https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/184/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-2022-twins-are-the-inverse-of-last-years-team/The Minnesota Twins have been one of baseball’s best teams just over a month into the 2022 season. Their 18-11 record has given them the lead in the AL Central and the league’s largest division lead. It’s only a handful of weeks into the season, but the solid start indicates there will be a summer...13390Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/towns-needs-to-be-more-composed-next-season/Karl-Anthony Towns had perhaps the best season of his NBA career. Although it was not a statistical peak in any way, it was the first year of his career where he took a team to the playoffs as the best player and clear leader of the group. Towns’ performance in the series against the Memphis Grizz...13388Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-schedule-is-littered-with-teams-that-got-wr-facelifts/With the official schedule release creeping closer, the NFL already gave the Minnesota Vikings a sneak peek behind the curtain. They know they'll play at the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football in Week 2 and the New Orleans Saints in London two weeks later.   It's also evident that the V...13387Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/were-the-vikings-right-to-pass-on-receiver-early-in-the-draft/Instead of standing pat and selecting the electrifying Jameson Williams out of Alabama in this year’s draft, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and the Minnesota Vikings had other ideas. As we all know by now, the first-year general manager opted to defend Williams twice a year by trading the 12th-overall pick to...13386Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/whats-going-on-with-kevin-fialas-line/Kevin Fiala was on fire as the season came to a close. He scored a career-high 85 points and was finally performing like a star in the NHL. The BFF line of Matt Boldy-Freddy Gaudreau-Fiala was on fire. However, Fiala has only contributed to one goal in the playoffs, with a secondary assist in Game...13385Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wolves-could-add-nba-ready-size-in-the-draft-by-taking-mark-williams/Heading into the 2022 offseason, the Minnesota Timberwolves have holes to fill in their roster. They have a solid foundation for the future. Still, rebounding and rim protection proved to be a problem in the playoffs against Memphis Grizzlies and in the regular season against big teams like the Cl...13381Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-youth-is-being-served-in-minnesota/While it wasn’t the total system failure that ushered in the current front office, 2021 was not a good year for the Minnesota Twins.   Coming off back-to-back division titles, the Twins thought they had everything they needed to compete. The only problem? They didn’t account for everything going...13380Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-patience-cost-them-game-4/The Minnesota Wild knew that after they embarrassed the St. Louis Blues on home ice, St. Louis was going to return in Game 4 with a lot of desperation. In Game 3, the Wild seemed to have made the right adjustments by playing smart and aggressive on the forecheck to stifle the Blues’ high-powered o...13376Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/royce-lewis-doesnt-need-to-be-a-savior/In many ways, Royce Lewis’ call-up could not have been more chaotic. He got his opportunity to take over short because the Minnesota Twins’ most expensive free agent, Carlos Correa, suffered a hand injury. Lewis only has had 107 Triple-A plate appearances because MLB canceled the minor leagues dur...13375Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-happened-to-other-teams-that-traded-within-their-division/When the Minnesota Vikings traded down in the first round of the 2022 draft, it sent fans through a gauntlet of emotions. Trading down from the 12th-overall pick was always a possibility, but the Vikings didn’t just do that. They traded down with an NFC North rival.   By moving down 20 spots, the...13374Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/do-kat-and-dlo-fit-with-ant-and-jadens-timeline/May 1st, 2019, marked the beginning of former Minnesota Timberwolves president Gersson Rosas’ short-lived reign in the Twin Cities. After former GM Tom Thibodeau had seen his Jimmy Butler plan flop, the Wolves fired him and brought in Rosas.   Thibodeau had already traded Butler to the Philadelph...13372Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/turnovers-and-unlucky-bounces-proved-too-costly-in-game-4/The Minnesota Wild's 5-2 loss against the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 was not the byproduct of getting outplayed but rather sloppy defensive turnovers and a few unlucky bounces. It shouldn't be a surprise that the Wild dominated at 5-on-5 despite losing the game. It proves once again that controllin...13371Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-if-the-vikings-had-just-let-spielman-choose-a-new-coach/The most common complaint about the Minnesota Vikings’ new front office is that they’ve acted like the old front office. They’ve extended Kirk Cousins, Adam Thielen, and Danielle Hunter. They traded down and prioritized the secondary in the draft. It almost feels as though Rick Spielman is operati...13370Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wild-used-skating-and-a-heavy-dose-of-discipline-to-win-game-3/It’s tough not to draw on the past when the St. Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild meet in the playoffs. After all, this is the third series between these two teams. If Game 1 had the feel of Game 1 in 2017, with a hot goalie shutting down the Wild on home ice, it’s because the similarities were strik...13369Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wild-blue-line-got-healthy-at-the-perfect-time/How did the Minnesota Wild jump out to just their third 2-1 series lead in their playoff history? By reversing a lot of other unfortunate trends.   There's the obvious one: simply getting wins against the St. Louis Blues. The Wild had a well-publicized two-year streak of getting absolutely owned...13367Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-the-vederian-lowe-pick-tells-us-about-the-new-regime/If I had to summarize the Minnesota Vikings’ draft in one word, it would be value.   New Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah‘s selection of Vederian Lowe (sixth round, 184th overall) is a prime example of the kind of value pick he is willing to make but Rick Spielman would not have. Here’s why.   Adof...13366Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/are-we-sure-cameron-dantzler-needs-to-be-replaced/With the 42nd-overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah went to work on retooling a secondary that ranked 28th in pass defense last season. Former Clemson cornerback Andrew Booth provides long-term stability for the room, especially with Patrick Peter...13362Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-does-football-outsiders-draft-gpa-tell-us-about-minnesotas-2022-class/The draft is one of the most exciting weeks of the year. After months of dissecting and scouting potential draft picks, the results are in, and experts everywhere submit their grades.   If you’re a fan of the Minnesota Vikings, these grades will have you feeling like Thanos. Reality will be what...13361Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jordan-mclaughlin-throwback-minnesota-point-guard/Not much about today’s NBA would be recognizable to those who played the game 50 years ago. Today teams rain threes from all over the court, and seven-footers have point-guard handles. Long gone are the days when an everyman like Don Nelson could trot down the court with a beer belly, win five cha...13359Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-are-finally-falvey-and-levines-team/In college sports, there is a common understanding that it takes four years for fans to evaluate how well a new coach is doing. By then, they have a roster full of players they recruited and aren’t benefitting from their predecessor's work. It’s kind of a similar dynamic for MLB front offices.  ...13358Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/marc-andre-fleury-reminded-everyone-why-its-his-net/Dean Evason doubled down on Flower Power following a deflating 4-0 loss in Game 1 on Monday, even when it seemed like the only logical choice was to turn to his other goaltender, Cam Talbot, for Game 2. After all, that's how he'd deployed his goalies once Bill Guerin acquired Marc-Andre Fleury in...13357Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/special-teams-were-the-difference-again-in-wilds-game-2-win/The Minnesota Wild have two capable scoring lines, one of the best defensive lines in hockey, and a very strong D-core that can play both sides of the puck. We have seen them dominate 5-on-5 all season, but special teams remain their Achilles' Heel.   Even in the regular season, the Xcel Energy C...13355Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/should-the-vikings-be-relying-this-heavily-on-irv-smith-jr/The big wave of free agency has come and gone in the NFL offseason, and the draft is in the books. For the Minnesota Vikings, many needs were clear, and they have addressed most of them in one way or another. But they have ignored one shortcoming -- the tight end spot. It appears that the Vikings...13353Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/joel-eriksson-ek-is-proving-to-be-wilds-most-clutch-playoff-performer/It's an old adage in sports that the team with the best player in a playoff series will probably win. It makes sense. There are two kinds of first-round series in the Stanley Cup playoffs. One is like the Colorado Avalanche and Nashville Predators: a star-studded team going against one that barely...13352Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dont-count-out-the-vikings-2021-draft-class-yet/Fans around the league are starting to set expectations now that the 2022 NFL Draft has come and gone. Fresh faces have arrived, ready to change the fortunes of their franchises. Every fanbase believes that this class will make or break their season.   While there is certainly some merit to this,...13351Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000