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In Wednesday’s loss to the Nashville Predators, Minnesota Wild head coach Todd Richards sat Czech sniper Petr Sykora in favor of fan favorite enforcer Derek Boogaard.   Richards has claimed that Sykora was scratched to “send him a message.”   Apparently that message is that Richards is running out of ideas as to how to motivate his players.   So far this season, Richards has benched Martin Havlat on three separate occasions (one of which likely ...

Reunions week continues on Wednesday for the Minnesota Wild, as the Nashville Predators visit the Xcel Energy Center. á The reunion in this game is Greg Zanon, facing his former team for the first time.á Zanon signed this offseason in Minnesota as a free agent. á The Wild are coming off of a disappointing loss in Chicago, as the team fell apart after dominating for much of the first ten minutes of the game, ...

The WildÆs road woes continued on Monday in Chicago, and the team is now a woeful 0-8-0 on the road this seasonùan unenviable feat of ineptitude matched only by the Æ96-Æ97 Pittsburgh Penguins (lost eight straight road games without a point) and only bested by the Æ92-Æ93 Ottawa Senators (lost nine straight road games without a point en route to going 38 straight games without a point to open the ...

My dear readers, Monday night marks the opening of what people are dubbing ôreunions weekö for the Minnesota Wild. á The first of the reunions will take place in Chicago, marking the regular season return of Martin Havlat to the Windy City to take on his former team, the Chicago Blackhawks. á The Wild are coming off of their best three game stretch of the seasonùa stretch that has seen them win two out ...

When a team is struggling, players and fans alike need to take solace in the little things. á This weekend saw the good and the bad of the Minnesota Wild, as the team dropped FridayÆs game to the St. Louis Blues by a score of 3-1 before coming out with a strong showing at home against the Carolina Hurricanes, defeating them 3-2 in overtime and extending their home winning streak to three ...

Today the Minnesota Wild announced 26-year old Mikko Koivu as the first ever permanent captain in team history. á When KoivuÆs on, I love the way that he plays the game.á HeÆs a solid two-way center that can set players up, bury the puck and check.á HeÆs easily one of the top players and leaders on the team. á So why am I so disappointed in this move? á We all knew that this move was ...

The Minnesota Wild have acquired forward Chuck Kobasew from the Boston Bruins in exchange for Craig Weller, Alex Fallstrom, and a second round pick in 2011, and I am just tickled pink about this trade. á In reading up about what the opinion on this trade was, I read a line that said the Wild were mortgaging the future, and I just about spit my soda out all over my keyboard. á With ...

IÆll address my thoughts on the trade for Chuck Kobasew later today (hint: I love it), but first, IÆd like to address something thatÆs been weighing on my mind over the last week or so. á The Wild have stormed out of the gates this season with a 1-6-0 start, totaling all of two points (donÆt worry; the team is still better than the Maple Leafs). á This fiery start has Wild fans from ...

The way itÆs looking now, the Minnesota Wild have a long way to go to even be competitive. á Once again, the team spoiled a terrific performance by goaltender Niklas Backstrom, who stopped 33 of 36 shots, with defense that would make any self respecting coach cringe. á The teamÆs poor defense caused them to fall behind early again off of two Corey Perry goals and, despite their best efforts, they couldnÆt catch up. á The ...

Two meetings in just over a week.á Not a bad way to renew a rivalry. á The Wild are coming off of a three-day rest after their disappointing loss to the champs of the regular season, the San Jose Sharks.á It has proved to be quite the eventful three off-days for the team as well. á As I will talk about later, the Wild have switched up defensive pairings for this game in order ...