All Entries in the "Minnesota Wild" Category
Western Conference Round Table
Over the Holidays I conducted a Q&A session with several bloggers covering Western Conference clubs for various websites. Engaging several points of view to gain a better understanding of the tougher of the NHL’s two conferences. The Panel Josh Sargent (@Josh_Sargent)- Minnesota Wild correspondent for NHLHotStove.com. Andy Ajer (@FightNightAtJoe) – Detroit Red Wings blogger. Runs [...]
DAILY RUMORS: Shooting down the notion of the Canadiens trading for Martin Havlat
The Montreal Canadiens have found themselves mired in a horrific slump since early December, dropping nine of twelve games entering the first week of January. Canadiens GM Pierre Gauthier wasted little time hitting the trade market to address the problem, acquiring offensive-minded blueliner James Wisniewski from the Islanders and shipping unhappy checking forward Maxim Lapierre [...]
Fantasy hockey: goaltending battles part 2
Two months into the season, let’s have a look at the goal tending battles raging on in the NHL. Some teams still don’t have a clear-cut starter like Roberto Luongo, Ryan Miller or Martin Brodeur. Goaltending battles: – Scorching: game-to-game musical chair – Blazing: no clear-cut starter – Moderate: mild battle going-on – Low: a [...]
Kings-Wild Game Preview w/ Patrick O’Sullivan
Los Angeles Kings – Minnesota Wild game preview with Patrick O’Sullivan. He talks about being waived by Carolina, how he’s fitting in with the Wild, fans in LA and more.
How much NHL teams spend on buyouts for 2010-11
Below you will find the amount each team spends on buyouts as well as the name of the played bought out and where that players is right now. Anaheim Ducks Nathan Oystrick – $197,083, playing for the St.Louis Blues this season. Atlanta Thrashers Donald Brashear – $1,400,000, playing for Sorel-Tracy of the LNAH this season [...]
NHL Power Rankings: Week 5
Who sits atop the pile of 30 this week?
NHL Power Rankings: Week Four
After a month of NHL action the Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens and St. Louis Blues are the surprises of the Top 10. The New Jersey Devils, Buffalo Sabres and Phoenix Coyotes have to be the surprises of the Bottom 10. How did the rest of the league fare?
NHL Power Rankings: Week 3
Week Three of Hockey Independent’s NHL Power Rankings.
EPIC FAIL OF THE WEEK: Rypien Attacks Wild Fan
What did the fan do? Just clap. Longer video (hat tip to PuckDaddy)
Ten Sleepers To Keep Your Eye On
Difference Makers, Hiding in the Shadows Here is a quick look at ten players who may wind up making the difference for their respective teams this season. RW. Nikita Filatov, Columbus Blue Jackets Although his rookie season was eventually marred by a disagreement with then-head coach Ken Hitchcock, ultimately resulting in Filatov returning to Russia [...]
Pre-Season Game 3: Blues vs. Wild
A preview and analysis of the 2010-11 NHL Pre-Season game between the St. Louis Blues and the Minnesota Wild.
Pre-Season Game 2: Blues vs. Wild
One Blues news nugget before the game blog. Per the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Blues CEO Peter McLoughlin has stepped down to take a job with the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL. – Team Blue lost a tough game Tuesday night to the Colorado Avalanche. Team Gold gets its first test as they travel to [...]
9/11/10
I won’t write about hockey today. I won’t even write a new blog. I really have not more to say than what I wrote on back in 2007. Each year since I have just run that same blog, because simply…not much has changed. This day is fraught with menace and overcast with uncertainty. This is [...]
Pre-Season Power Rankings: Middle of the West
After two installments of the Pre-Season Power Rankings I’ve looked at the bottom of the Western and Eastern Conferences. The third installment moves back to the West to see who is stuck in the middle. Here is a quick refresher of who bottoms out the West. The signing of Antti Niemi by the Sharks did [...]
HOCKEYINDEPENDENT FREE AGENCY LIVE CHAT: 11am Start!
HockeyIndependent’s Free Agency Live Chat Show
HOCKEY INDEPENDENT’s FREE AGENCY LIVE SHOW: 11am to 5pm on July 1st. Be There!
The LIVE CHAT will open at 11am. We will have a breaking news twitter feed in the chat so we all know at the same time as things break. Cut through the blogosphere and twittersphere noise and spend your Free Agent Frenzy day with us!
30 thoughts/facts/predictions around the 2010 NHL draft/free agency ***updated***
Three hours away from the beginning of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California, there is a lot of talk surrounding what is likely to happen tonight, and before the start of the NHL free agency on July 1st. Below, you will find 30 thoughts/facts/predictions about the NHL that might happen in the [...]
HOCKEY INDEPENDENT TRADE DEADLINE LIVE SHOW
On March 3rd starting at 9am Eastern, we of HockeyIndependent.com are doing a live chat show with your favorite bloggers, many special guests and YOU. We are doing this because, like you, we’ve watched live shows tank, and know it’s tough to keep abreast of big deals as all sorts of sites and tv channels [...]
Hockey Independent’s Trade Deadline Show on March 3rd! Special Guests include . . .
On March 3rd starting at 9am Eastern, we of HockeyIndependent.com are doing a live chat show with your favorite bloggers, many special guests and YOU. We are doing this because, like you, we’ve watched live shows tank, and know it’s tough to keep abreast of big deals as all sorts of sites and tv channels [...]
Montreal-Minnesota: the portrait of a win-win trade
Back in November, the Minnesota Wild traded Benoit Pouliot to the Montreal Canadiens for Guillaume Latendresse. Both French-Canadian, they had also both been big underachievers playing for their respective teams. Latendresse was drafted by the Habs as their second draft pick in 2005 after scoring plenty of goals in the QMJHL playing alongside Columbus’ Derrick [...]
