https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/page/157/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-ultimate-ranking-of-wild-nicknames/        Recently, Hockey Reference has started listing nicknames on their player pages. These range from the mundane expected nicknames to the most outrageous names that no one seems to have heard before.          Let’s see how they did with the Minnesota Wild and who has the best assortment of...17662Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/how-much-are-minnesotas-goaltenders-at-fault-for-the-wilds-slow-start/        The Minnesota Wild have given up 65 goals this season, the second-most of any team in the NHL. The San Jose Sharks are the only team to let up more goals than the Wild, and they are on pace to end the season with 19 points.          Losing Jared Spurgeon on defense has led to a lack of...17658Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/packers-picked-the-right-throwbacks-to-wear-this-weekend/On Sunday, the Green Bay Packers will wear their throwback 1950s uniforms: all green, with gold numbers, green socks, and plain gold helmets. The uniform harkens back to that unforgettable run in the early 50s when they went 3-9, 3-9, 6-6, and 2-9-1. You know, the more you think about it, the more...17656Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-wild-finally-have-legitimate-center-depth/A traffic jam when you're already late   A "No Smoking" sign on your cigarette break   It's like ten thousand spoons   When all you need is a knife   It's getting the center depth of my dreams   But nothing else goes quite right       And isn't it ironic?   Don't you think?         T...17654Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/what-are-the-packers-playing-for-at-this-point-in-the-season/On Sunday, the Green Bay Packers suffered their fifth loss in six games and dropped to 3-6 when the Pittsburgh Steelers beat them. That’s not the way any team wants to be playing in November. It doesn’t get any easier for the cheeseheads, though. They play the Los Angeles Chargers this weekend, th...17652Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-wild-have-a-creative-new-solution-to-their-goaltending-issue/In the opening scene of the movie The Prestige, Michael Caine’s character explains the basic structure of a magic trick:          Act I: The Pledge, in which the magician “shows you something ordinary -- for example, a deck of cards, a bird, or a man.” Perhaps an NHL goaltender.          Act II:...17650Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-under-dogs-are-barking-week-11/On the heels of another winning week, we move on to Week 11, an unusual slate with seven dogs of a touchdown or more. I’ve identified three of those super dogs that I’m pretty sure will get the job done. Bears +7½ at Lions This line opened at ten and has been dropping like a rock all week as mo...17647Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-ingredients-are-there-for-a-luke-musgrave-breakout/Heading into training camp, there was a lot of excitement around the young core of pass-catchers that Brian Gutekunst has drafted recently. The extent to which they’d be formidable in 2023 was uncertain, and they’ve been encumbered with the same growing pains as Jordan Love in the entire offense....17644Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/can-brian-gutekunst-strike-gold-by-shuffling-the-back-of-the-roster/Brian Gutekunst has often described the team-building effort as a “365-day-a-year” process. He’s also had the track record to back up that philosophy. At Gutekunst’s opening press conference when the Green Bay Packers promoted him to general manager in 2018, he expounded upon this philosophy furth...17642Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/a-forgotten-prospect-could-make-noise-for-the-wild-soon/Vladislav Firstov is currently on an Entry Level Contract. The Iowa Wild (AHL) loaned him to the Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the KHL to continue his development. Many believe he’s not going to ever play in a forest green sweater, if they remember him in the first place. But I’m here to tell you w...17637Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-wild-arent-ready-for-jesper-wallstedt/        At least things are going all right in one Wild net.         Jesper Wallstedt had been performing as well in Des Moines as anyone could have hoped for the top goalie prospect. Despite only turning 21 on Tuesday, Wallstedt is a star workhorse netminder for the Iowa Wild. Entering Monday'...17631Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/jordan-loves-opening-drive-highlighted-green-bays-offensive-progress/As the season shifts toward long-term evaluation rather than short-term results, the opening drive in the Green Bay Packers' 23-19 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers stands out as a bright spot that can be considered progress over recent weeks. In using a full complement of weapons and executing some...17628Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/matt-lafleur-should-bring-in-ken-dorsey/If there is one major concern with Matt LaFleur, it's his ability to hire coordinators.   Through two offensive coordinators, two defensive coordinators, and three special teams coordinators, the Green Bay Packers head coach has had more misses than hits.   Promoting offensive line coach Adam St...17625Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/why-isnt-kirill-kaprizov-playing-to-his-standards/It isn’t a secret that the Minnesota Wild have been atrocious defensively this season. They’ve allowed 64 goals, the second-most over their first 15 games. However, they have also scored the eighth most (50) entering Tuesday's action.          On the surface, it would appear that offense hasn’t be...17624Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/anders-carlson-is-changing-the-narrative-on-rookie-kickers-and-himself/The Green Bay Packers are the youngest team in the NFL this year. Many of their youthful players are seeing big minutes in crucial situations. Perhaps none of those young players has more pressure on them at one time than rookie kicker Anders Carlson. The former Auburn kicker is replacing Mason Cr...17623Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/guerin-saw-all-the-cards-in-the-original-addison-trade-and-still-folded/        Bill Guerin laid out his logic for trading Calen Addison to the San Jose Sharks for a fifth-round pick and prospect Adam Raska. They knew what they had in Addison and no longer needed his specific skill set. “It’s not a knock on Calen,” he insisted. “It’s just a change in direction. Calen...17620Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-packers-need-a-lot-more-from-rich-bisaccia/It seems impossible for the Green Bay Packers to play complementary football most weeks.   Through half of a season, it rarely seems like the offense, defense, and special teams are on the same page. The offense mostly did well in Sunday's loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. As always, there were mi...17613Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-wilds-core-issue-their-front-office-thinks-like-a-coach/The Minnesota Wild's excuses and hopes of getting back on track are running out. Writing off a sluggish start for the team with two straight 100-point seasons was easy until this past weekend, with major absences from Jared Spurgeon and Matt Boldy. In anticipation of the former's return, Bill Gu...17612Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-before/The Green Bay Packers’ recipe list of recurring issues bubbled up again on Sunday in their 23-19 loss in Pittsburgh: bad run defense, drops, and special teams mistakes. Throw in a head-scratching lost challenge that cost the Pack a defensive touchdown, and you have all the ingredients for another...17608Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/why-is-love-having-trouble-connecting-with-watson/Jordan Love will enter Week 11 with 10 interceptions on the year — half of which occurred when he was targeting Christian Watson. While throwing to Watson, Love had one interception in Thursday night’s matchup with the Detroit Lions, two interceptions against the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday Night...17606Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/calen-addison-was-minnesotas-emotional-support-player/We are gathered here today to eulogize Calen Addison, one of the best emotional support third-pair defensemen the Minnesota Wild have had in recent years. He didn’t die; the Wild just traded him to the San Jose Sharks. So we are here to remember what Addison brought to the team in his short, 92-...17602Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/dakota-mermis-is-finally-getting-his-chance/The Minnesota Wild have started their season without captain and veteran defenseman Jared Spurgeon. Then, just two games into the season, Alex Goligoski went out with an injury. The Wild were down two defensemen and needed a call-up from the AHL.          In steps Dakota Mermis.          Before...17600Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/3-insiders-debate-whether-the-wolves-are-contenders-this-year/Bill Simmons had Ringer writers Howard Beck and Michael Pina on his Friday podcast to talk about how the NBA is moving off the Big 3 model and going big. They started by discussing some of the regular contenders, but naturally, the Minnesota Timberwolves came up.   “By the way, you mentioned the...17598Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/brock-faber-is-making-a-case-that-he-belongs-among-the-nhls-elite-defensemen/It took 15 games (21 if you count playoffs), but Brock Faber finally, amazingly, made what was probably the first real mistake of his career on Thursday night. Faber pinched to keep the puck in the offensive zone but lost the footrace to Vincent Trocheck, who started an odd-man rush the opposite...17597Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-steel-city-drought-will-likely-continue/Let’s get this out of the way. There’s no way in hell I’m picking the Pack to win in Pittsburgh for the first time since 1970. I was in third grade on that December Sunday when the Green Bay Packers D flustered a young Terry Bradshaw, who was still four years away from leading his team to the firs...17594Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000