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About Paul Fenton
Fenton has been with Nashville for 20 seasons, the past 12 as assistant general manager to David Poile
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Wild signs 21-year-old Finnish goalie Kaapo Kahkonen
A standout in the Finnish Elite League, Kahkonen was also the goalie for Finland's gold medal junior team in 2016.
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If you think the Wild GM search is taking forever, you must have forgotten 2009
There has been a fair amount of grumbling recently that the Wild's search to replace General Manager Chuck Fletcher seems to be taking too long. Is that a valid point?
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Souhan: Analytics crunch numbers but give personalities short shrift
You want to win a championship? You'd better have the right kinds and combinations of people on your team.
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Reusse: Jets have Up North fan bases in their corner
Winnipeg's Dustin Byfuglien grew up in Roseau, 22 miles west of Warroad and the archrival for hockey supremacy in the northwest corner of Minnesota.
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Wild has three names on short list for GM job
Reported GM finalsits include executive with ties to Leipold.
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Travis Boyd gets first taste of NHL playoffs with the Capitals
Washington rookie Travis Boyd hasn't spent much time in the NHL, but the Hopkins native has crammed plenty of memorable moments into his limited experience.
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NHL Eastern Conference final preview
A look at the matchup between the Capitals and Lightning.
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94 saves! Five overtimes! Former Minnesota prep goalie stars in AHL thriller
Alex Lyon, who stopped all but one of the 95 shots he faced in an American Hockey League playoff game that ended early Thursday morning, was honored as Minnesota's best high school goalie a few years ago.
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Reusse: Playoffs show success of Gary Bettman-era NHL expansion
Nashville, Tampa Bay, Las Vegas and soon Seattle are alive with hockey fever while the NBA has settled for relocating teams in secondary markets like Oklahoma City,
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Vegas Golden Nights: The most successful expansion franchise ever
North Score: Wild fans might not want to hear it, but the Golden Knights used the scraps from 30 teams, including Erik Haula and Alex Tuch, to make first-year history.
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Sports misery? Move over, Minnesota. Washington D.C. has the title
Washington's teams in the four major men's sports -- NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB -- have not made it to a conference title game in 20 years and have lost in all 13 tries.
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Revisiting the Wild deal that helped Vegas reach the conference finals
Few people could have seen any of this coming — not even the biggest Vegas Golden Knights optimist or the biggest Wild pessimist.
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2017 Wild Preview
Big expectations for Charlie Coyle, concerns about Zach Parise's back and the acquisition of larger, more physical players are among the themes for the Wild as the 2017-18 regular season begins.
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Anders Lee scores; USA beats Canada 5-4 in world hockey shootout
Cam Atkinson's goal past former Wild goalie Darcy Kuemper in the sixth round of the shootout gave the Americans the victory in the IIHF World Championship opener.
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A Canadian politician thinks American commentators are ruining hockey
David Adams Richards, a Canadian senator, went on quite the verbal journey earlier this week. The upshot: American commentators are ruining Canada's national sport.
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Granlund is Finland's World Cup captain; 4 Minnesotans on Team USA
Wild prospect Kirill Kaprizov will also participate in the tournament after helping Russia to gold at the recent Olympic Games.
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With sports, the more we know the less we enjoy them
Were the Wild and Wolves playoff series less enjoyable because fans had access to all the information they could ever want -- and knew the match-ups were lopsided against their teams?
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Zucker named finalist for NHL's King Clancy Memorial Trophy
The Sedin twins and P.K. Subban are the other finalists for the award, which honors leadership and strong community work.
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Wild signs two, including 50-goal scorer from Canadian junior league
Forward Dmitry Sokolov tallied a career-high 96 points – including 50 goals – in 64 games in the Ontario Hockey League last season.
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Around the NHL
- Rebuilding Sharks fire coach David Quinn after 2 disappointing seasons
- A day later, 'The Save' still had Panthers marveling at Bobrovsky's NHL playoff heroics
- Forsberg and Beauvillier each get a goal and an assist and Predators knock off Canucks 4-1
- Avalanche score 4 in 2nd period, beat Jets 5-2 and even first-round playoff series at 1-1
- Verhaeghe scores OT winner, Bobrovsky makes some fantastic saves, and Panthers top Lightning 3-2
- Bobrovsky makes incredible save during Panthers-Lightning playoff game
- Defensemen injuries are already piling up early in the NHL playoffs
- Hyman gets 1st playoff hat trick, McDavid has 5 assists as Oilers beat Kings 7-4 in Game 1
- Vegas captain Stone scores quick in return and defending Cup champions open with 4-3 win at Dallas
- Aho, Martinook cap Hurricanes' late rally to beat the Islanders for a 2-0 playoff series lead
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- Wild roster 2024-25: Who stays, who goes after playoff failure?
- Matt Boldy is selected to the U.S. world championship team
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