https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/134/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-wild-nhl-hunter-haight-has-game-breaker-potential-entry-level-contract-stats-scouting-report/Oh, how a change of scenery can make a difference.   After 22 goals and 41 points last year in the OHL for the Barrie Colts, Hunter Haight was struggling mightily under immense expectations in his second full season in Barrie. He only had nine points through the first 20 games of the season and w...15701Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jaden-mcdaniels-has-the-tools-to-be-minnesotas-no-2-scorer/The Minnesota Timberwolves were supposed to be an offensive buzzsaw this season. The seventh-best offense a season ago was returning with Karl-Anthony Towns, the self-proclaimed “greatest shooting big man of all time” coming off his best season. Anthony Edwards was an emerging superstar ready to m...15700Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-benefits-of-having-the-nfls-highest-graded-culture/The NFLPA surveyed 1,300 players and asked them to grade their organization based on several categories closely pertaining to a player's daily experiences inside team facilities. The Minnesota Vikings were the highest-graded team in the league.   Here’s how the Vikings graded:     Players enjo...15699Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/who-has-to-step-up-if-jeffers-or-vazquez-go-down/With Spring Training underway and the Minnesota Twins have six catchers at camp on non-roster invites (NRI). Currently, there are only two catchers on the 40-man roster, Ryan Jeffers and Christian Vazquez. Rocco Baldelli expects the duo to have a 60/40 split in games behind the plate for the 2023...15697Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/its-boeser-or-bust-for-the-wild-at-the-trade-deadline/On draft night in 2015, the Minnesota Wild said Thanks but no thanks to Burnsville’s Brock Boeser, who sat there staring at the Wild from their backyard at 20th overall. Instead, Minnesota was entranced by the blank gaze of a Swedish lad, Joel Eriksson Ek, with a serial killer's mien and a blue-co...15695Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/its-time-to-recall-sammy-walker/The Minnesota Wild are in the middle of a wide-open Western Conference race. The top three spots are seemingly up for grabs in the Central Division. The Wild have managed to squeak out the wins thanks in large part to Kirill Kaprizov and great goaltending by Filip Gustavsson and Marc-Andre Fleury....15690Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/slight-tweaks-to-minnesotas-rotation-and-offense-would-create-more-structure/The Minnesota Timberwolves traded D'Angelo Russell's offensive firepower away and replaced him with Mike Conley, a lower-usage player. Therefore, we knew it would take Karl-Anthony Towns coming back from injury to see Tim Connelly’s full vision of the offense. That’s a rather large gap to fill wit...15689Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-a-cousins-long-term-deal-could-foster-a-successful-succession-plan/In July 2017, Kirk Cousins became the first quarterback to play under the franchise tag for the second consecutive year. The Washington Commanders took Cousins in the fourth round of the 2012 draft to backup Robert Griffin III, who they selected second overall that year. Griffin suffered a career-...15688Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/whos-the-one-player-to-watch-at-the-combine/Less than three weeks after Super Bowl LVII, the NFL calendar immediately turns to the 2023 season with the Scouting Combine kicking off today in Indianapolis. Executives, scouts, and coaches will flock to Lucas Oil Stadium this weekend to watch some of the world's best athletes work out in spande...15687Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/theres-one-way-to-handle-danielle-hunters-contract/The Minnesota Vikings will undergo significant changes on the defensive side of the ball this offseason given their cap situation and after they named Brian Flores as their new defensive coordinator. Many of the players on Minnesota's defense are aging holdovers from the Mike Zimmer era. Danielle...15685Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-wild-nhl-trade-deadline-jakob-chychrun-proposal-salary-cap-contract-prospects-deal-move-bill-guerin-arizona-coyotes/Earlier this week, the Hockey PDOcast, hosted by Sportsnet's Dimitri Filipovic, did their annual "Trades We'd Like to See" episode. While the moves Minnesota Wild made yesterday registered as disappointing, The Athletic's Thomas Drance outlined a move an ambitious Wild front office could make.  ...15683Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/can-the-twins-fix-their-base-running/Spring Training is in full swing. Preparing for the new season means teams are optimistic that they’ve patched up their flaws from a year ago. Bad teams always improved from the season before, good teams are going to be better, and the elite teams are finally ready to become World Series contender...15681Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-march-schedule-will-create-a-playoff-feel/With only about a month and a half left in the NBA season, teams in the playoff hunt are treating each game now more intensely than ever. While some teams are simply vying for a play-in spot, others are closely eying a top-6 seed in their conference. Only the top six seeds make the playoffs withou...15680Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-should-prioritize-d-j-chark-in-free-agency/The NFL Scouting Combine kicked off this week with player workouts beginning on Thursday afternoon. One essential component of the combine is that it sets the table for the soon-to-be-open market. Myriad conversations take place that will set the table for the first wave of free-agent contracts.  ...15679Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/teams-monitoring-kats-availability-is-hardly-news/With just 19 games left in the season, the Minnesota Timberwolves sit in a precarious place in the overpacked middle of the Western Conference standings. All things considered, a 31-32 record is pretty good given that Karl-Anthony Towns, an All-NBA player coming off one of the best seasons in his...15678Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-wild-nhl-trade-deadline-marcus-johansson-gustav-nyquist-analysis-stats-injury-contract-bill-guerin-playoffs/Technically, there is still time for the Minnesota Wild to get aggressive before Friday's Trade Deadline. As long as Brock Boeser or Jakob Chychrun haven't moved, there are paths to getting impact players on a budget for the next two years, which are the worst of the Zach Parise/Ryan Suter buyout...15675Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-more-can-we-learn-about-ant-before-kat-gets-back/The Minnesota Timberwolves are Anthony Edwards’ team now. D'Angelo Russell is in Los Angeles, leaving Edwards without another offensive co-star until Karl-Anthony Towns returns from injury. Sunday night’s game against the Golden State Warriors was the test case for the struggles that Edwards will...15673Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-wild-nhl-trade-deadline-six-moves-to-maximize-cap-space-flexibility/The Trade Deadline is around the corner on March 3. Bill Guerin has started to make moves… sort of. For a short period of time, Ryan O’Reilly wore the forest green until the Minnesota Wild dealt him in a three-way trade between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the St. Louis Blues. They also helped the...15671Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/cameron-sutton-is-the-perfect-veteran-slot-corner-for-brian-flores-defense/There’s no sugar-coating it: The Minnesota Vikings’ pass defense was atrocious in 2022. Sure, there were some promising individual performances from Duke Shelley and Patrick Peterson, but the secondary struggled mightily as a unit. Minnesota’s pass defense ranked 31st in the league, allowing 4,515...15669Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-cant-afford-to-go-full-rams-with-jalen-ramsey/In the middle of his first mini-camp, Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah sat down with USA Today’s Jori Epstein for an interview. Adofo-Mensah opened up a vein, producing some comments about Kirk Cousins that would get him in trouble. However, he also gave an interesting look at...15668Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/bring-brock-home/It’s not a shock that the Vancouver Canucks are trying to trade young winger Brock Boeser. His potential trade saga has been public, and it’s been difficult for him. Boeser’s agent, Ben Hankinson, is trying to facilitate a way to bring the Burnsville native home. The Wild could, and should, make a...15667Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/evason-said-kaprizov-just-played-his-best-game-yet-heres-why-hes-right/Sunday's matinee at the Xcel Energy Center looked like another disappointment. The Minnesota Wild hosted the dead-last-in-the-NHL Columbus Blue Jackets, and were all too welcoming through 40 minutes. The Wild were down 2-0 entering the third, with no multi-goal comebacks on the season.   Just as...15664Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/keep-calm-and-hit-bombs-nick-gordon-can-still-deliver-on-his-draft-day-promise/Nick Gordon is busy this spring training. The Minnesota Twins will use him all over the field, filling in for players who are tired or injured. He won’t catch, but he pitched 3.2 innings last year. Gordon is working with Tony Diaz on the infield and Tommy Watkins and Jayce Tingler on the outfield....15663Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/its-complicated-between-kirk-cousins-and-the-vikings/All relationships fell into a pattern during the early days of Facebook. Someone would post pictures with their significant other. The alternating posts of “I love you more!” and “No, I love YOU more!” would come at a nauseating pace until their relationship status would change.   For some, that...15658Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/donovan-solano-fixes-a-problem-that-the-twins-dont-have/Like most teams, the Minnesota Twins are looking to put the finishing touches to their player pool as Grapefruit League action gets underway. Many of the remaining transactions will be in an effort to improve the team along the margins. Maybe a team needs an arm to compete for the last spot in a b...15657Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000