https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/129/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/simeon-woods-richardson-has-found-calm-as-he-works-to-return-to-the-majors/ST. PAUL – Cool, calm, and collected. That’s the mindset approach on the mound the Minnesota Twins’ top pitching prospect, Simeon Woods Richardson, has for himself going into his 2023 season.   The 22-year-old pitched five innings for the Twins at the end of the 2022 season making his major leagu...15960Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gallo-has-become-the-slugger-sano-could-have-been/It already looks like Joey Gallo is experiencing bounce-back success this year. Concerns began initially after an 0-7 start to the season in his first two games. That trepidation turned into optimism when Gallo went 4-6 over the next few games. Three of those hits were moonshot home runs that drov...15958Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/where-do-the-vikings-rank-as-a-destination-for-a-rookie-qb/The NFL draft is a pretty weird concept when you think about it.   Imagine graduating from Harvard Law School and finding out you’ve been drafted by a sleazy personal injury firm in a Jacksonville strip mall. Oh, and no other firm can hire you for the next four years, plus a fifth-year option wit...15956Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-much-is-finch-to-blame-for-minnesotas-struggles/Everything in Minnesota Timberwolves world is once again upside down in a season seemingly determined to teach us that the only thing we can certainly expect is uncertainty. After winning four games in a row, capped off by a victory over the third-seeded Sacramento Kings, the Wolves went on a thre...15953Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jonathan-mingo-is-the-project-wr-minnesota-should-pursue/After releasing long-time starter Adam Thielen before free agency, the Minnesota Vikings have done almost nothing to bolster the wide receiver room. They have signed Brandon Powell, formerly of the Los Angeles Rams, to a modest contract. But he profiles as a returner and potential gadget player ra...15952Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-wild-nhl-matt-boldy-deserves-this-success-hot-streak-goals-shooting-stats/There was a time not so long ago when Matt Boldy looked like a bust. The Minnesota Wild took him with the 12th overall pick in 2019. Many fans wanted Cole Caufield, the then-University of Wisconsin bound star the Montreal Canadiens took 15th. Boldy potted goals in his first two games with Boston C...15950Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/quentin-johnston-should-be-the-pick-at-23-if-the-qbs-are-gone/We are less than four weeks from the first day of the NFL draft and the direction of the Minnesota Vikings is currently in flux. Todd McShay came out on Tuesday and mocked Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker to the Vikings at 23rd overall. If you read my piece on Hooker from a couple of weeks ago,...15949Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wilderness-walk-wild-clinch-playoff-spot-with-loss/The Minnesota Wild clinched a playoff spot on Monday night, but it came after an unsatisfying result and needed another team to lose for it to mathematically happen.   With the Vegas Golden Knights coming to St. Paul on Monday and having a back-and-forth game with the Wild, that ended by the visi...15947Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/we-probably-should-have-seen-the-joey-gallo-rejuvenation-coming/Following a loss to the Phoenix Suns late last March, Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns off-handedly said he was excited that Carlos Correa had signed with the Minnesota Twins. A reporter pressed him on that assertion, pointing out that Towns was a New York Yankees fan. Towns shrugged...15945Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-minnesotas-interest-in-david-montgomery-tells-us-about-their-rb-plans/At this point in the offseason, it’s becoming clear that the Minnesota Vikings didn’t like what they got from the running game last year.   It started when Kevin O’Connell griped about the lack of efficiency on the ground during this year’s scouting combine. It continued when Minnesota made road-...15942Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wilderness-walk-mason-shaws-injury-hits-team-hard/The Minnesota Wild are already getting bumps and bruises as they fight to keep the top spot in the Central Division during the final stretch of the regular season.   During the first period of a very important game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday -- that finished as a 4-1 defeat for...15936Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-does-this-keep-happening/After Karl-Anthony Towns’ long-anticipated return from injury, the Minnesota Timberwolves appeared poised to make a late-season push to climb up the Western Conference standings. Managing to secure four consecutive wins against playoff teams, Minnesota was finally taking the form of a group that c...15935Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/was-there-a-clear-cut-winner-in-the-mike-conley-trade/Tim Connelly has acted aggressively since the Minnesota Timberwolves hired him as their President of Basketball Operations in late May. Roughly two months after he agreed to join Minnesota’s front office on a five-year, $40 million deal, Connelly made the franchise-shifting trade for Rudy Gobert....15933Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/nobody-believes-in-the-wild-whats-up-with-that/Nobody Believes In Us is perhaps the most overused quote in sports. Teams are always looking for an extra edge to motivate themselves, and proving doubters wrong can add fuel to an athlete's competitive fire. In theory, there's nothing wrong with that. But also, maybe a team like the Kansas City C...15931Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-wild-nhl-playoffs-stanley-cup-better-suited-than-last-year-kaprizov-goaltending-defense/Take a deep breath, everyone. The Minnesota Wild's loss on Saturday against the Western Conference-leading Vegas Golden Knights doesn't mean their playoff run is doomed. That's going to be true regardless of any stumbles that might happen before the postseason, so put that behind you.   And while...15929Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-may-be-headed-for-another-barr-manziel-situation/15928Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-link-to-los-angeles-sets-up-a-future-of-regret/The playoff chase in the Western Conference is as exciting as it has been in a long time. Regardless of whether or not you think the play-in tournament is a good and fair idea, the close standings between seeds 4 to 12 have made each and every game watchable. The Minnesota Timberwolves' recent 4-g...15927Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-need-to-find-their-red-ryder-bb-gun-at-qb/Kevin O’Connell woke up with excitement. It was the morning of the 2023 NFL Draft, and KOC was excited to see if he would get the quarterback he wanted for the new season.   O’Connell sprinted into the war room at TCO Performance Center where Mark and Zygi Wilf sat with a cup of coffee. They were...15923Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/10k-rinks-and-hockey-wilderness-are-joining-forces/UPDATE: Monday, April 3   The Hockey Wilderness website is ready. Unfortunately, the HockeyWilderness.com URL is not.   We wanted to get it to you by Monday, but we’ve run into some technical issues that prevent us from doing so. In the meantime, all of 10K Rinks/Zone Coverage’s content as well...15922Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/3-bold-predictions-for-the-2023-minnesota-twins/With the 2023 MLB season officially kicked into high-gear, it’s officially time to make some more bold, and often dumb, predictions for the hometown nine. Maybe it’s the confidence of a good off-season starting to bloom. Perhaps it's the eternal hope for the best when it comes to a chosen club. Ma...15921Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-got-a-firmware-update/Sonny Gray became everyone’s hero when he spoke about the Minnesota Twins’ short starts last year. After his final Spring Training outing, he suggested that Minnesota’s rotation would adhere to higher standards this year.   "I don't think we're interested in going four innings and being happy,” h...15920Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-does-it-mean-that-the-vikings-chose-cousins-over-lamar-jackson-twice/History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. At least, that’s how Mark Twain saw things. Minnesota Vikings fans likely agree. In 2018, the Vikings were coming off a 13-win season and felt they were a quarterback away from winning the Super Bowl. They also needed cornerback help. Five years...15916Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-wild-goalie-controversy-nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs-filip-gustavsson-marc-andre-fleury-who-will-start-game-1/Around this time last year, Dean Evason inadvertently launched a goalie controversy that shaped the direction of the Minnesota Wild in 2022-23. After selecting Marc-Andre Fleury to start Game 1, he told the media doing so was an "easy decision." That choice of words did not sit well with Cam Talbo...15914Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-timberwolves-have-the-best-7-man-rotation-in-the-nba/After eight months of national hand-wringing over the Rudy Gobert trade, the Minnesota Timberwolves are finally seeing positive results from their big experiment. The Wolves had to endure a sub-par start to the season, 52 games without Karl-Anthony Towns, the D’Angelo Russell trade, and plenty of...15913Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/spreading-the-wealth-can-solve-wilds-upcoming-roster-logjam/The Minnesota Wild are looking to win the Central Division for the second time in franchise history. The last time they won a division title was in 2008, when they played in the Northwest Division. However, it led to a first-round exit against the Colorado Avalanche.   Why should the Wild want to...15912Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000