https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/188/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/freddy-gaudreau-has-become-an-impact-player/The Minnesota Wild signed Freddy Gaudreau to be a depth player last summer. Most thought he'd play a bottom-six role and maybe add a little bit of a scoring touch. No one expected him to be part of a dynamic scoring line centering rookie Matt Boldy and Kevin Fiala.   Gaudreau has been on fire rec...13222Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jordan-davis-is-the-right-pick-at-12th-overall/In just nine days, all the speculation will finally be put to rest when Kwesi Adofo-Mensah makes his first selection in the NFL Draft as general manager of the Minnesota Vikings. And with a viable case to be made that the 12th-overall pick should go to any and every position group on the defensive...13221Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-timberwolves-could-go-on-a-playoff-run/The Minnesota Timberwolves have had an incredible start to the playoffs. They defied the odds in the play-in game, beating an LA Clippers team that had gone 3-1 against them in the regular season, 109-104. Then they stunned the Memphis Grizzlies, who they split the season series with, by beating t...13219Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/its-starting-to-feel-like-2021-again-for-the-minnesota-twins/2021 was a distant memory when the Minnesota Twins completed their offseason. Nobody wants to remember a season that began with championship expectations and fell short. Even fewer want to remember a team that finished last place in their division.   Signing Carlos Correa was a good start to bury...13217Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/bill-guerin-made-re-signing-kevin-fiala-impossible/If there's a Minnesota Sports curse, it's probably the Curse of Big Papi. An up-and-coming Minnesota Twins team had a baby David Ortiz on their team, a future Hall of Famer and World Series MVP. Sounds pretty awesome, right?   But we all know the story. The Twins coaching staff didn't focus on wh...13216Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/paul-fenton-deserves-a-little-bit-of-credit-for-wilds-historic-season/Paul Fenton's tenure lasted only 14 months and was a disaster by many accounts. The Minnesota Wild fired him after he failed to build relationships and grasp essential facets of the job, leaving the organization reeling. Subsequently, owner Craig Leipold publicly admitted his mistake. Whether it w...13212Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dmitry-kulikov-is-stepping-up-in-matt-dumbas-absence/With a Ryan Suter-sized hole in the lineup, Bill Guerin had to semi-reconstruct his defense corps in free agency last summer. Replacing a franchise cornerstone, 25+ minute a game defenseman isn’t so easy, especially with $12+ million in dead cap on the horizon. Dmitry Kulikov, along with Jon Merri...13206Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/chris-finch-has-options-to-replace-naz-reid-versus-memphis/A complete team effort helped the Minnesota Timberwolves defeat the Memphis Grizzlies 130-117 on Saturday afternoon. Anthony Edwards showed out in his first-ever playoff performance. Karl-Anthony Towns recovered nicely from a disastrous play-in game. Chris Finch and the Timberwolves put the entire...13205Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/luke-fortner-is-the-antithesis-of-garrett-bradbury/Kirk Cousins is a pocket passer, and, like most quarterbacks, he needs more than two seconds to throw a football. If the Minnesota Vikings want to have an aggressive passing attack in 2022, they'll need to invest in reliable interior offensive linemen. Cousins needs a pocket to step up into, and G...13204Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/anthony-edwards-was-ready-for-this/D'Angelo Russell drove into the lane and threw up a wild floater -- clank. Steven Adams corralled the rebound, and the Memphis Grizzlies looked to get out in transition. But before Adams could secure the board, in swooped Jarred Vanderbilt. In typical Jarred Vanderbilt fashion, he took the ball fr...13203Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-draft-pick-would-upset-vikings-fans-the-most/Kwesi-Adofo Mensah can see it now.   The Minnesota Vikings have packed U.S. Bank Stadium for their draft party. Thousands of purple-clad fans are waiting in anticipation. The Vikings are finally on the clock. “The Pick Is In” flashes across the screen. A hush falls over the crowd.   Roger Goodel...13202Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-national-media-needs-to-study-up-on-the-wolves/The Minnesota Timberwolves won the play-in over the Los Angeles Clippers in front of a sellout crowd at Target Center, clinching their highest playoff seed since 2004. Finally, there was something to be excited about with Minnesota basketball. As the team celebrated, I'm sure many Wolves fans were...13198Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-will-kevin-oconnell-use-dalvin-cook/Dalvin Cook spent years as the centerpiece of the Minnesota Vikings’ offense, but now it’s Justin Jefferson’s team. Mike Zimmer’s proclivity for running the ball is out, and Kevin O'Connell's use of four wide receivers is in.   So what will Cook’s role be in O’Connell’s 11-personnel offense? Will...13196Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-rotation-is-a-schrodingers-cat/The Minnesota Twins offense will be fine. It took a couple of turns of the key, but it finally ignited in Game 3. Luis Arraez will wear out opposing pitchers. Byron Buxton is going to stretch singles into doubles. If we didn't have January weather in April, Gary Sánchez probably hits a walk-off on...13193Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-would-an-offensive-centric-draft-look-like/Minnesota Vikings fans are counting the days to the 2022 NFL Draft. With mock drafts galore, a vast majority of the fan community is operating under the assumption that new general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah will select a cornerback with the 12th-overall pick. And with Patrick Peterson entering hi...13192Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/nakobe-dean-could-be-a-huge-spark-plug-on-the-vikings-defense/What the Minnesota Vikings do at No. 12 in the 2022 NFL Draft is anyone's guess. They sit comfortably in the middle but not quite near the top. There are several needs that they will have to address at some point in the draft, and there’s a lot of talk that the Vikings will attack by taking a corn...13191Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/theres-nothing-kevin-oconnell-can-say-to-transform-the-vikings/When the Minnesota Vikings interviewed Kevin O'Connell for their head coaching vacancy, he probably blew them away with his presentation.   Nobody knows what happened inside that room. O’Connell could have talked about “The Illusion of Complexity.” He could have given a blunt assessment of the ro...13189Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-does-kat-match-up-against-memphis/Karl-Anthony Towns just polished off the best overall regular season in his seven-year career. KAT made his third career All-Star team and is on pace to be named to an All-NBA team for the second time after averaging 24.6 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game on 64 percent true shooting....13188Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-the-wolves-were-able-to-beat-expectations-this-year/The Timberwolves came into this 2021-2022 with mixed expectations. With a pair of seventh-year players in Karl-Anthony Towns and guard D'Angelo Russell alongside second-year star Anthony Edwards, it was difficult to gauge how well they would perform. Whether it was size or experience, most issues...13186Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kirill-kaprizov-is-a-top-3-scorer-in-the-analytics-era/It's still early, but it looks like the 2015 NHL Draft will be remembered as the best of the 2010s. The sheer number of big-name players is awe-inspiring, and may even rival the fabled 2003 Draft. Its 2003 counterpart arguably doesn't have a Connor McDavid, for example. Add Jack Eichel, Mitch Marn...13184Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kirk-cousins-path-to-retiring-as-a-viking-starts-with-him/The Minnesota Vikings began their off-season program on Monday. Players both old and new spoke to reporters about the upcoming season. Many shared optimism about the new regime. Unsurprisingly, Kirk Cousins, their polarizing quarterback, made headlines.   Cousins signed a one-year extension this...13182Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wild-have-stronger-fourth-line-options-than-deslauriers/General manager Bill Guerin re-shaped the Minnesota Wild roster at the deadline. With a strong run since then, those decisions helped position his team for a deep playoff run. One of those additions, enforcer Nicolas Deslauriers, immediately scored a goal in his first game with the Wild and appeal...13181Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wild-suddenly-have-a-top-tier-goalie-tandem/The Minnesota Wild front office sent a strong message to the team by making a major investment at the trade deadline. Now they're experiencing success, and nobody is happier than Bill Guerin right now. If there's one thing that's clear, it's that he pushed the right buttons and played the right ca...13180Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/5-teams-that-could-impact-the-vikings-on-draft-night/It’s mock draft season, baby! It’s time to speculate. Primetime for prognostication. Everyone's retreading the same information to clickbait us into another mock draft.   But as we all process our mental tummy aches from the junk food that is NFL mock drafts, Luke Braun has suggested that we need...13179Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/which-pitchers-should-gary-sanchez-be-paired-with/Clayton Kershaw has Austin Barnes.   Gerrit Cole has Kyle Higashioka.   Are there any Twins starters who will use Gary Sánchez as their personal catcher?   The concept is far from new, but it should be a serious consideration for Minnesota’s six-man rotation. Barring a lengthy absence, young ba...13175Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000