https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/123/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-standard-have-the-wild-set-for-themselves/During his end-of-year press conference, Bill Guerin reiterated that it’s not his goal to get to the second round. No offense, but the goal is actually to get to the second round of the playoffs. Then the third, then the finals. But if the goal is not to get to the second round, what is it? He s...16292Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-are-going-to-feel-zadarius-smiths-absence/There's no two ways around it. The Minnesota Vikings got significantly worse as a football team following last week's trade of edge rusher Za'Darius Smith to the Cleveland Browns. The Vikings shipped out one of the game's best pass rushers in exchange for essentially moving up a round or two on Da...16289Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/anthony-edwards-needs-to-build-upon-his-intermediate-game/Anthony Edwards will only be 22 when he begins his fourth season in the association. He has already proven as much as any player has in his first three years. Edwards is a career 21.6 PPG scorer with 44.1/35.2/77.0 shooting splits. He’s also the leading bucket-getter in his draft class, putting hi...16286Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-are-trying-to-tell-us-something/The 2005 season was rather non-descript for the Minnesota Twins. Johan Santana had won a playoff game in Yankee Stadium the year before, Minnesota’s most recent postseason win. They won 96 games in 2006, but the Oakland A’s swept them in the ALCS. Tucked in between, the Twins won 83 games in 2005....16285Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/trust-carlos-correas-process/It’s never a great look when fans start booing the biggest free agent signing in franchise history. That’s especially true a month and a half into a six-year, $200 million contract. Carlos Correa was supposed to be a core piece of the Minnesota Twins lineup this year. Instead, he had a -0.89 win p...16284Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-does-ryan-hartman-fit-in-next-year/Pop quiz, hotshot: What position did the Minnesota Wild's two best 5-on-5 point producers play? Taking out the small sample sizes of trade deadline acquisitions in Marcus Johansson and Oskar Sundqvist, the answer is: Center. Yes, really. Center. The only full-season players to get more than 2.0...16283Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-play-in-tournament-butterfly-effect/Everything began to unravel in the second half of the Minnesota Timberwolves' play-in game against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Wolves had the Lakers on the ropes after controlling the tempo and looking like the better team in much of the first three quarters. Darvin Ham sidelined D'Angelo Russell...16279Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/theres-two-key-differences-with-the-zadarius-smith-and-dalvin-cook-situations/The Minnesota Vikings knew that change was coming once their magic ran out in the first round of the playoffs last year. The Vikings beat the New York Giants during the regular season, were 11-0 in one-score games, and never lost to an underdog. But in the postseason, the underdog Giants beat them...16278Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/joey-gallo-is-minnesotas-reluctant-hero/Joey Gallo hasn’t played for the New York Yankees on July 30, before they traded him to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Still, the New York media continues to savage him. Gallo went on the injured list with an intercostal strain before the Minnesota Twins left for the Bronx on April 11, and NJ.com didn’t...16277Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-can-the-wild-expect-from-their-first-round-pick/With last night’s win over the Seattle Kraken, the Dallas Stars cemented the Minnesota Wild’s draft position at No. 21 overall. Surely this won’t impact the plans of the front office. But for fans, it really opens the doors to think about what the team can get with its first-round pick this year...16275Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/is-louie-varland-here-to-stay/The Minnesota Twins have been able to avoid significant injuries, for the most part, as they have ascended to a lead in the AL Central. Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa have stayed healthy, and they were able to welcome back Jorge Polanco to the lineup. Kenta Maeda has an elbow issue. However, the t...16272Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-does-this-years-coaching-carousel-mean-for-finch-and-the-wolves/In pro sports, contending teams have a small championship window, especially in the NBA. Usually, teams have about a two- to three-year opening where their roster and coaching staff has the makeup of a championship-level ball club. Unless you are the Golden State Warriors and have the ability to d...16269Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-might-be-better-off-keeping-dalvin-cook/Imagine, if you will:   Kwesi Adofo-Mensah was feeling good heading into the NFL’s general manager meetings. The Minnesota Vikings were coming off a 13-win season, they had a wunderkind head coach and a ton of cap space piled up for the 2024 offseason. His successful resumé had Adofo-Mensah walki...16268Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wild-stuck-with-few-options-to-clear-cap-space/For one shining year, it looked like the Minnesota Wild could escape the mushy middle. In the 2021-22 season, the Wild had Kirill Kaprizov and Kevin Fiala to go with a solid underdog supporting cast of forwards and stout defense. Kaprizov and Fiala led their squad to a 113-point season. It wasn'...16265Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kyle-farmer-has-been-a-steadying-force-in-an-inconsistent-lineup/Kyle Farmer’s role with the Minnesota Twins has continued to change since they traded for him last November. He was the Opening Day shortstop, then a utility man and backup corner outfielder. Farmer is the emergency outfielder, and now he’s filling in as the everyday third baseman.   Farmer has b...16263Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/we-should-have-known-ant-was-going-to-chase-mj/In December 2020, Anthony Edwards sat down with Marney Gellner to do an interview for a new Bally Sports show called Wolves+. Bally hoped to use the show to highlight each player’s personality. It would be shoulder programming for the games. A way to get fans to buy into the players on an individu...16262Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/were-going-to-find-out-who-the-vikings-are-pretty-quickly-next-year/The late, great Dennis Green had his famous “They are who we thought they were” outburst in 2006, his final year with the Arizona Cardinals. Green didn’t have as much success in the desert as he did in the tundra. He had a 97-62 record in 10 years as the Minnesota Vikings head coach, but Green’s C...16260Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/to-sam-steel-or-not-sam-steel-that-is-the-question/He's been a first-round pick and prized prospect. A cast-off bust and reclamation project, and a cheap depth option who somehow became a first-line center. Then he went from a frequently-scratched player to playoff hero. Sam Steel has done it all in his NHL career. After flaming out as a prospe...16259Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/locker-room-culture-should-factor-into-wilds-decision-making/  One of the biggest contributors to the Minnesota Wild’s recent success is their locker room atmosphere. While that idea is frequently mocked by some fans, the truth is that the off-ice chemistry translates onto the ice. Their team-first mentality is an important all-around factor from the pla...16255Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-zadarius-smith-trade-was-part-of-the-vikings-long-term-strategy/When the Minnesota Vikings signed Za’Darius Smith last offseason, it was a partnership that helped both sides. The Vikings were eager to jump-start their pass rush, and Smith was looking to cash in as he entered his 30s. After a deal with the Baltimore Ravens fell through, the Vikings were there a...16253Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/can-brian-flores-mold-mekhi-blackmon-into-a-star/The Minnesota Vikings took USC cornerback Mekhi Blackmon with the last pick in the third round of the 2023 NFL draft, No. 102 overall. Corner was a huge need for the team going into the draft due to the turnover the Vikings experienced at the position this offseason. After Byron Murphy, who the te...16251Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/guerin-should-resist-temptation-for-veteran-extensions-this-summer/$290 million. That’s how much Marvel’s newest blockbuster, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, raked in during its first weekend of release this month. And yet we all will groan when Disney announces another superhero movie is in production. Another one? Really? WHY!? Because no matter how many su...16250Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-nfls-schedule-declared-the-nfc-north-the-most-entertaining-division-in-football/Thursday was a day many football fans circle on their calendar. It is a day when vacations can finally be planned, Sundays are blocked off, and predictions are made. This is the day the NFL schedule is released.   While the schedule release is important for fans, it’s just as important for the te...16249Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/there-is-one-major-lesson-to-be-learned-from-the-mahle-trade/Tyler Mahle admitted to being anxious when he got off the plane at MSP on August 2, 2022. The Cincinnati Reds had traded him to the Minnesota Twins, who were 54-49 and leading the AL Central. Cincinnati is all Mahle had known. The Reds took him in the seventh round of the 2013 draft, and he pitche...16246Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jaden-mcdaniels-motivation-to-make-leap/Jaden McDaniels has an axe to grind. After a superb third season in which the former first-round pick quickly became one of the best defenders in the league and improved as an offensive initiator and shooter, McDaniels is on track for a $100 million payday if and when the Minnesota Timberwolves of...16245Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000