https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/196/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/deshaun-watson-is-interested-in-the-vikings-but-should-they-want-him/One of the biggest offseason questions for the Minnesota Vikings is what they’ll do at the quarterback position. With Kirk Cousins’ impending $45 million cap hit, the Vikings need to decide whether to fully commit to him or explore another option.   There are several directions the Vikings can go...12754Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-do-the-wolves-need-to-clean-up-during-the-all-star-break/The Minnesota Timberwolves desperately need a break. Their play has been tailing off lately, especially defensively. It's time to reevaluate. They have given up 119 points per game in February, and at times they have looked completely lost, with a lack of communication leading to collapses.   Tha...12753Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-saints-will-be-competing-against-premier-talent-in-2022/By all accounts, the St. Paul Saints had a massively successful inaugural season as the Minnesota Twins’ top affiliate in 2021. Fans sold out CHS Field regularly. The team showcased some high-end talent, and the product on the field was good enough to propel them to an abbreviated postseason. Some...12751Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wild-cant-learn-the-wrong-lesson-from-matt-boldys-development/On Monday, Matt Boldy's hat trick against the Detroit Red Wings put an exclamation point on his hot start. His career is only 13 games old, and he already looks ready for a higher league than the NHL. There isn't one, so he'll have to settle for merely dominating the best players in the world.  ...12747Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/entitlementown-packers-fans-still-suspect-they-won-the-super-bowl/Fret not, fellow midwesterners, if you feel a little twinge of pain behind your left eye. That itchy migraine sensation isn’t cause for a CT scan. It’s a dissonance in the collective unconscious, the phantom ache of several hundred thousand people in Wisconsin straining to delude themselves into t...12745Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/stop-panicking-over-danielle-hunters-contract/Much ink, virtual or otherwise, has been spilled over Danielle Hunter's pending contract situation. He carries a $26 million cap hit in 2022 and has suffered season-ending injuries in back-to-back years. In that linked piece, Chris Schad argues for trading Danielle Hunter to generate some cap reli...12744Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-if-the-wolves-had-kept-lavine-and-wiggins/Historically, the teams in the All-Star game were split by conference, East vs. West. However, the teams have been created through a draft system for the last five years. Two of the best players in the league are selected to be team captains, LeBron James and whoever the best player in the opposin...12743Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/revisiting-the-niederreiter-for-rask-trade/Last Saturday, Nino Niederreiter played his second game at the Xcel Energy Center since the Minnesota Wild traded him to the Carolina Hurricanes four years ago. Fans showed up to the X in their old Neiderreiter sweaters and were excited to see an old friend back in his old barn. The Wild got the b...12742Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/should-jorge-polanco-go-back-to-shortstop/As the Minnesota Twins continue to wait for the lockout to end before potentially adding to their roster, there are still some big lingering questions. Starting rotation help and bullpen arms lead the list of needs, but the most significant issue may be who takes over as the starting shortstop.  ...12740Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/anthony-edwards-needs-to-rack-up-some-wins-to-rewrite-the-narrative-vs-lamelo-ball/Victories are everything for the Minnesota Timberwolves this season. The gravity of these wins goes far beyond the team’s standing in the playoff chase, though. Minnesota’s reputation is on the line more than ever, and it is furiously trying to claw its way back into relevance in the eyes of the s...12738Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vegas-is-circumventing-the-cap-so-why-are-the-wild-being-punished-for-it/The Vegas Golden Knights got a bad rap around NHL fans. Many claim their success is entirely due to favorable expansion rules, not any special teambuilding. The Seattle Kraken botched their expansion draft, though, and their struggles prove that theory wrong. So what can we owe Vegas' elite status...12736Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-fed-the-gremlin-after-midnight-with-dalvin-cook/The Minnesota Vikings have a long lineage of great running backs. That tradition continued when they drafted Dalvin Cook.   An explosive talent out of Florida State, Cook has become a fixture of the offense. But his days in Minnesota could be numbered with Kevin O'Connell's arrival.   In a leagu...12734Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/who-should-the-wild-want-to-face-in-the-playoffs-predators-or-blues/“If they’re contenders, so are we,” Kevin Fiala told the media after the Minnesota Wild’s 3-2 victory over the Metro Division-leading Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night. That might sound cocky, but Fiala is right. This year, the Canes are a consensus Cup contender, and Minnesota thoroughly outpla...12730Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wild-should-run-their-power-play-through-joel-eriksson-ek/It took far too long for the Minnesota Wild power play to show up this season. 10K Rinks has begged for personnel changes, the calling up (and installment) of Matt Boldy, and even attempted to diagnose what was wrong. It seemed impossible for a power play loaded with as much talent as the Wild's n...12728Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/which-western-conference-trades-affect-the-wolves-the-most/The trade deadline has come and gone. Last Thursday, I found myself glued to my phone as Shams Charania and Adrian Wojnarowski battled to be the first to report on every major deal. As the day went on, I anxiously awaited the news that the Minnesota Timberwolves had made some sort of big splash. T...12726Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/lets-talk-about-minnesotas-other-big-decision-this-offseason/In his first offseason as general manager, Kewsi Adofo-Mensah will have several big decisions to make. The Minnesota Vikings are in the middle of the pack in the NFC, and he'll have to make changes to get them over the top.   Everyone is fixated on what the Vikings will do about Kirk Cousins. But...12725Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-qb-situation-is-about-to-become-a-high-wire-act/For a man who seems risk-averse and allergic to excitement, Kirk Cousins could soon find himself at the center of a circus act. If he does his job and elevates his play under Kevin O’Connell, he can avoid the flaming hoops and acrobatics. But if he doesn’t, the Minnesota Vikings will have to make...12722Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-are-hiring-a-rams-coach-but-look-more-like-the-bengals/With the Minnesota Vikings planning to hire Kevin O’Connell the moment he walks out of the stadium after Super Bowl Sunday, it’s worth pondering what the Los Angeles Rams’ OC will be able to do with the Vikings’ roster.   O’Connell oversees the prolific Rams’ offense. Can the Vikings replicate wh...12720Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jordan-mclaughlin-is-doing-something-historic-right-now/What if I told you there was a player on the Minnesota Timberwolves who is on a historic run right now? You may assume it’s something to do with Anthony Edwards, right? Well, not today.   Today we are talking about Jordan McLaughlin.     McLaughlin has commanded the Wolves bench unit recen...12719Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wolves-arent-broken-so-gupta-didnt-fix-them/The Minnesota Timberwolves are like an old car sitting in our garage for years. It has had trouble turning over and occasionally backfires. It was out of alignment the last time you drove it, and the back wheel seemed a little shaky. Was it street legal? Well, it seemed safe if you avoided the fre...12716Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-reality-of-moving-on-from-kirk-cousins/Welp, it didn't take long now, did it? The Minnesota Vikings have gone an entire month since their Week 18 victory against the Chicago Bears. Yet, Skoldiers have wasted little time speculating over the future of the most polarizing player -- Kirk Cousins.   With a staggering $45 million cap hit i...12711Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/expect-oconnell-to-be-aggressive-when-he-addresses-wr-next-year/With Kevin O'Connell set to be named the next head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, it is hard not to get excited about what their offense might look like next year. From watching the offense that the Los Angeles Rams have crafted, it is clear to see the creativity and innovation that both he and M...12710Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-super-bowl-features-a-lot-of-what-the-vikings-could-be/This year’s Super Bowl features two teams that took different paths.   The Los Angeles Rams built a roster of elite talent and supplemented it with an upgraded quarterback. The Cincinnati Bengals tore everything down, built a roster from scratch, and found a franchise-changing signal-caller in th...12709Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/marcus-foligno-is-too-important-to-be-fighting/On Tuesday, the Minnesota Wild dropped more than their first regulation game since Jan. 1 in their loss to the Winnipeg Jets. They also lost their composure. Marcus Foligno and Jordan Greenway took exception with an Adam Lowry hit, and both picked up fighting majors in the first period. Tempers fl...12708Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/its-not-time-to-panic-about-minnesotas-defense-yet/We’ve seen the signs start to creep in over the last month. Some old bad habits here, missed rotations there, and a lot of familiar bad defense everywhere. While the Minnesota Timberwolves have enjoyed the best offense in the NBA since the calendar flipped to 2022, their once top-10 defense has sl...12706Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000