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Monday | Star Tribune

Heatley injury has Wild dealing with tight salary cap

When the Wild acquired Jason Pominville on April 3, the team seemed destined to use a compliance buyout this offseason on veteran Dany Heatley.

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Related Topix: Sports, Minnesota Wild, NHL Hockey, Kyle Brodziak, Marco Scandella, Matt Cullen, NHL Players, Justin Falk

Monday Jun 17 | Bleedin Blue

Are Minnesota Wild Looking to Trade for Jaroslav Halak or Brian Elliott?

The Minnesota Wild are currently in talks with Niklas Backstrom who will become an unrestricted free agent on July 5th.

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Related Topix: Sports, NHL Hockey, St. Louis Blues, NHL Players, Jaroslav Halak, Minnesota Wild, Brian Elliott, NHL Northwest Division

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Rant Sports

Minnesota Wild Fire Up Contract Talks With Impending Free Agents

After what they've done in the past 12 months or so, we probably shouldn't expect the Minnesota Wild to make another Earth shattering move.

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Related Topix: Sports, Minnesota Wild, NHL Hockey, NHL Northwest Division, Cal Clutterbuck, Josh Harding, NHL Players, Jared Spurgeon

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Broad Street Hockey

Flyers offseason: A silver lining in the 2013 goalie market

The number of teams looking for goalies might not be that big. If the Flyers are eyeing the possibility of a Bryzgalov buyout, this would be a good thing.

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Related Topix: Sports, NHL Hockey, Michael Leighton, Philadelphia Flyers, NHL Players, Ilya Bryzgalov, Miikka Kiprusoff, Minnesota Wild

Fri Jun 14, 2013

13WHAM

Harding wins Masterton Award

Harding revealed last November that he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an incurable auto-immune disease where the body randomly attacks the protective lining of nerves throughout the body.

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Related Topix: Sports, Minnesota Wild, NHL Hockey, NHL Players, Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins, Adam McQuaid, Boston Bruins

Star Tribune

Josh Harding wins Masterton Trophy

This is Michael Russo's 18th year covering the National Hockey League. He's covered the Minnesota Wild for the Star Tribune since 2005 following 10 years of covering the Florida Panthers for the Sun-Sentinel.

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Related Topix: Sports, Minnesota Wild, NHL Hockey, Josh Harding, NHL Players, Wes Walz, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Clayton Stoner

Philly.com

Our picks for annual NHL awards

OVER THE NEXT 2 days, the NHL will hand out its regular-season award winners for this season.

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Related Topix: Sports, Sergei Bobrovsky, NHL Players, Minnesota Wild, NHL Hockey, Montreal Canadiens, Brendan Gallagher, Alex Galchenyuk

Wed Jun 12, 2013

TSN.ca

Off-Season Game Plan: Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild made the playoffs for the first time since 2008, but were quickly sent packing by the Chicago Blackhawks in Round One.

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Related Topix: Sports, Minnesota Wild, NHL Hockey, Mikko Koivu, NHL Players, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Matt Cullen, NHL Northwest Division

The Tennessean

Nashville Predators' Pekka Rinne says rehab 'going really well'

A tall, blond man on crutches hobbled into a classroom at Centennial Sportsplex as 48 boys and girls ages 9-19 stared in awe.

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Related Topix: Sports, Nashville Predators, NHL Hockey, Pekka Rinne, NHL Players, NHL Central Division, Tim Thomas, Minnesota Wild

Mon Jun 10, 2013

Rant Sports

Minnesota Wild Must Try to Re-Sign Niklas Backstrom

If you take a look around the NHL trying to figure out who will be the best teams next season, there are a couple of teams that come to mind right away.

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Related Topix: Sports, Minnesota Wild, NHL Hockey, NHL Players, NHL Northwest Division

Sun Jun 09, 2013

Sports Media 101

Top Ten Detroit Red Wings Moments from 2012-13 Season: No. 7

Red Wings 101 provides 24/7 obsessive sports coverage of the Detroit Red Wings as a part of Sports Media 101 .

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, Gustav Nyquist, NHL Players, NHL Central Division, Minnesota Wild

Sat Jun 08, 2013

Gone Puck Wild

Analyzing the Minnesota Wild's Restricted Free Agents - Part Three: The Goaltenders

May 5, 2013; Saint Paul, MN, USA; Minnesota Wild goalie Josh Harding makes a save against Chicago Blackhawks during the first period in game three of the first round of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs at Xcel Energy Center.

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Related Topix: Sports, Minnesota Wild, NHL Hockey, Josh Harding, NHL Players, Carson McMillan, Cal Clutterbuck, Cody Almond

Thu Jun 06, 2013

Rant Sports

Return of Matt Cullen to Minnesota Wild Uncertain

Minnesota Wild forward Matt Cullen is set to become an unrestricted free agent come this July.

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Related Topix: Sports, Minnesota Wild, NHL Hockey, Matt Cullen, NHL Players, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Justin Falk, NHL Northwest Division

Mon Jun 03, 2013

BleacherReport

Minnesota Wild's Best Sales Pitch for Each Top Free-Agent Target

The Minnesota Wild currently owe $55.8 million to 17 players in 2013-14. With the salary cap reducing to $64.3 million next season, they are going to have to be economically efficient in their spending.

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Related Topix: Sports, Minnesota Wild, NHL Hockey, Mikko Koivu, Josh Harding, Matt Cullen, NHL Players, NHL Northwest Division

Star Tribune

Raanta reportedly agrees to terms with the Blackhawks

This is Michael Russo's 18th year covering the National Hockey League. He's covered the Minnesota Wild for the Star Tribune since 2005 following 10 years of covering the Florida Panthers for the Sun-Sentinel. Michael uses "Russo's Rants" to feed a wide-ranging hockey-centric discussion with readers, and can be heard weekly on KFAN radio and seen ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sports, NHL Hockey, Minnesota Wild, NHL Players, NHL Northwest Division

Sat Jun 01, 2013

Gone Puck Wild

2013 NHL Free Agency: Antti Raanta Sweepstakes Over for Minnesota Wild?

There's only one Finn in net for Minnesota, and his name is Niklas Backstrom. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports According to a tweet by Finnish hockey writer Jouni Nieminen, Minnesota may officially be out of the running for Finnish undrafted free agent netminder Antti Raanta.

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Related Topix: Sports, Minnesota Wild, NHL Hockey, NHL Players, NHL Northwest Division

Fri May 31, 2013

Star Tribune

Goalie Raanta's decision is made; Cullen talks about his future

This is Michael Russo's 18th year covering the National Hockey League. He's covered the Minnesota Wild for the Star Tribune since 2005 following 10 years of covering the Florida Panthers for the Sun-Sentinel. Michael uses "Russo's Rants" to feed a wide-ranging hockey-centric discussion with readers, and can be heard weekly on KFAN radio and seen ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sports, Minnesota Wild, NHL Hockey, NHL Players, Cal Clutterbuck, Marco Scandella, Matt Cullen, Justin Falk

Thu May 30, 2013

Star Tribune

Settling goalie situation is Wild's top priority

Three weeks have passed since the Wild's season came to an end in Chicago. Since then, barely a peep has been uttered from the offices of Washington and Kellogg in St.

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Related Topix: Sports, Minnesota Wild, NHL Hockey, Cal Clutterbuck, Marco Scandella, Matt Cullen, NHL Players, Jared Spurgeon

Wed May 29, 2013

Gone Puck Wild

Analyzing the Minnesota Wild's Unrestricted Free Agents - Part Three: The Goaltenders

Apr 27, 2013; Denver, CO, USA; Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom during the second period against the Minnesota Wild at the Pepsi Center.

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Related Topix: Sports, Minnesota Wild, NHL Hockey, NHL Players, Drew Bagnall, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Matt Cullen, Justin Falk

Sat May 25, 2013

BleacherReport

Stock Watch for the Top Soon-to-Be NHL Free Agents

The second round of the 2013 NHL playoffs are nearing an end, and the conference finals could be set by the end of the weekend.

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Related Topix: Sports, NHL Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pascal Dupuis, NHL Players, Sidney Crosby, NHL Atlantic Division, Patrik Elias