https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/267/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-the-wild-are-getting-with-ian-cole/It was not a flashy move, but the Minnesota Wild traded Greg Pateryn to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Ian Cole on Tuesday. While it was just a swap of third-pair defensemen, the Wild are getting more than meets the eye in return from the 31-year-old Cole.     The fact that general mana...9477Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-mike-zimmer-can-learn-from-bill-parcells-to-fix-the-offense/After the Minnesota Vikings wrapped up their season, Mike Zimmer sentenced himself to an offseason of exile. While some fans wanted him to run as far as he could and never come back, Zimmer stopped at a familiar place that allowed him to reflect on 2020. Sitting at his Kentucky ranch, Zimmer proud...9476Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-combine-changes-play-into-the-vikings-hands/The combine has always been one of the major staples of the offseason. This season will see significant changes, however, to keep everyone safe during the pandemic. The psychological testing and the interviews are to be conducted virtually, but medical exams will occur in-person with a limited num...9475Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-mailbag-the-future-at-safety-money-allocation-imitating-the-49ers/For years the listeners of our Football Machine Vikings podcast have sent in amazing Twitter questions, and far too often we’ve had to leave many of them on the cutting room floor because of time. No longer! Each week we’ll pull some questions that didn’t make the cut and address them in this spac...9474Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-could-fill-punt-returner-and-wr3-with-one-draft-pick-this-year/Special teams play was a major issue for the Minnesota Vikings last year. They finished 31st in special teams DVOA, barely beating out the Los Angeles Chargers as the missed kicks and poor coverage piled up.   They fired special teams coordinator Marwan Maalouf and will likely overhaul most of th...9472Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/whats-going-on-with-ricky-rubio/Many Minnesota Timberwolves fans, myself included, were full of hope for this season. After such a long layoff from Wolves basketball, how could we not be? We were going to get the opportunity to see Karl-Anthony Towns and D’Angelo Russell play together, Anthony Edwards was stealing our hearts, an...9470Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/its-hard-to-focus-on-basketball-with-the-nbas-covid-issues/It feels weird to focus on basketball given where we’re at with this season.   On Friday, Karl-Anthony Towns announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 which is absolutely devastating given what he’s been through already.   Towns joins forward Juancho Hernangomez as players for the Wolves wh...9469Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/head-scratching-decisions-minnesota-made-in-2020/The Minnesota Vikings finished 7-9 in the 2020 season, falling short of expectations. While some of their shortcomings were out of their control due to the pandemic's unique circumstances, a lot of decisions the coaching staff and front office made before and during the season were a big reason wh...9468Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wild-are-wasting-their-time-worrying-about-faceoffs/They say in football that if you have two quarterbacks, you don't have a quarterback. What happens when you have six third-line centers in hockey? The Minnesota Wild are finding out, and it isn’t pretty. We're three games into the season, and we have seen the Wild shuffle their lineup at center on...9467Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/its-time-for-joel-eriksson-ek-to-center-the-top-line/You never know who’s going to be centering the Minnesota Wild's top line these days. General manager Bill Guerin shipped out Eric Staal, taking the team down from one top-6 center to zero.   In case you’re new to hockey, you’d ideally like to have at least two of those.   With that lack of depth...9466Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dont-freak-out-if-kaprizov-cools-off-at-some-point/It’s no secret that first-year Minnesota Wild star Kirill Kaprizov has made a good first impression on fans of the team and the NHL at large.   The reigning NHL first star of the week has not only played well in his first two games in North America, but he had a part in each of the two game-winni...9465Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dont-expect-the-vikings-to-be-aggressive-this-offseason/Officially, the NFL offseason snaps into full effect immediately following the Super Bowl. In reality, for teams and players that have been eliminated, the offseason has already begun in earnest. Coaches are being fired and hired. College players are declaring for the draft. Veterans are consideri...9463Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/could-the-vikings-justify-taking-rashod-bateman-in-the-first-round/In 2019 the Gophers finished 10th in both the Associated Press and the coaches poll, carried by future NFL players Antoine Winfield Jr., Tyler Johnson, and Kamal Martin. Another player from that team is about to join the professional ranks: wide receiver Rashod Bateman.   In last year’s draft, ma...9462Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/10k-rinks-radio-face-offs/On today's episode of 10K Rinks Radio, Tony and Joe discussed: The Wild shuffling around their centers Put Joel Eriksson Ek on the top line already Minnesota's faceoff troubles - is it a big deal? Already messing with the power paly Kevin Fiala's offensive onslaught Do...9461Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-the-vikings-can-learn-from-the-chiefs-browns-game/I don't know about everyone else, but I was on the edge of my seat most of the Cleveland Browns-Kansas City Chiefs game. From the back and forth action to a missed helmet-to-helmet hit on a goal-line play that caused a fumble to the opportunity for Cleveland to come back after Patrick Mahomes went...9459Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-can-minnesota-take-away-from-the-nfls-final-four-teams/There was only one "upset" in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, and the winner of that game was Tom Brady. Otherwise, both top seeds and the second-seeded Buffalo Bills advanced, leaving a league championship round with many of the league's elites.   But as teams like Buffalo and the Tamp...9458Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/were-gonna-start-relitigating-the-2018-draft-arent-we/The truth is that the Minnesota Vikings never were going to take Lamar Jackson. Not after signing Kirk Cousins for $84 million guaranteed. Not after passing on three quarterbacks -- Teddy Bridgewater, Sam Bradford, and Case Keenum -- who had had various levels of success during their time in Minne...9453Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/10k-rinks-radio-kirill-kaprizov-debut-reaction/  Tony and Joe couldn't wait until Monday to talk about Kirill Kaprizov, so they did for 20 minutes. Specifically: Marveling at his ability to step up in the moment Feeling the buzz after Kaprizov's goal Kevin Fiala has an equal now What elevates Kaprizov over Mikael Granlund...9452Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/justin-jefferson-is-a-reminder-that-draft-position-isnt-everything/After the Minnesota Vikings' Week 17 win over the Detroit Lions, I couldn't help but see that on social media, most of the people who supported this team were upset that the Vikings won. This win slid them out of contention for a top 10 pick in the draft, landing them at 14.   While I believe tha...9451Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-if-the-wolves-had-taken-coby-white-or-cam-johnson-over-culver/Y’all remember 2019? Back when you could go to a bar, to work or even an NBA game? Those were the days. I’m headed back to the 2019 draft to examine how the Wolves draft night trade affected the team.   The Minnesota Timberwolves traded Dario Saric and the No. 11 pick to the Phoenix Suns for the...9450Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-can-evason-maximize-kaprizov-on-the-power-play/Yes, yes, we all know about Dolla Bill Kirill by now. The Soviet Savior. Kirill the Thrill. Ghostface Kirilla.   There’s no denying that Thursday night’s game against the Los Angeles Kings was Kirill Kaprizov’s hour. He didn’t just exceed expectations in his debut; he obliterated them, notching t...9447Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kaprizov-offered-a-bit-of-everything-in-his-wild-debut/For Minnesota Wild fans who agonized for five years over when Kirill Kaprizov was going make his debut, Thursday night's 4-3 overtime win was about everything they could have hoped for.   He had two assists, and of course, the game-winning overtime goal, to kick off his NHL career. It was a dream...9446Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-power-kill-is-one-more-way-to-feature-kaprizov-and-fiala/If the Minnesota Vikings own the worst special teams conundrum in the Twin Cities, the Minnesota Wild are right behind them. For years the power play was incredibly mediocre under Mike Yeo, but it rose to respectability when Bruce Boudreau took over behind the bench. Now armed with sharp-shooters...9445Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:30:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gregory-rousseau-could-be-andre-pattersons-next-pet-cat/After a disappointing end to the Vikings season, I immediately looked at every single mock draft to see who experts had Minnesota taking with the 14th pick. One name emerged above all the others: Gregory Rousseau, a 20-year-old defensive end from the University of Miami.   It makes total sense fo...9444Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-riley-reiff-decision-is-really-about-ezra-cleveland/With the Minnesota Vikings pressed up against the salary cap heading into next season, one common suggestion to remedy the situation is releasing Riley Reiff. As a 32-year-old due to make $13.95 million next season, Reiff is the football equivalent of Old Yeller. Despite coming off one of the best...9443Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000