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Fiala knows he could be gone from Wild despite best season of career
The Wild could be forced to trade Kevin Fiala after he became a 30-goal scorer for the first time. Several factors are part of the unusual situation.
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Jack Brodt departs Whitecaps after 18 seasons
Minnesota Scene: Brodt will take a position as an assistant hockey operations official with NLTT Hockey, the company that owns the Premier Hockey Federation team.
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Wild's goaltending situation is a major question after playoff defeat
Cam Talbot is under contract for another year; Marc-Andre Fleury is a free agent after starting five of six postseason games. The Wild's goaltender situation is no longer as clear as before.
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Ex-Lakeville goalie Oettinger has epic night in Stars' Game 7 loss
Jake Oettinger, a 2016 Lakeville North graduate made 64 saves before giving up the winning goal in overtime of Calgary's 3-2 win over Dallas. "I think I can be a great goalie for a long time," he said.
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Reusse: We continue on in the land of 10,000 playoff disappointments
Spring of 2022 offered another pair of first-round playoff exits in basketball and hockey as the years of postseason futility grow longer.
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Scoggins: Wild, Wolves have growing up to do after playoff flame-outs
Both teams had nice seasons. Both teams then won only two playoff games. They got to this step by passing bad teams. Now for the hard part: toppling giants.
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Wild has big roster decisions to make while confronting financial issues
After loading up at the trade deadline and then fizzling out in the first round of the playoffs against St. Louis, the Wild is now forced to confront the reality of its new budget. Why is the money so tight?
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Three Wild players added to U.S. team for world championships
Ryan Hartman, Matt Boldy and Jon Merrill will join the American squad in Finland.
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Souhan: Reality hits hard — this Wild team wasn't that special
An excellent regular season wasn't enough to elevate the Wild into playoffs success.
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Wild's season of promise scotched with quick playoff exit
The Blues turned out to be a bad matchup for the Wild, and a late goalie change provided no magic tonic.
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What went wrong for the Wild? These numbers tell the story
Kevin Fiala's playoff output? No goals, 16 penalty minutes. Power play goals? Blues 8, Wild 4. Here's a look at more of the numbers that led to the Wild's playoff disappointment.
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Blues deliver final blow to season, knock Wild from playoffs in 5-1 thrashing
The Blues have pestered the Wild for months — spoiling the Winter Classic at Target Field, interrupting the team's franchise-record pace and now ending Minnesota's season.
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Wild knocked out of NHL playoffs after 5-1 loss to Blues in Game 6
The Blues have pestered the Wild for months — spoiling the Winter Classic at Target Field, interrupting the team's franchise-record pace and now ending Minnesota's season.
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Talbot brings 'team-first mentality' into Wild net for Game 6
Idle since April 28, Cam Talbot saw his first action after Marc-Andre Fleury started the series' first five games.
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Cam Talbot starts for Wild in net for tonight's Game 6
Talbot was the first goalie off the ice during the Wild's pregame skate, suggesting he'll make his first start of the best-of-seven series. He last played two weeks ago against Calgary.
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NCHC names St. Cloud State AD Weems as its new commissioner
She replaces Josh Fenton, who helped build the league and recently became commissioner of the Summit League.
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Survival guide: Saving the season for the Wild (and the Lynx)
Daily Delivery host Michael Rand has a checklist for what the Wild needs to do tonight in St. Louis; WNBA writer Kent Youngblood takes apart the Lynx' miserable start. Plus, weird Twins and NFL notes.
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Scoggins: Wild must make goalie change if it wants to beat the Blues
The Wild doesn't need cliches or cool slogans at this point. It needs a change at goaltender. Cam Talbot should start tonight's Game 6.
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Wild confronts reality of must-win Game 6. Evason: 'It's desperation.'
The Wild will need to pull off the gutsiest rally of the season at St. Louis, since a crunch-time U-turn is necessary to avoid being ousted from the playoffs tonight.
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Around the NHL
- Sergei Bobrovsky makes 26 saves, Panthers beat Lightning 5-3 to take 3-0 series lead
- Brent Burns, Dmitry Orlov help Hurricanes hold on to beat Islanders 3-2 for 3-0 series lead
- Defending champion Golden Knights beat Stars 3-1 to take 2-0 series lead home to Vegas
- Anze Kopitar scores in overtime, Kings beat Oilers 5-4 in Game 2 to tie series
- Bruins beat Maple Leafs 4-2 in Game 3 to take series lead
- Utah hockey fans welcome the former Arizona Coyotes to their new home
- 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
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