Cleaning out the Brain
Don’t fret. The Northwest Division Preview should be coming this weekend. Until then, however, I’m going to give you a little bit of the random junk that falls off the top of my head as something to tide you over. ***** A week or so ago, there was a debate raging over the seemingly never ending battle...
Wild Nation’s Ridiculously Early Season Previews: The Central Division
Well, here we are. The Eastern Conference is down and just three divisions and the playoff picture are left to go, so let’s delve into the Western Conference picture, shall we? The Western Conference has been the more competitive of the two conferences in term of depth over the last few seasons and...
Wild Nation’s Ridiculously Early Season Previews: The Southeast Division
Last time, we took a look at the Northeast Division but, today, in our final division preview of the Eastern Conference, our view moves south to the division that is considered by many to be the weakest in the East. Those perceptions, however, look as if they may be changing. Let’s take a look, shall...
Wild Nation’s Ridiculously Early Season Predictions: Northeast Division
Well, it’s ridiculously early season preview time again. Last time, we took a look at the Atlantic Division, with many of the teams taking much different approach to the season than they did last season. In other words, spending money and spending money on areas of need, in some cases, and to shore...
Wild and NHL Musings
Well, a lot has happened since last we met, so I figured I’d better just tackle the slew of it in one fell swoop. I’ll be looking at some NHL news too, but mostly Wild news. Before we get into my Wild musings, let’s take a look at the big story to hit in the NHL today. Arbitrator Voids Kovalchuk’s...
Wild Nation’s Ridiculously Early Season Predictions: The Atlantic Division
August is almost upon us, which can only mean one thing – its training camp time. The time in the NHL where there’s hope running through every team’s fan base, except for Toronto’s of course. But, with that hope in mind, it’s time for our ridiculously early season prognostications that will...
Wild Scratch Koivu’s 7-Year Itch; Sign Center to Blockbuster Extension
The last remaining drama of the Minnesota Wild’s off season is over. The Wild have signed their franchise player, captain Mikko Koivu to a seven-year contract worth $6.75 million per season, plus a bunch of signing bonuses that add up to be about the GNP of a third-world country and a full no-trade...
Some Off Season Wild Notes
Well, let’s face it. It’s the off season. We’re on day ten of Kovie Watch 2010, with no signs of anything happening anytime soon and free agency news has slowed to a trickle. So what’s a hockey fan to do? Make news out of nothing? We’re not in that business here. So, let’s just take a look...
Updated: Wild Signs Cullen, Nystrom
I’ll have more to come later, but I just wanted to toss this up really quick that the Wild have signed center Matt Cullen to a three-year deal, worth an average of $3.5 million per-year and with a modified no-trade clause and forward Eric Nystrom to a three-year deal, worth an average of $1.4 million...
HockeyPrimetime Live: Free Agency Frenzy
It’s almost here! Christmas in July for hockey fans. Join myself, Justin Bourne, Denis Gorman and all the other usual suspects for a live blog today, starting at 10 a.m. Central time. HPT Live: Free Agency Frenzy Read More →
