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Heatley Buyout May Not Be An Option For The Wild
from Michael Russo of the Star Tribune,
When the Wild acquired Jason Pominville on April 3, the team seemed destined to use a compliance buyout this offseason on veteran Dany Heatley.
That’s now unlikely to happen.
The NHL salary cap drops to $64.3 million for 2013-14. The Wild’s will be about $63.9 million because performance bonuses achieved by Jonas Brodin put...
Wild re-sign defenseman Scandella
The Minnesota Wild have re-signed defenseman Marco Scandella to a two-year contract.
The team announced the deal on Monday.
Scandella was eligible to be a restricted free agent, but the Wild locked the 23-year-old before he could hit the market. Scandella missed training camp in January because of a groin injury and spent most of this season with the Houston Aeros in the AHL, recording...
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Wild re-signs Marco Scandella for two years
ST. PAUL, Minn. The Minnesota Wild locked up one of their core young players when they re-signed defenseman Marco Scandella to a two-year contract on Monday.
Scandella, 23, spent most of last season with the Houston Aeros in the American Hockey League after he played 63 games in his rookie season with Minnesota in 2011-12. Scandella was recalled late last season for Minnesota and...
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Wild's player pipeline important to take next step
ST. PAUL, Minn. Before Zach Parise and Ryan Suter arrived to transform the Minnesota Wild, the organization's hopes were pinned on a group of heralded prospects considered among the best in the entire league.The prospect core that included a potential shutdown defenseman, a playmaking center and a goal-scoring power forward was ranked No. 3 in The Hockey News' annual Future...
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30 Teams In 30 Days–Minnesota Wild
The Minnesota Wild were a playoff team largely due to goaltender Niklas Backstrom and some timely offense. Sometimes it showed up in bunches while other times it would hibernate for a week at a time. Let’s take a look back at the Wild who made fantasy owners crazy at times.
Team Name: Minnesota Wild
Record: 26-19-3, 2nd Northwest, Lost 4-1 to Chicago in Western Conference Quarterfinals...
2013 NHL Entry Draft Speculation for the Minnesota Wild: Forwards
Every year the Stanley Cup playoffs often give us an example of how a player selected in the later rounds (beyond the 1st round) or was an undrafted free agent goes on to become a post-season hero. Â Chicago's Bryan Bickell (41st Overall in 2004) and Andrew Shaw (139th Overall in 2011) as well as Los Angeles' Dwight King (109th Overall in 2007) and Jordan Nolan (186th Overall...
Wild re-sign Veilleux to 2-year contract
The Minnesota Wild re-signed left wing Stephane Veilleux to a two-year, two-way contract Wednesday.
The 31-year-old Veilleux played most of last season with Houston in the AHL. As a late call-up for more energy for the fourth line, he appeared in two of Minnesota's playoff games against Chicago. The two-way contract means he'll have a lesser salary if he's in the minors...
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Wild re-sign F Stephane Veilleux
ST. PAUL, Minn. The Minnesota Wild have started their offseason maneuvering.
Minnesota announced Wednesday it re-signed forward Stephane Veilleux to a two-year contract. The contract is a two-way deal, meaning Veilleux can be sent to the team's minor league affiliate in the American Hockey League, which is moving to Des Moines, Ia., next season.
Veilleux, 31, played in two...
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2013 NHL Entry Draft Speculation for the Minnesota Wild: Defenseman
As much as the media latched onto the additions of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, and rightfully so to a degree it is pretty hard to argue that the Wild would've been able to make it as far as it did if not for the 19-year old rookie defenseman Jonas Brodin calm and steady play. Â Suter struggled a bit early, and when Brodin arrived he was able to settle into being the Wild'...
GARTH: Wild Need #1 Goalie
A team to watch closely this month as the NHL entry draft draws closer is the Minnesota Wild. According to Mike Russo if the Star Tribune, Minnesota, like many NHL squads, will begin their organizational review meetings this week. Wild GM Chuck Fletcher will meet with his hockey operations and scouting departments in an effort to get gauge the time and temperature inside the Wild organization....
Questions remain for Wild free agents Bouchard, Cullen
ST. PAUL, Minn. One is the longest tenured member of the Minnesota Wild. One is the oldest member of the team to play more than eight games this season. Together, they were two-thirds of one of Minnesota's top lines this season at times, and when they were going strong was when the Wild were at their best.
The cases of Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Matt Cullen will be interesting...
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Harding looks forward to offseason of training
ST. PAUL, Minn. Josh Harding never wanted to enter the summer this way after being the Minnesota Wild's goaltender in the 4-1 playoff series loss to Chicago Blackhawks, but he's been preparing for this summer for the past several months.
Harding, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis late last summer, worked himself to get into shape to start this season on Minnesota's...
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Wild goalie Backstrom has sports hernia surgery
Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom has undergone sports hernia surgery.
The team announced that Backstrom's operation went as planned on Thursday morning in Philadelphia. The procedure was done by Dr. William Meyers.
The 35-year-old Backstrom aggravated the injury while warming up before Minnesota's first game of the Western Conference quarterfinal series at Chicago...
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May 16, 2013
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Will the Minnesota Wild dump Dany Heatley?
The Minnesota Wild face some tough roster choices with the NHL salary cap shrinking for next season.That factor, combined with the production addition of winger Jason Pominville, led many experts to believe the team will ditch winger Dany Heatley.But general manager Chuck Fletcher noted how much the team missed Heatley after he suffered a season-ending shoulder injury April 3.â€...
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