https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/293/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-we-learned-about-the-minnesota-wild-in-the-vancouver-series/The weekend is over, and so is the Minnesota Wild's season. It came to a crashing end on Friday night as the Vancouver Canucks only needed 11 seconds in overtime to secure the Game 4 win and a series victory over the Wild.   While Minnesota now descends into the offseason, there are many question...8454Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/why-minnesota-vikings-gm-should-be-rick-spielman-focusing-his-planning-on-2021/As Mike Tyson once said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” COVID-19 landed that punch and now the best-laid plans of mice and men have gone awry. That includes, of course, the NFL.   Precisely what that means in terms of football this fall, we don’t even fully understand...8453Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-wild-lose-series-vancouver-canucks-overtime-game-4/It appeared that the Minnesota Wild were going to force a Game 5. After taking a 3-1 lead in the second period, thanks to a Joel Eriksson Ek goal, all things were pointing to a winner-take-all game Sunday night for a chance to play in the Round of 16 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.   But it was all...8451Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-wilds-veteran-players-have-not-fared-well-in-elimination-games/Coming into the qualifying round, the talk was about the vast difference in playoff game experience between the Minnesota Wild and the Vancouver Canucks. Minnesota, a more veteran-laden roster, boasts more than 120 man-games of playoff game experience over Vancouver. Vancouver, led by more youthfu...8450Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-wild-vancouver-canucks-kevin-fiala-zach-parise-power-play-stanley-cup-playoff-qualifier/Game 2 should have been a wake up call for the Minnesota Wild. After a Game 1 victory where Minnesota easily dispatched the Vancouver Canucks, Vancouver roared back, catching the Wild flat-footed. They made Minnesota chase them all night, baited them into bad penalties and stymied their power play...8448Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-wild-now-on-the-brink-of-elimination-with-3-0-loss-to-the-vancouver-canucks/Although the Minnesota Wild weren't facing a deficit just minutes into Game 3, the script played out much like it did from the their Game 2 loss. A penalty-ridden, goalless Game 3 resulted in Minnesota standing on the brink of elimination from the play-in series against Vancouver after a 3-0 loss...8447Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-twins-pitching-depth-will-be-tested-in-a-60-game-season-and-thats-fine/All winter long, the Minnesota Twins added pitching help in the form of re-signing Jake Odorizzi and Michael Pineda, signing Homer Bailey and Rich Hill and trading for Kenta Maeda. The team already had Jose Berrios in tow. For good measure, they even brought in Jhoulys Chacin.   And when Spring T...8446Thu, 06 Aug 2020 09:00:26 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/here-are-the-adjustments-the-minnesota-wild-need-to-make-for-game-3/Rejoice Wild fans! The Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks take the ice on Thursday afternoon for Game 3, the first non-9:30 PM CT or later start time in this series! Your joy will be short-lived though, as Game 4 on Friday will take place, again, at 9:45 PM CT.   But in the ramp-up for Game 3 T...8445Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/bridget-carleton-is-the-latest-minnesota-lynx-to-step-up-with-breakout-performance/Sometimes the biggest surprises come in the most unexpected moments. Such was the case for Bridget Carleton and the Minnesota Lynx on Wednesday night.   Minnesota, which took on the New York Liberty on Wednesday in the fifth game of the 2020 WNBA season held in Bradenton, Fla., saw a breakout per...8444Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/why-the-minnesota-vikings-should-be-starving-to-add-damon-snacks-harrison/Over the past 48 hours, it's clear the Minnesota Vikings would like to improve the middle of their defensive line. After a trade with the Las Vegas Raiders to acquire P.J. Hall fell through, the Vikings have limited options to repair a defense that got obliterated twice (once by the San Francisco...8442Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-did-we-learn-from-the-minnesota-vikings-attempt-to-trade-for-p-j-hall/Last week, the Minnesota Vikings thought they had acquired a new defensive tackle to come in and compete for a spot on their team when they traded a conditional seventh-round pick to the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for P.J. Hall. Turns out it was all for naught, as Hall failed his physical with...8441Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-vikings-have-many-decisions-to-make-on-the-offensive-line-and-none-of-them-are-ideal/The Minnesota Vikings' strategy for building the offensive line might have worked in a normal offseason: Compile a collection of young guard prospects and ask them to battle against returning starter Pat Elflein. Retain a couple veterans like Dakota Dozier and Brett Jones for insurance. Maybe ask...8439Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-wild-fall-4-3-in-a-penalty-marred-game-2-to-even-series-with-vancouver/There’s nothing pretty about a penalty-marred game. That’s the way most would characterize Game 2 between the Vancouver Canucks and the Minnesota Wild. If the game plan was to avoid putting the Canucks on the power play, the Wild failed to execute that plan. Minnesota gave the Canucks just one pow...8438Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kevin-fiala-is-proving-hes-for-real-but-the-minnesota-wild-will-need-more-than-him-to-win/Let’s say you wanted to engineer the perfect plan for the Minnesota Wild to drop Game 2 of their series. It would have seemed like a tough task, given how Minnesota frustrated the Vancouver Canucks in a 3-0 shutout in Game 1. But it might have gone something like this:   Come out flat and give up...8437Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-wild-will-need-more-from-alex-stalock-in-game-3/Now before you get all hot and bothered at the title, yes, the team had plenty of passengers in Game 2. But when it comes to the playoffs, goaltending has been and always will be front and center for what makes or breaks a hockey team. The Minnesota Wild are no different from that moniker.   Afte...8436Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2020-pga-championship-preview-and-picks-can-tiger-contend/"Of course."   This was Tiger Woods' answer during his Tuesday media session at the PGA Championship when he was asked if he could win this week.     A confident Tiger Woods always fires up golf fans. Especially now, as his chase to set the record for PGA Tour wins heats up, Woods captures...8435Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2020-stanley-cup-playoffs-top-stories-of-the-minnesota-wild-in-the-postseason/It's time for bubble hockey as the Wild set to forge ahead in the Stanley Cup playoffs from Edmonton. There's no fans in the building, and post game interviews are conducted over teleconference. That won't stop 10K Rinks from breaking down and analyzing the series from every angle. Here are the bi...8434Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/former-lynx-assistant-walt-hopkins-leaning-on-success-from-minnesota-in-first-year-as-new-york-liberty-head-coach/The 2020 WNBA season has already been one filled with many firsts for former Minnesota Lynx assistant coach and current New York Liberty head coach Walt Hopkins.   For starters, Hopkins is in his first season at the helm of the Liberty, a position he took this offseason after spending three seaso...8432Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/which-minnesota-vikings-safety-prospect-could-be-the-next-anthony-harris/The Minnesota Vikings have two of the best safeties in the league in Harrison Smith and Anthony Harris. The big question about this unit as the season approaches is which young players will be backing them up? It will come down to four players battling for two spots on the team.   The players com...8431Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/70265-minnesota-wild-nhl-game-1-power-play-strategy-video-breakdown-kevin-fiala-eric-staal-jared-spurgeon/In the Stanley Cup Playoffs small moments become amplified. Nowhere is that more apparent than in moments of special teams. Whether it is the penalty kill or the power play, these moments can swing momentum for or against. Why? It’s because power plays and penalty kills comprise such a small porti...8428Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/early-season-revelations-for-the-minnesota-twins/The Minnesota Twins are 8-2. That's certainly a terrific start, but how surprising is it, really?   Anything can happen in 10 games. It just so happens that the Twins have been absolutely terrific in those 10 games.   Credit should go to people in all levels of the organization, from the front o...8427Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/who-is-p-j-hall-and-how-can-he-help-the-minnesota-vikings/UPDATE: The Vikings announced Tuesday afternoon that P.J. Hall failed his physical, voiding the trade and sending Hall back to Las Vegas.   The Minnesota Vikings defensive line was left with a 340-pound hole in the middle of it when Michael Pierce decided to opt-out of the 2020 season due to conc...8426Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/here-are-your-2019-20-minnesota-timberwolves-season-awards/As the NBA started back up late last week, there have been a lot of conversations about NBA awards.   Of course, play in the bubble doesn’t count in the award-giving process which doesn’t make much sense to me. If LeBron can lead the Lakers to a 7-1 record and average 30 points per game while Gia...8424Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-wild-stuck-to-their-system-and-dominated-vancouver-defensively-in-game-1/Kevin Fiala, Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Hartman and Alex Stalock. Those are a few of the names you might consider as the best Minnesota Wild players on the ice in Game 1, making the difference in Minnesota's 3-0 win over Vancouver on Sunday night.   But when you take a closer look at this game, you fin...8423Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jared-spurgeons-big-night-reveals-the-minnesota-wilds-greatest-advantage-over-vancouver/There is nothing that unites the State of Hockey as much as a shared, collective appreciation for Jared Spurgeon. Minnesota Wild fans know that when No. 46 has the puck, they’re in good hands. They also know that when No. 46 doesn’t have the puck, they’re in good hands. He’ll get that puck back so...8422Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000