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Wild GM Fletcher: 'The last two months have been ... triage'
The Wild GM addressed the media for an hour today, and here are some quick hits, including thoughts on the coaching situation and team chemistry.
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Russo: Notes from Wild's exit interview day at the X
Zach Parise confirmed the Star Tribune's report before the playoffs that he has a herniated disk pinching on his nerve. He had been playing with the injury since January.
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Former Gophers Fasching, Skjei named to men's national team
The pair will compete at the International Ice Hockey Federation men's world championship in May, and will be the first set of Gophers on the national roster since 2013.
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For Wild, an offseason of angst has begun
The team needed to be saved from a third consecutive midseason collapse, took a 13-point step back and couldn't advance past the first round of the NHL playoffs.
Wild head coach candidates: Taking a closer look
This is the most important decision the Wild will make this season because the roster figures to be pretty similar to what it was last year. Will it be a retread, a fresh talent or someone else?
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Tracking the Wild's offseason issues
Dealing with free agents and an uncertain coaching situation are two of the main problems to solve.
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Souhan: Wild, known for comebacks, requires far too many
The Wild's enervating comeback fell short, and while it is the nature of players to celebrate a comeback, what should be remembered is that they positioned themselves to require one.
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Dallas eliminates Wild; furious rally falls short
Potential tying goal winds up millimeters short as Wild's season ends.
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Torchetti hoping for chance to continue what he started
Coach's focus shifts to a possible future with team he called "a good group."
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Strange goals find Wild's Dubnyk and force him into offseason
Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk cannot get over the one or two goofy, funky goals a game that were scored against him not only in the Wild's first-round playoff series against the Dallas Stars but pretty much every game down the stretch of the series.
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Gallery: Dallas 5, Wild 4
The Dallas Stars edged the Wild 5-4 in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series Sunday at Xcel Energy Center, ending Minnesota's season.
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Assessing Wild players' performances vs. Stars
Some were strong, others struggled in the six-game first-round series.
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Wild-Dallas Game 6 recap
Dallas center Jason Spezza had a goal and three assists, won 12 of 16 faceoffs and was a brute up the middle.
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Postgame: After slow start, Wild falls short in season-ending loss to Dallas
After a season-ending 5-4 loss to the Stars, the Wild now looks ahead to the offseason.
More Wild postgame: This team's biggest problem is ... ?
When I asked observers on Twitter what the single biggest problem facing this franchise is, the answers were so varied that a consensus is impossible.
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Wild Game 6: Prince tribute, questionable penalty, Dallas up 5-3
Wild fans in the X were completely jacked for Game 6 against the Stars, with the Wild trailing 3-2 in the series and again facing elimination.
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Souhan: Wild's Koivu deserves to celebrate in playoffs for a change
His goal in Game 3 proved to be the winner, and on Friday he scored to send Game 5 to overtime and then ended it with a deflection of Ryan Suter's shot.
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Schroeder makes immediate impact for Wild
Playing in his first game of the series, Jordan Schroeder supplied a goal and plenty of speed.
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Around the NHL
- Panthers beat Bruins with late game-winner, advance to Eastern Conference final
- Heise scores 2 goals as Minnesota beats Toronto 4-1 to advance to PWHL finals
- Brady Tkachuk has goal, 3 assists in US 4-1 win over Poland at men's hockey world championship
- Kreider pushes Rangers to the NHL's Eastern Conference Final for the 2nd time in 3 postseasons
- J.T. Miller's late goal lifts Canucks past Oilers to take a 3-2 series lead
- Kreider's third-period hat trick lifts Rangers into Eastern Conference Final with win over Hurricanes
- Makar scores 2 goals and Avalanche beat Stars 5-3 in Game 5 to stay alive in playoffs
- Butorac's goal in the 2nd overtime gives Minnesota a 1-0 win over Toronto to force a Game 5
- Connor Ingram wins the Masterton Trophy for perseverance and dedication to hockey
- It's not a rock, it's the Athens Rock Lobsters. New minor league team honors B-52s
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