https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/page/160/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/are-the-2023-packers-wasting-youth-on-the-young/The 2023 Green Bay Packers are the youngest team in the NFL, and it shows in their inconsistent play and lack of assignment sound, attention to detail-focused football. As a result, the Packers have been tough to watch, and it's hard to know what to expect on a week-to-week basis. That’s the hallm...17457Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/can-filip-gustavsson-triumph-over-his-own-defense/The Minnesota Wild are off to a somewhat slow 3-2-1 start this year. The opening-night win over the Florida Panthers at home provided some hope. Filip Gustavsson confirmed he was as advertised last season.         However, since then, it’s been hard to tell if he is the goaltender we hyped him up...17455Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/whats-the-deal-with-yosh-nijman/We always suspected the Green Bay Packers’ offense might struggle early on. A first-time starting quarterback throwing to inexperienced guys was always going to lead to moments of frustration.   What we didn't expect was the running game and the offensive line, both purportedly strengths of this...17451Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/minnesotas-top-line-starting-season-at-rock-bottom/You can count on Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello to get theirs. The inseparable forwards are simply too skilled not to regularly rack up points. Entering Monday, Zuccarello is tied for 15th in the NHL in scoring with seven points in five games. Kaprizov is one point behind him with six point...17447Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/jordan-loves-weaknesses-are-blunting-christian-watsons-strength/Christian Watson’s ability to vertically stretch a defense with his top-tier speed has been on display since the very first play of his career. And, okay, he did notoriously drop that first pass, but he’s made up for it since. While the drop fades into memory, he continues to prove true the premon...17442Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-wild-may-have-built-their-roster-on-a-flawed-premise/Marco Rossi looked like he had a direct path to the NHL when the Minnesota Wild drafted him in 2020. Bill Guerin said that he was the player they were targeting all along. “They need a center,” Rossi acknowledged after the draft. “I’m a center. I’m 100 percent ready.” Rossi wasn’t wrong, but we...17437Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/what-exactly-did-the-packers-bye-week-self-scout-accomplish/The Green Bay Packers are not currently a very good football team (sorry for the harsh and flavorful language).   The Packers had a mini-bye week before facing one of the worst teams in football. They looked awful. Then, they had a full bye week against an even worse football team. They looked aw...17436Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/green-bay-cant-afford-to-continue-easing-jordan-love-into-games/Another week, another slow start from the Green Bay Packers’ offense. Jordan Love and Green Bay’s young offense put up a whopping zero points in the first half Sunday afternoon in Denver. It’s not the first time that the Packers' offensive engine has struggled to turn over.     Green Bay ha...17435Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-wild-may-have-built-thier-roster-on-a-flawed-premise/Marco Rossi looked like he had a direct path to the NHL when the Minnesota Wild drafted him in 2020. Bill Guerin said that he was the player they were targeting all along. “They need a center,” Rossi acknowledged after the draft. “I’m a center. I’m 100 percent ready.” Rossi wasn’t wrong, but we...17434Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/lafleurs-approach-is-preventing-green-bays-growth/Over the past month, the Green Bay Packers have found themselves on a downward spiral, with their offense hitting an alarming low point in the loss against the Denver Broncos.   In their last four games, the Packers have scored a total of six first-half points, a span that includes an 18-point co...17433Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/another-offensive-performance-by-the-pack/At halftime of Sunday’s game, I did a quick Google search to ensure the Denver Broncos hadn’t subbed in some members of their famed Orange Crush defense of the late 70s and early 80s. But sadly, turns out a number of those guys are no longer with us.   That indeed was Denver’s 32nd-ranked 2023 de...17432Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-wilds-top-line-needs-to-do-more-defensively/        At least the defensive start by the Minnesota Wild this year is somehow improved from last year?         Those were my first thoughts following Minnesota's second game this early into the season giving up 7 goals, this time on Thursday night to the Los Angeles Kings on home ice. Not tha...17429Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/we-need-to-talk-about-that-gus-bus-commercial/The Minnesota Wild hit a treasure trove when they debuted the Gus Bus Commercial last week. The hilarious commercial seemed to tickle every sort of fan’s funny bone. However, seemed to derive the basics from the “Vibes” side of Wild Twitter (or X).          First off, here is the commercial if you...17428Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/expectations-are-anyones-guess-on-sunday/If anybody tells you they know what to expect when the Packers take the field in Denver Sunday afternoon, hook them up to a polygraph machine.   You’d like to think that the Packers, playing for just the second time in the last 23 days, would be healthy and hungry to put their last two performanc...17424Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-wild-defense-is-missing-its-safety-blanket/The Minnesota Wild have been without captain Jared Spurgeon through the first four games of the season. In those games, the Wild have allowed zero, seven, two, and seven goals. Shutting out the Florida Panthers took a herculean effort from Filip Gustavsson. Only allowing two goals against the Mo...17420Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-packers-have-a-blueprint-to-open-up-the-ground-game-in-denver/Five games into the season, a lot of talk among the Green Bay Packers has focused on what Jordan Love needs to do to improve, which makes sense for a first-year starter. But the focus for this week should be on how the Packers use their ground game to exploit mismatches against the Denver Broncos....17418Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/green-bays-defense-must-break-their-bye-week-curse/Since head coach Matt LaFleur took the reins in 2019, the Green Bay Packers have built their team to rely on its offense. For almost three decades, it's felt like the same blueprint for the Packers that relies on a dynamic offense more than their defense.   Exiting the bye week, the Packers are l...17417Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-wilds-veteran-extensions-revealed-their-no-1-priority/        You’ll hear a common refrain from fans in the State of Hockey: Just one before I die. The Minnesota market asks for just one Stanley Cup, one Super Bowl, and one Championship run. It takes a lot of pain for fandom to make one contemplate mortality.          With 32 franchises, the avera...17415Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/the-under-dogs-are-barking-week-7/No two ways about it, it was an ugly week. There were a couple of frisky dogs last week, but I missed them (shame on me for not having faith in the Browns). The late safety Mac Jones took guaranteed my first winless week of the season. Oh well, on to Week 7.   This is a tough week, with fewer gam...17414Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/douglas-is-speaking-an-important-truth-about-green-bays-offense/The Green Bay Packers were on top of the world after dismantling the rival Chicago Bears in Week 1. Maybe the transition to Jordan Love wouldn’t be so tumultuous after all. Maybe the pieces were in place throughout the roster.   The proliferation of those narratives was perfectly natural, but an...17412Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/one-tweak-could-spark-monster-year-from-joel-eriksson-ek/When the Minnesota Wild announced Jason King as their power play coach, the immediate thought was that the move would benefit Kirill Kaprizov most. Kaprizov is their best, most skilled player, and theoretically has the most to gain with an improved power play. King's power plays thrived over his...17407Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/its-brock-fabers-defense-right-now/        To say the Minnesota Wild threw Brock Faber into the deep end is an understatement. Between leaving the University of Minnesota and entering the lineup in Game 1 of last year's playoff series, Faber had exactly two games of regular season NHL experience. he wasn't a 23-year-old college se...17404Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/green-bay-needs-a-place-to-hang-their-offensive-hat/The Green Bay Packers’ first five games leading up to the bye were uneven, inconsistent, and inefficient. The team had high highs, like beating the Chicago Bears on opening day and orchestrating a fourth-quarter comeback against the New Orleans Saints. They also had low lows, losing one-score game...17401Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/christian-watsons-return-can-unlock-luke-musgrave/The bye week came at a good time for the Green Bay Packers, who haven't had the best injury luck this season. Jordan Love opened his career as a starting quarterback on hard mode, with his WR1, RB1, LT, and LG all missing significant time. While not the only issue, these injuries have certainly ke...17397Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/exclude-from-home/marco-rossi-took-bill-guerins-physicality-plea-to-heart/Coming into 2023, Marco Rossi’s development was perhaps the biggest question of the season for the Minnesota Wild. Whether or not he would live up to the expectations of being the ninth overall selection in the 2020 NHL Draft could make-or-break their year.          The Wild organization has been...17395Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000