Hockey Wilderness Jun 24, 2017
Minnesota Wild draft Ivan Lodnia at Pick 85
The Wild drafted a small, but skilled winger with their first selection of the 2017 Draft. As many of you know, the Minnesota Wild did not have any selections in the first two rounds of the 2017 NHL Draft. This isn’t anything new to the Wild. Since kicking into win-now mode after the Zach Parise and Ryan Suter signings, general manager Chuck Fletcher has often sacrificed draft picks in order to pick up rental players. This contributed to some fairly fruitless drafts in more recent seasons for the Wild. Which was perhaps to be expected, given that Minnesota tended to emphasize two-way...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Jun 18, 2017
Wild leave Dumba, Scandella, Staal unprotected heading into expansion draft
Staal was left exposed arguably for Jason Zucker, while the Wild opted to protect Jonas Brodin as its third defenseman with Ryan Suter and Jared Spurgeon.
Hockey Wilderness Jun 18, 2017
Minnesota Wild Expansion draft protection list released
The Wild released their Protection list for the Expansion Draft With the Wild not making any moves prior to the roster freeze and trade moratorium, Minnesota sent this list into Central Registry at 4 PM CT Saturday. The Wild used the 7-3-1 format which allows them to protect 7 forwards, 3 defensemen, and 1 goalie. So without further delay here is the protection list for the Minnesota Wild. Forwards: Zach Parise, Mikko Koivu, Jason Pominville, Mikael Granlund, Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle, Jason Zucker Defensemen: Ryan Suter, Jared Spurgeon, Jonas Brodin Goaltender: Devan Dubnyk
Hockey Wilderness Jun 12, 2017
Chuck Fletcher, despite his flaws, is a good GM
General Manager Chuck Fletcher is a bit of a divisive figure nowadays. Since inking Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, the GM has been hit and miss. The trade for Jason Pominville was a huge success.... his new contract has been not so great. The trade for Nino Niederreiter has turned out to possibly be the best deal the Wild has ever made. Fletcher’s acquisition of Sean Bergenheim (remember him?) was a complete dud. Needing a new coach, the Wild added Bruce Boudreau, who led the team to the best regular season in franchise history before falling to a hot goalie and cold shooting against the St....
