers with at least 30 targets for receiving yards, yards per catch, and receiving touchdowns. He also had a top-10 PFF receiving grade and overall offensive grade. Wicks finished the 2023 season with 39 receptions, 581 yards, and four re...19261Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-06-15/Locks WNBA (0.25 Unit) Connecticut Sun @ Dallas Wings +6.5 (-110; Odds via Caesars): 12:00 PM CT on CBS   These teams are miles apart in terms of where their seasons are headed, but I just don’t think that justifies a point spread this big. While the Wings have lost 5 straight games by at lea...19260Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/taking-advantage-of-the-salary-cap-increase-starts-with-extending-brock-faber/The NHL salary cap jumped by around $5 million from $83.5 million to $88 million for this upcoming season. That gives cap-strapped teams like the Minnesota Wild a little bit more breathing room.       With the new cap jump and only one more year of the Zach Parise and Ryan Suter buyouts, the Wi...19259Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-wild-have-a-brand-identity-crisis/For almost two decades, the Minnesota Wild remained extremely disciplined when forging their brand identity. At any point between 2000 and 2019, it would have been extremely easy to throw red meat to nostalgic Minnesota North Stars fans with an alternate jersey evoking the state's first NHL club.....19257Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-06-14/Locks NBA (0.5 Unit) Boston Celtics/Dallas Mavericks 1st Quarter Over 54.5 (-110; Odds via Caesars): 7:30 PM CT on ABC   Three games, three unders cashing, so points have been hard to come by overall in this series. Especially for Dallas who hasn’t cracked 100 yet, but first quarters have bee...19256Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/judd-brackett-talks-up-wild-prospect-charlie-stramel/The Minnesota Wild made a controversial pick with their first-round selection of the 2023 NHL Draft. Instead of high-scoring winger Gabe Perrault, or gutsy forward Quentin Musty, or translatable center Calum Ritchie -- you get where we're going with this -- they drafted the very large center, Char...19255Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-wild-can-improved-a-flawed-roster-by-updating-their-systems/The Minnesota Wild need to find a system suitable for their team in 2024-25. General manager Bill Guerin is looking for better results, and the Wild are mostly married to their current roster because they signed players to difficult-to-move trade clauses. If they can’t change the roster, they need...19251Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/wild-not-actually-getting-rebrand/In the middle of Wednesday, reports about the Minnesota Wild rebranding full-time into their North Star-inspired colors that all started with the 2021 Reverse Retro sweaters, started to emerge. It was met with some vitriol or just uncaring support, but overall it was a contentious topic.       T...19249Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-06-13/Locks WNBA (0.5 Unit) Las Vegas Aces/Phoenix Mercury Over 168.5 (-110; Odds via DraftKings): 9:00 PM CT on Prime Video   The Las Vegas Aces, the defending champs and the favorite this season, are a .500 basketball team. They’ve lost three games in a row; they lost six all of last season. But...19248Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/here-comes-carrington-valentine/The Green Bay Packers’ second-year defensive back Carrington Valentine is a star in the making. From his on-the-field competitiveness to his off-the-field personality, Valentine has shown he has what it takes to make a second-year jump and become a league-wide name in the NFL.   In his rookie yea...19246Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/can-berkly-catton-be-the-wilds-annual-faller-pick-in-the-draft/If Judd Brackett, the Minnesota Wild's head scout, has a type, it's "top talents who unexpectedly fall." In 2020, Marco Rossi surprisingly fell to Minnesota's No. 9 overall spot, where he snatched up the high-end center prospect. 2021 saw Jesper Wallstedt drop from a potential top-10 pick into the...19243Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/john-hynes-on-usas-bench-for-4-nation-face-off/It was bound to happen. With Minnesota Wild general manager also taking the head executive role for Team USA's upcoming 4 Nation Face-Off tournament next year, his very own head coach in St. Paul, John Hynes, has been named as an assistant coach.                       In case you live a normal l...19241Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/tiny-nicks-gambling-picks-06-12/Locks NBA (0.5 Unit) Boston Celtics @ Dallas Mavericks -2 First Half (-110; Odds via DraftKings): 7:30 PM CT on ABC   I can feel the tax I’m paying on this number that reflects the desperation spot for Dallas tonight. Teams coming home down 0-2 have historically done well to start Game 3, but...19240Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000