https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/227/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/who-this-years-mr-mankato-winner/This is the last week of 2021 without a regular-season football game. Training camp is over, and roster cuts are underway. The next order of business? Naming someone Mr. Mankato.   Every year the Minnesota Vikings crown an under-the-radar player who showed out in training camp. Even though the tr...11102Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-good-do-the-wolves-have-to-be-defensively-next-year/Much like Americans have the gridiron, Australia has the Australian Football League, or AFL for short. You may remember it from the brief love affair American sports addicts had with the game when it was one of the only professional sports being played in the early days of the pandemic.   It has...11098Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/marco-rossi-is-exactly-what-kirill-kaprizov-needs-a-clone/The Minnesota Wild’s offseason has already had plenty of drama. In Season 1, the bombshell Zach Parise and Ryan Suter buyouts grabbed viewers’ attention. Season 2 primarily focused on the Will They Or Won’t They relationship between Bill Guerin and Jack Eichel. With that plotline abandoned, contra...11097Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/this-is-a-big-week-for-the-lynx/With three weeks left in the 2021 WNBA regular season, the Minnesota Lynx are still in a fight for the best possible postseason seed. After looking like the Lynx were on pace to claim the No. 4 seed when the playoffs start on Sept. 23, a position they also held at the conclusion of last season, th...11096Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wild-should-go-for-broke-and-offer-sheet-elias-pettersson/The Minnesota Wild were a team that was easy to do business with under Chuck Fletcher. Got an aging veteran goalie with no options? No problem, here’s a three-year extension. Want a first-round pick or two for that depth player? Let’s make a deal for Chris Stewart. Over 30 years old and need some...11093Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/everson-griffen-return-is-evidence-of-andre-pattersons-influence/It’s hilarious to hear one grown man describe another grown man as “his binky,” but that’s exactly what Minnesota Vikings co-defensive coordinator Andre Patterson called everyone’s favorite prodigal son Everson Griffen last week. Compounding that humor is that Griffen has a notoriously bottomless...11092Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kenta-maedas-injury-could-trigger-a-full-blown-rebuild/The Minnesota Twins received some bad news last week: Kenta Maeda is scheduled to undergo surgery on Wednesday. While it hasn’t been confirmed, the expectation is that he will need Tommy John surgery, which would keep him out through the 2022 season.   The Twins’ rotation has been paper-thin this...11090Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/irv-smith-jr-s-injury-turns-the-clock-back-to-2018/The Minnesota Vikings offense took a major blow on Sunday when it was reported that Irv Smith Jr. will undergo knee surgery. Smith’s meniscus injury was deflating for a player the Vikings were relying heavily upon this season and leaves them without many options in the passing game.   The injury...11089Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dont-forget-about-josh-okogie/A couple of weeks ago, I moonlighted as a guest on the esteemed CnD NBA Show Podcast. In the wake of the trade for Patrick Beverley, we all tried to predict a starting lineup for the Minnesota Timberwolves next season. Off the cuff, I said that the starting lineup would look like this:   PG: D’An...11088Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/did-eric-bieniemy-catch-the-wilfs-attention-on-friday/It's completely understandable if you paid little to no attention to the final preseason game. With summer coming to a close and the State Fair opening back up after a year away, I wouldn't blame you one bit if you decided to spend your Friday night doing literally anything other than watch the Mi...11085Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-everson-effect/Bringing back the Sack Daddy is one of the best Minnesota Vikings homecoming moments I can remember. I was a little too young to fully appreciate Randy Moss’ bummer of a return, and no notable players have reunited with the team until this season — let alone four of them at once.   The return of...11070Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-the-national-media-is-getting-wrong-about-the-wolves/The NBA season is less than two months away, and it’s the time of year when fans put labels and expectations on teams across the league. The LeBron James-led Los Angeles Lakers and superstar-powered Brooklyn Nets have the championship on their mind; anything else will be seen as a failure. The Mil...11067Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jose-miranda-is-the-canary-in-the-twins-coal-mine/The Minnesota Twins are in the middle of a rebuild, but it’s not certain to what extent they are willing to reboot the roster. If they’re hoping for a power reset, the Twins will try to construct a roster that can win next year. If they’re in for a long rebuild, they could call up several young pr...11065Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/klint-kubiak-needs-to-showcase-kellen-mond-in-the-preseason-finale/Kellen Mond has played 67 total snaps in the past two preseason games. He has dropped back to pass 33 times yet has only completed three passes that traveled 10 or more yards. One of those passes was against prevent defense in garbage time.   That needs to change.   Rather than giving Mond an op...11064Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/calen-addison-has-already-made-the-jump/If money could have been wagered on whether Matt Dumba would still be on the Minnesota Wild at the start of the offseason, the money line on “Yes” would have been set at plus-750. Dumba’s name was often in the rumor mills with having a team-friendly contract, and he still possessed loads of unreal...11061Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-case-for-the-timberwolves-eclipsing-the-33-5-win-mark/Once free agency has settled down and the NBA Draft has come and gone, we get a glimpse at what the oddsmakers are feeling about each team. For the Minnesota Timberwolves, the win total for next season has been set at 33.5, via betonline.ag.   Hammer the over.   Chris Finch will be in his first...11060Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-need-john-gant-to-rise-from-j-a-happs-ashes/When the Twins signed starter J.A. Happ to a 1-year, $8 million deal in the offseason, they probably didn’t expect to see such flames when he eventually crashed and burned in their rotation.   His initial peel-out was solid, even terrific.   But after the first five starts of the season, smoke t...11059Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/mike-zimmers-vaccination-plea-is-both-practical-and-emotional/Mike Zimmer looked into the camera before his media session on Monday and said hi to his grandson Nash, who was watching the press conference via live stream. It was a bit of a “hello, mom,” moment in reverse, a grandpa cheering up a young person’s day.   Nobody in their right mind will tell you...11054Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-caleb-thielbar-became-a-key-piece-of-the-twins-bullpen/Confidence in the Minnesota Twins’ front office took a monumental blow this season after they failed to build a serviceable bullpen and turned a back-to-back division champion into a last-place team. Derek Falvey and Thad Levine were brought in because of their previous work developing pitchers th...11052Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/a-way-too-early-ranking-of-the-vikings-top-ten-2021-free-agents/Rick Spielman and the Minnesota Vikings have had their busiest offseason yet, having now signed 10 veterans who each project to either start or rotate in heavily for the team. A roster that once appeared to have a ton of holes in the pass rush and secondary now looks surprisingly deep at several k...11051Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/against-all-odds-marco-rossi-could-earn-a-roster-spot-next-year/Every card has been stacked against Marco Rossi making the Minnesota Wild out of training camp. Yes, he got a clean bill of health from his life-threatening bout with myocarditis in late spring, enabling him to start skating in June, but that’s just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to determi...11049Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-lynx-are-healthy-again-and-looking-to-finish-the-season-strong/The injury bug has forced the Minnesota Lynx to get more creative than they would have liked as they shifted around players on their roster. All year long, most notably since June, Minnesota has dealt with multiple players missing extended periods of time due to injuries, including their two free-...11047Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/luke-braun-and-nick-olsons-preseason-53-man-roster-projections/Since our last 53-man roster projection a few weeks back, the Minnesota Vikings wrapped up training camp and played two preseason games. At this stage, the starting roster seems pretty clear. But the depth of this roster is a little trickier to project after some up-and-down performances and speci...11043Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/is-jesper-wallstedt-minnesotas-first-long-term-solution-at-goalie/Look at the NHL teams that are perennial contenders, and chances are, you’ll see a good goalie anchoring that success. Chicago’s peak teams had Corey Crawford behind them, Los Angeles had Jonathan Quick, Pittsburgh and Vegas had Marc-Andre Fleury, and Boston has Tuukka Rask. Even mediocre teams co...11041Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/patrick-beverley-will-carry-the-weight-of-being-minnesotas-next-no-22/It appears that the Minnesota Timberwolves new trade acquisition, Patrick Beverley, has chosen the number he will wear for the 2021-22 NBA season:     The Timberwolves only have two retired numbers: 2, officially, and 21, unofficially. Thanks, Glen.   Beverley has worn No. 21 for the last...11040Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000