The Minnesota Wild will host this season’s Winter Classic at the home of the Minnesota Twins, Target Field, and take on the St. Louis Blues.
Three months ahead of puck drop, the Wild released their jerseys for the event and they are both creative and spectacular. Grab one now.
Tuesday was a tumultuous day in the NHL for lots of reasons, but only one of those reasons was rife with dramaaaaa.
Having lost to Vegas in the first round, the Minnesota Wild decided buy out two veteran players, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, the latter of whom has been linked with the Capitals. GM Bill Guerin says he was in anguish about the buyouts. “It was a very difficult decision [made] over lots of time and lots of meetings,” Guerin told the media. “Lots of things went into this decision, but it’s a big decision that I feel we needed to make in order to keep moving forward.”
Writing for the Athletic, Michael Russo breaks down how Guerin communicated the buyouts to Parise and Suter, which gets downright sassy. Russo reports that Suter ended his buyout call by abruptly hanging up on his former General Manager.
By Peter Hassett 2 years ago
Bill Guerin announced on Tuesday that the Minnesota Wild would be buying out the final four seasons of forward Zach Parise and defender Ryan Suter. The two players signed tandem 13-year, $98 million contracts on July 4, 2012, which had a $7.54 million cap hit (AAV).
“We want to thank Zach and Ryan for the nine years that they’ve given the Minnesota Wild,” the GM said according to NHL.com. “They’ve given everything they’ve had on the ice and off the ice. And they’ve had an incredible impact on this organization and in the Twin Cities. A very difficult decision that over lots of time and lots of meetings, lots of things went into this decision. But it’s a big decision that I feel we needed to make in order to keep moving forward.”
The buyouts will make both players unrestricted free agents on July 28. While Parise’s next move seems obvious, Suter’s next destination is less clear.
By Ian Oland and Peter Hassett 2 years ago
The NHL’s seven Central Division teams shared preview images of their upcoming Reverse Retro jerseys on Saturday. The release follows the Metropolitan Division ond Pacific Division doings so in the days prior.
The photos confirm that the Colorado Avalanche will rock Quebec Nordiques jerseys for the first time in franchise history while the Minnesota Wild seem poised to honor the Minnesota North Stars in theirs. The detail shots of the new sweaters comes after the NHL and Adidas released an animated video showing which year each jersey was inspired by last week.
Let’s take a closer look!
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
Ex-Caps forward and current gentle sweetheart, Marcus Johansson, is now a Minnesota Wild… err, a member of the Wild. A Wildling? I don’t know. Anyway, now he’s wilding out.
(P.S. he was on the Buffalo Sabres before, in case you, like me, forgot.)
Going to Buffalo will be forward Eric Staal, who has never played for the Capitals as far as I can tell.
By Peter Hassett 3 years ago
The virtual Washington Capitals are unstoppable, you guys, and they may put Papa Johns out of business with all these 50 off sales. The Caps have won six-straight games after defeating the Minnesota Wild 4-3.
Digi Kuzy played the hero, scoring in three-on-three overtime after taking a beautiful centering pass by Digi Ovi. Kuznetsov also scored in the second period to give himself his first multi-goal game in Pixel World.
Ovechkin also added a goal and now has tallies in three-straight games.
The Washington Capitals visited the Land of 10,000 Lakes and took down the Wild in a very spirited affair, 4-3.
The Wild out-shot the Caps 40 to 30 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 51 to 45.
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
The recently uneven Washington Capitals traveled to Minnesota to take on a Wild team that has benefited from a new coach bounce with a 5-2 record under new head boss Dean Evason. Could the Caps tame the Wild and get back on track?
Ryan Donato was sprung on a breakaway and banked the puck in off Braden Holtby to open scoring. Then the Caps would pounce big time. Alex Ovechkin, Richard Panik, and Ovi again would all strike within a 3:38 span in the first. Kevin Fiala responded quickly with a power play one time bomb.
Tom Wilson kicked off the third period by finishing a perfect Ovechkin feed. Zach Parise jammed one home on the power play.
Caps beat Wild 4-3!
By Chris Cerullo 3 years ago
Alex Ovechkin knows he’s got to make up some ground to catch up to David Pastrnak for the league lead in goals. Luckily, the NHL schedule-makers brought him to Minnesota on Sunday night.
Ovechkin has two goals in the first period alone.
Tonight the Caps are the guests of the Wild, who have had a tumultuous month. This could be a good chance for the team to right the ship. Let’s chat about it.
By Peter Hassett 3 years ago
