Interviewing for the same job twice in as many years is a rare occurrence in any profession, yet there was Bill Guerin going to Minnesota once again this summer as a candidate for the general manager vacancy. As the Wild delved deeper this time, burned by their previous pick, Guerin kept emerging from the vetting […]
Wild hire Guerin as new GM
The Minnesota Wild have hired Bill Guerin, who won two Stanley Cups as a player and two more titles in the front office with the Pittsburgh Penguins, as their new general manager. Guerin was announced Wednesday as the fourth GM in the team’s 19-year history, three weeks after predecessor Paul Fenton was fired by owner […]
Wild fire GM Fenton (AUDIO)
The Minnesota Wild have fired general manager Paul Fenton after just one rough season, marked by the end of a six-year streak of making the playoffs and a disassembly of the once-promising core of forwards by trading Charlie Coyle, Mikael Granlund and Nino Niederreiter prior to the deadline. Wild owner Craig Leipold said he told […]
Wild busy during first day of free agency
The Minnesota Wild zeroed in on Mats Zuccarello as free agency approached, desiring his competitive drive and playmaking skills for a top-six forward group in need of a new look. With a five-year, $30 million contract the right wing agreed to Monday when the market opened, Zuccarello has given the Wild another thirtysomething core player […]
Wild add Modano as advisor
Mike Modano has decided to return to his NHL roots in Minnesota. The Hall of Fame center was named Thursday as the executive adviser to Wild owner Craig Leipold and president Matt Majka, a newly created position that Modano will assume on Sept. 1. Leipold and Modano often communicated by text message during Wild games […]
Wild will bring back Boudreau
The subject of Bruce Boudreau’s future with the Minnesota Wild, the coach said, had not been broached with general manager Paul Fenton until a reporter quizzed the boss about it while they sat next to each other at the podium for their season-ending news conference. ”Well, it’s nice to know you’re working That’s a good […]
WILD RECAP: Disappointing season ends
As the Minnesota Wild crawled to the end of this fruitless season, there was no more fitting way to finish. Back-to-back blanks. The consecutive shutouts by Boston and Dallas gave the Wild a total of 11 games without a goal in 2018-19, pushing them to 27th in the NHL in scoring out of 31 teams. […]
Wild lose home finale
BRUINS 3, WILD 0 Jaroslav Halak made 26 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and 47th of his career, and short-handed Boston beat Minnesota. Joakim Nordstrom, David Pastrnak and Zach Senyshyn scored for Boston. Halak, who has split time with Tuukka Rask in goal for Boston this season, was rarely challenged by a […]
Wild have home finale tonight
The Boston Bruins officially know their playoff opponent. They will host the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Pesky star Brad Marchand managed to reach the 100-point mark — the first player in a Boston uniform to do that since Joe Thornton in the 2002-03 campaign — during his […]
Wild win, but will miss playoffs
The Wild are officially eliminated from playoff contention despite a 5-1 rout of the Jets at The X. With Colorado’s win last night, Minnesota was knocked out of the postseason race. Zach Parise scored twice in his return from injury for the Wild, who have won two-of-three. They host Boston tomorrow in their home finale […]