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'Our core is really good': Q&A with Wild coach Bruce Boudreau
With 12 solid forwards and still developing young defensemen, the Wild coach feels as if he is in a better spot to start the season. Players report on Thursday.
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Wild releases TV schedule; 70 games on FSN, 12 on NBCSN
The broadcast teams remain unchanged on television and radio.
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2017 Wild key dates: First preseason game is Monday
The month-long buildup to the Oct. 14 regular season begins with players reporting to camp Thursday.
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Wild invites 58 players to training camp
The Wild announced a 58-player roster for its training camp, which begins Friday.
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Kunin scores twice as Wild prospects beat Blues
Minnesota scored five times in the game's final 10 minutes in the tournament in Traverse City, Mich.
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Five big questions about the Wild as camp approaches
While there is certainly some stability within the core of the roster and this season feels more settled than last year did at this time, there are still plenty of things to sort out.
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Wild's Stanley Cup odds reveal reality of NHL, Central Division
The Wild is still the team — at least in the eyes of Las Vegas oddsmakers — most likely to deliver a major men's sports championship to Minnesota in the near future.
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Eriksson Ek, Kunin head Wild roster for NHL Prospect Tournament
The team's prospects will face off against seven other NHL teams.
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Russo: What do Wild's lines look like as training camp approaches?
Obviously my opinion, but by popular demand, here's a look at how I see the lines shaping up heading into next month's training camp.
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Wild's Fletcher, Flahr owe much to late NHL executive Bryan Murray
Murray's hiring of Chuck Fletcher and Brent Flahr began a long working relationship and close-knit friendship that others in hockey were fortunate enough to share.
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Souhan: Keeping or signing hometown stars hasn't always worked for Twins, Wild
The risk in having home-state favorites end their careers here is wondering if the player wants to return home more because of comfort than ambition.
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Coming home: Cullen to join Wild, play 20th NHL season
Native Minnesotan Matt Cullen called joining the Wild for the 2017-18 season a "family decision." He has won three Stanley Cups, and will turn 41 in November.
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Da Beauty League: A chance to watch pro hockey stars up close
In the waning minutes of every game in Da Beauty League, dozens of kids in hockey garb press against each railing at the Zamboni entrance inside Edina's Braemar Arena.
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Here's your master plan for watching the Timberwolves and Wild this year
Let's start with some good news: The Wild and Wolves don't play on the same day nearly as many times in 2017-28 as they did last season.
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Leaving for Blues, Prosser thankful to play so long for hometown Wild
Elk River's Nate Prosser, 31, was by far the longest-serving and most successful college free-agent pickup in Wild history.
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Souhan: Wild signings signal young stars have risen
If the next Wild team is to be anywhere near as successful as last year's during the regular season, Mikael Granlund and Nino Niederreiter will have to stop being promising and start being stars.
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Granlund's only objective? A deeper Wild playoff run
The Wild has made the playoffs five years in a row but has only been past the first round twice and only won one playoff game last season.
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Granlund, Wild agree to three-year deal with benefits for both sides
In avoiding Friday's arbitration hearing, Mikael Granlund's agent didn't want a multiyear contract to go too long-term.
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Statistics: Granlund through the years
Season-by-season numbers that led to Mikael Granlund becoming the Wild's leading scorer in 2016-2017.
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