https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/page/158/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/minnesotas-power-play-is-finally-showing-some-signs-of-life/        Last week, we broke down the Minnesota Wild’s struggling penalty kill, which was last in the league then and remains in the basement today. The eye test was pitiful, and the numbers backed it up too. While the Wild certainly won’t stay at 65% for the year, they still have a lot of work to...17593Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-packers-steelers-mirror-match-will-reveal-something-about-green-bay/After a victory against the Los Angeles Rams to finally get back into the win column, the 3-5 Green Bay Packers hit the road to take on the 5-3 Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh is coming off a long stretch off after beating the Tennessee Titans last Thursday. The most interesting aspect of this gam...17591Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-under-dogs-are-barking-week-10/We’ve reached the halfway point of the season and find ourselves at 14-12-1 – not bad, but not great. But in a year when favorites are hitting at the highest rate in ten years, 71-60-5 for the season, I guess I’ll take it.   Joshua Dobbs gets credit for last week’s 2-1 record thanks to his unbeli...17590Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/is-a-lack-of-internal-competition-causing-the-wilds-slow-starts/There’s a fine line between a culture of accountability and a punitive team culture. The screaming, overbearing high school football coach trope is present throughout film and television for a reason: It’s widespread in real life.          The reason for team identities of accountability and punis...17589Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/kenny-clarks-questionable-status-could-put-the-spotlight-on-tj-slaton/The Green Bay Packers secured a 20-3 win over the LA Rams this past Sunday, but they also saw star defensive tackle Kenny Clark leave the game during the start of the second quarter with a shoulder injury. Clark would later head to the locker room on the cart, and the Packers would rule him out fo...17583Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-zach-bogosian-trade-is-bill-guerin-doubling-down-on-grit/        The gritty, veteran-laden Minnesota Wild are stumbling to a 5-5-2 start this season. Alarmingly, despite the premium the team has put on keeping their hardest-working and grittiest players, the team hasn't consistently shown those qualities so far. They're giving up scoring chances much t...17580Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/luke-musgrave-is-starting-to-put-it-all-together/The Green Bay Packers gave rookie tight end Luke Musgrave the proverbial keys to the tight end room. Musgrave was TE1 from the first day he stepped onto the Don Hutson Center grass. Green Bay threw Musgrave into action immediately.   Tight end is one of the most difficult positions to learn in th...17576Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/calen-addison-couldnt-meet-an-impossible-standard/Calen Addison was the first guy Bill Guerin targeted when he started to build the Minnesota Wild's prospect pool. Guerin was familiar with the smooth-skating offensive defenseman from their time with the Pittsburgh Penguins and seized him for the Wild as part of the Jason Zucker trade. If someon...17574Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/wild-deal-calen-addison-to-sharks/        Calen Addison's time in Minnesota is over.         First reported by ESPN's Kevin Weekes and later confirmed by The Athletic's Michael Russo, the Minnesota Wild have traded defenseman Calen Addison to the San Jose Sharks for a fifth-round pick in 2026.         Addison, 23, was acquire...17571Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/what-can-the-wild-do-to-get-more-from-joel-eriksson-ek/        The Minnesota Wild are starting to see how they can get the most out of Joel Eriksson Ek in 2023-24. He’s arguably their most valuable player after Kirill Kaprizov, and that’s been evident since he missed time against the Dallas Stars in last year’s playoffs.          Now Eriksson Ek ha...17568Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/why-are-the-packers-so-reluctant-to-make-lineup-changes/Besides a few phantom offsides penalties on crucial downs, the Green Bay Packers’ offensive line played their best game in a long time.   Coincidentally, it was a game that saw Yosh Nijman start over Rasheed Walker, and Sean Rhyan played some snaps in relief of Jon Runyan Jr. These were changes w...17564Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/was-minnesotas-slow-start-really-just-puck-luck/Last year, the Minnesota Wild lost their 11th game when the Seattle Kraken shut them out, 4-0, in St. Paul. They started that season with three blowout losses. The New York Rangers (7-3), Los Angeles Kings (7-6), and Colorado Avalanche (6-3) skated circles around their defense in three home game...17562Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-packers-are-starting-to-marry-the-run-and-the-pass/While he certainly wasn't rewriting any record books in Sunday afternoon's 20-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love showed encouraging progress when effectively pushing the football downfield. It's no secret that it came in conjunction with the team's best rush...17556Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/carrington-valentine-is-playing-like-he-belongs/All rookies can ask for is an opportunity. That’s exactly what Carrington Valentine got on Sunday. After the Packers traded Rasul Douglas to the Buffalo Bills and put Eric Stokes on IR, Valentine, 22, got a chance to start for the fourth time in his career. The rookie out of Kentucky had to step u...17555Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/karl-brooks-is-making-an-immediate-impact/On Sunday, the Green Bay Packers are finally back in the win column with a victory over Sean McVay's Los Angeles Rams. Not only did the Packers finally break their streak of losing on Daylight Savings Time weekend, but we finally saw the type of progress we'd like to see from this young team.   M...17554Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/did-a-super-line-solve-the-wilds-skid/In the past season, we've seen Dean Evason flirt with the idea of putting his best players together. For about 150 5-on-5 minutes, mostly following penalty kills, Evason iced Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy simultaneously. But mostly, the Minnesota Wild stuck to their philosophy of keeping their...17553Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/sean-rhyan-may-be-the-guy-to-break-green-bays-third-round-curse/On Sunday, Green Bay Packers fans witnessed the team’s third-round selection in 2022, Sean Rhyan, get his first career snaps against the Los Angeles Rams. Rhyan exhibited crucial blocking in the run game. His agility shone through as he adeptly engaged in blocks at the second level of the defense....17550Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/a-step-in-the-right-direction/Progress. That’s what we were looking for on Sunday from the young Green Bay Packers. It’s fair to say we saw some. We wanted to see the offense look a bit more dynamic, and the defense put the clamps on a low-end backup quarterback. Check and check.   Let’s start with the defense. Everybody know...17548Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/is-evason-breaking-up-hockeys-greatest-bromance/17544Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/marcus-foligno-is-doing-his-part/        The Minnesota Wild decided to invest long-term in Marcus Foligno this offseason. They signed him to a four-year, $16 million deal that keeps him in Minnesota through the 2027-28 season when he turns 36. They extended Foligno coming off a season where he was not as productive as he had bee...17541Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/its-the-dawning-of-a-new-reality-for-the-pack/For me, last week felt like a line-in-the-sand game for the Green Bay Packers. Win the game, and you’re very much in the mix for an NFC wildcard spot at 3-4. Lose, and you’re realistically out of the postseason hunt at 2-5 and in evaluation mode for the rest of 2023.   The Pack’s performance agai...17539Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/brett-favre-gives-perfect-defense-of-jordan-love/The Green Bay Packers are 2-5 and the blame is flying. Fans long for the day when Joe Barry was the only divisive name in conversations. From Matt Lafleur's play calling to Brian Gutekunst’s decisions to Jordan Love's performance, Cheeseheads are getting loud.   But former Packer great Brett Favr...17538Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/fixing-the-minnesotas-penalty-kill-starts-with-a-neutral-zone-overhaul/        Here we go again. Stop me if you’ve heard this before: “Special Teams are killing the Minnesota Wild.” The start to 2023 has been no different.         Now 3-5-2 following another loss spurred on by special teams woes, the penalty kill has officially become more than just a small sample...17537Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/bill-simmons-sounds-like-hes-buying-into-the-timberwolves/Bill Simmons had his buddy Joe House and Ringer writer J. Kyle Mann on his Friday podcast to play a game of ‘Too Soon.’ They started with the prompt, “Is it too soon for the New York Knicks to trade Julius Randle?” Simmons suggested that the Knicks would be a natural spot for Karl-Anthony Towns bu...17535Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-under-dogs-are-barking-week-9/After an unsatisfying 1-1-1 week, we’re back for Week 9’s slate, which features a lot of QB uncertainty and a bunch of short lines: eight of the 13 spreads are a field goal or less. Fear not, I found three puppies I like. They may not be cute and cuddly, but I have a feeling they’ll love you back...17533Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000