Minnesota Wild
 

Hey guys, not actually doing the team coverage for the Wild but Gates has asked me to open up a thread so that Wild issues/updates can be posted here by anyone who comes across info or needs help. Feel free to post here, and if someone would like to step up and take on this team PM GMGates

Cheers!

Top team in the league not covered? :o

Yessss, I think I posted in a different thread that I would like to see the last couple teams that were not covered get a thread where topics could be discussed. Thanks guys!

Heatley ****ing sucks.

Zidlicky is making a return from his concussion tonight. Prosser has been sent back to the AHL.

Sounds like Bouchard won't be playing tonight as I believe Yeo said earlier today that if Zidlicky played tonight that Bouchard wouldn't.

Hahaha, nice. As a Wild fan I love hearing all the booos that Heatley gets. So far I think he has been a great addition to the Wild locker room, Russo gets some pretty good quotes from him too.

Glad to see a Wild thread now...

If someone steps up to the coverage [aside from Brandon], then I say welcome to the club...

Harding was placed on the IR by the team but according to Michael Russo it was simply a clerical matter. Harding is eligible to come back any time he's ready. For the time being though Hackett will dress as Backstrom's backup.

Odds are the Wild suit up 7D tonight with Zidlicky returning to the lineup.

Injuries are definitely screwing this team over right now. Injuries to Koivu, Bouchard, Latendresse, and Setoguchi. A couple of updates from earlier today:

Mikko Koivu is still day to day, will not play against the Islanders.
Bouchard - questionable, apparently he's still not feeling quite right from the Bogosian hit so the team is understandably being very cautious with him.

Niklas Backstrom is getting the start.

The NHL is really no different from fantasy hockey with regards to injuries - the lone exception being that NHL teams can actually hire training staffs to help with player durability so in fact NHL teams are more to blame for their injury woes. If you sign a bunch of injury prone players expect them to miss time. Bouchard, Latendresse and Koivu injuries are no surprise. So I'm not ready to say "screwing them over" although I'm sure your statement was just innocuous and I'm totally nit-picking but still. I don't let shit slide with the Wild.