https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/326/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-wilds-remaining-offseason-checklist/By this point in the NHL offseason, aka Week 2 of free agency, just about everyone in the league has made their way to their cottage in the Canadian wilderness to begin their summer hiatus. Usually, the league goes dark as only minor moves are announced between this point and the start of training...6892Mon, 08 Jul 2019 09:41:22 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-midseason-report-cards-pitchers/We’ve reached the All-Star break. The Midsummer Classic. Whatever you want to call it, it’s a welcome sight for a banged up Minnesota Twins team, and a chance for the club to get healthier with the tall task of repeating a strong first half after the break.   The Twins will go into the break with...6890Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-twins-faith-in-michael-pineda-is-paying-off-so-far/The trade that sent Michael Pineda from the Seattle Mariners to the New York Yankees was a disappointment, given the caliber of players involved. Pineda was an All-Star as a 22 year old rookie in 2011. The next year Seattle traded him and Vicente Campos to the Yankees for Jesus Montero and Hector...6889Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/3m-open-mickelson-misses-cut-dechambeau-takes-the-lead-koepka-lehman-and-finau-remain-in-the-hunt/Forty-four-time PGA Tour winner Phil Mickelson will miss the cut at the inaugural 3M Open taking place at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine this weekend. Mickelson struggled through his opening round on Thursday, posting a three over 74, but many hoped he would find his stride on Friday afternoon and stic...6885Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/if-the-timberwolves-are-not-done-making-moves-what-does-that-mean/LAS VEGAS -- This was always going to be a wild summer for the NBA at-large. But in Minnesota, it was hard to track a path for the Timberwolves getting into the fray. Even though nearly half of the roster was set to become a free agent this summer, the Wolves’ books were still stuffed — brimming o...6884Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-united-3-san-jose-1-five-quick-takeaways/Minnesota United defeated San Jose, 3-1, on Saturday at Allianz Field and has now won four straight in all competitions. Our soccer analyst Nicolas Hallett gives us his main takeaways from the match.   1. Minnesota United wins its “biggest game” of the season. Minnesota United head coach Adrian H...6882Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/procedurally-generated-wizards-unite-alan-wake-super-mario-maker-2-t-wolves-gaming/6877Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ryan-hartman-brings-needed-depth-to-minnesotas-bottom-six/Just minutes after the Wild made their signing of Mats Zuccarello official on Monday, they also announced that they had signed winger Ryan Hartman to a two year, $3.8 million ($1.9 million average annual value) contract.     Hartman was identified previously as a good value signing in free agen...6876Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-mats-zuccarello-brings-to-the-wild/15 minutes into the start of the free agency period, the Minnesota Wild announced their first signing as they inked right winger Mats Zuccarello to a five-year deal worth $30 million ($6 million average annual value).   The deal was first reported by Michael Russo of The Athletic on Sunday night....6870Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/trying-to-find-clarity-in-paul-fentons-plan/Monday morning at 11 am Central Time, the free agency bell will ring and the 31 NHL teams will be allowed to sign free agents to their roster.   The Minnesota Wild are expected to be active when the free agent market officially opens as they are reportedly going to sign wingers Mats Zuccarello an...6869Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/loading-error-dangelo-russell-chooses-warriors-over-timberwolves/For the Minnesota Timberwolves to land D'Angelo Russell, everything had to break right. Buried in $62.7 million of salary dedicated to just Andrew Wiggins, Jeff Teague and Gorgui Dieng next season, Gersson Rosas wasn't going to have to pull a cat of his hat to land Russell but he was going to need...6868Mon, 01 Jul 2019 01:48:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/all-star-selections-dont-favor-teams-built-like-this-years-minnesota-twins/There’s probably a flaw in the All-Star voting system when the Minnesota Twins, in competition for the best record in the American League, only have two representatives right now.   Jorge Polanco, with his .321/.380/.525 line and strong defense at shortstop is deserving, as is Jake Odorizzi with...6866Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-united-7-fc-cincinnati-1-four-takeaways/Minnesota United thrashed FC Cincinnati, 7-1, on Saturday at Allianz Field. Our soccer analyst Nicolas Hallett gives us his main takeaways from the match.   1. The wounded animal that is FC Cincinnati provided an ideal punching bag for Minnesota United in its return to MLS play. The Loons had los...6865Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-minnesota-twins-get-a-sudden-boost-with-byron-buxton-and-marwin-gonzalez-back/Marwin Gonzalez said he was pretty bored waiting to recover from his hamstring injury. As a player with speed, a capable bat and the ability to play all over, he’s used to being on the move. One day he’s in right field as the team’s fourth outfielder, the next day he’s backing up Miguel Sano at th...6864Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-jarrett-culver-fits-into-the-karl-anthony-towns-window/Throughout Tom Thibodeau’s tenure with the Minnesota Timberwolves, the matter-of-fact boss came off somewhat standoffish when talking about Karl-Anthony Towns’ role on his roster. At the same time, Jimmy Butler was publicly deriding his teammate, writing a negatively dramatized narrative about Tow...6858Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/askbw-6-26-trade-targets-spin-rates-and-fixing-all-star-game-voting/I'm not good at introductions for these kinds of things, so let's just make it easy. Twitter:   There were quite a few questions on trade stuff with the deadline just a month or so away, but I'll try to answer them individually with as little overlap as possible. Giants reliever Wil...6854Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/measuring-the-impacts-of-minnesotas-free-agent-targets/NHL free agency opens on the other side of the upcoming weekend, and as previously reported by The Athletic the Minnesota Wild look to add up front to their roster, most notably to the right side with a right shot. The Wild are horribly lacking right shot forwards on the roster, and have inquired...6852Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/notebook-familiar-faces-bomba-ballots-and-injury-updates/This three-game series at Target Field against the Tampa Bay Rays won't be the first time Rocco Baldelli has faced his old cohorts. That happened nearly a month ago at Tropicana Field when the Twins took three of four after losing a 14-3 blowout in the first game of the series.   But every time B...6850Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-the-2019-20-wild-schedule/Tuesday afternoon brought the much-anticipated schedule release for the 2019-20 NHL season. There are not a whole lot of questions in regards to the schedule as each team plays the rest of the league at least twice, with more games scheduled within your own division/conference.   With the Minneso...6849Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/special-guests-zelda-and-halo/  George has a few friends in for this episode as former Game Informer interns Harry Mackin and Jason Dafnis join the show. There's a lot of excitement about Breath of the Wild 2 and not so much about Wizard's Unite. Also Bernie Sanders is calling for the unionization of the gaming industry.  ...6847Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wild-players-who-could-be-moved-before-the-start-of-free-agency/With the NHL Draft now in the rearview mirror, Minnesota Wild general manager Paul Fenton can now divert his attention to free agency, which officially begins at 11 am central time on July 1.   This week, Fenton can begin to talk to prospective free agents in the speaking period which opened on S...6844Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/angry-syl-helping-lynx-get-back-on-track/Throughout her career in the WNBA and since she joined the Minnesota Lynx in 2015, Sylvia Fowles has earned herself the nickname “Sweet Syl” from many of her teammates and from various people around the league.   Although she can be a fierce competitor on the court, Fowles has earned that nicknam...6842Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ferrell-wild-shoot-their-shot-by-selecting-matt-boldy/With their first lottery pick since 2012, the Minnesota Wild made a splash Friday night in the NHL Draft by selecting left wing Matt Boldy from the US National Development Team with the 12th overall pick.     Last season with the United States National Development Program, Boldy scored 33 goals...6836Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2019-mshsl-state-baseball-championships/When the rain finally cleared Thursday night, the rare sound of aluminum bats rang through the air under the lights at Target Field as the stadium played host to the MSHSL State Championship Baseball Finals.   In a somewhat surprising matchup for the AAAA Championship game, No. 5 East Ridge faced...6835Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-the-minnesota-twins-are-dealing-with-injuries-fatigue-and-short-starts/About the cruelest thing you can do to a baseball team coming off a 17-inning game against the defending champion Boston Red Sox is to send them to a place where it’s 90 degrees and humid without a handful of their best players for a four-game series that includes two day games. But here the Minne...6833Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000