Posts Tagged ‘minnesota’

Brad Ratgen: Koivu Re-Signs, Yay. Now Get Him a Wing Man and Watch Them Tear It Up!!!!!

16, Jul 2010

The Wild re-signing Mikko Koivu is not necessarily the kind of news that gets us hockeybuzzer’s hearts racing. Everyone kind of figured that it would happen and, frankly, the Wild could not have afforded to lose him to free agency. So, good on the Wild for doing this move. Some think that he just got over paid at $6.75 million per season, average cap hit. Some disagree. Most judge it by just…

Brad Ratgen: ESPN Dallas: Modano Rumored to be Considering Minnesota Wild!!!!

9, Jul 2010

For those of you not on Twitter, here’s what just rolled across the ol’ screen:

ESPN Dallas: Mike Modano now courted by Sharks, Wild as well as Red Wings
Published: Friday, July 09, 2010, 3:46 PM Updated: Friday, July 09, 2010, 3:49 PM
George Malik

Oh, goody. ESPN Dallas’s Richard Durrett reports that long-time Dallas Stars captain Mike Modano no longer sees the Detroit Red Wings as…

Busy, Busy, Busy

29, Jun 2010

While the future (NHL draft and Free Agency) is the focus of the hockey world, the past continues to be my main focus. I have quietly been working on many projects here.

The most noticeable of course is the site’s new banner (special thanks goes out to GHL’s website & graphic consultant Len Pelletier). Watch for better navigability and searchability for legend profiles, including an alphabetical

Canadiens Players Save Scotty, Guests From Hotel Fire

29, Jun 2010

March 10, 1972 started out like any other night on the road for the Montreal Canadiens. Having just beat the St. Louis Blues 5-1, the team was settling into their hotel for the night. Head coach Scotty Bowman was on the phone in his room on the fourth floor, while assistant GM Floyd Curry was preparing for bed across the hall. Some of the players, like Jacques Laperriere, were already in bed

Brad Ratgen: You’re Chuck Fletcher, GM of Wild. What do you do Friday Night at #9?

24, Jun 2010

So Wild and/or NHL fans and draft-nicks, what should Fletcher do at #9 on Friday? Put a package together to move up? If so, why? Who would the Wild want that is going higher than #9 and would be realistic to get? Do you trade #9 to move back and get additional draft picks, prospects or a player or 2? If so, who do you dance with on that deal? Or do you draft at #9? If so, who do you draft?…

Brad Ratgen: Chuck Fletcher’s Comprehensive Quotes From Last Friday’s Presser/MediaScrum

21, Jun 2010

Greetings one and all. While this information from last Friday’s press conference and media scrum for Chuck Fletcher is a day late, a dollar short I am not. In fact, from everything I’ve seen since then, this is the most comprehensive piece on that presser, albeit a bit out of order in which things were discussed, but as accurate as the day is long in terms of what GM Chuck Fletcher had to s…

Brad Ratgen: I’m Back With a Re-Cap of Last Season for the Minnesota Wild

19, Jun 2010

Greetings fellow hockeybuzzard’s and Minnesota Wild fans. It has been a long time. When I last checked in, Mike Modano had skated in perhaps his last game as an NHL player and had donned an old Minnesota North Stars jersey. After that, the Wild’s season graciously ended as it had begun, awful. For whatever reason, I was sorely disappointed in last season’s version of the Minnesota Wild….

Why Cap-Killing Contracts Are More Common Than You Think

18, May 2010

The Florida Panthers newly-named General Manager Dale Tallon is seen at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise after a news conference, Tuesday, May 18, 2010. Ta…

Eric Smith: NFL Draft Tips Off Fans On Who Their NHL Team Will Select

25, Apr 2010

The 2010 NFL Draft has come on gone with 7 rounds of hope and promise for both the teams selecting and the players selected. None of that will be different for the NHL Draft that will happen June 25th in Los Angeles.

The question is how can people tell what player their favorite NHL team will select by what NFL teams selected. Did you hear what coaches and general managers of NFL teams sai…

SBN Gameday: First Of The Gang To Die

22, Apr 2010

Tonight’s soundtrack: First Of The Gang To Die by Morrissey — ok, I’ve been a little Moz-centric lately, I’ll start spreading the wealth around. However, with the first set of elimination games tonight, it seems appropriate, right? My not-so-bold pr…

SBN Gameday: Think Long

17, Apr 2010

Today’s soundtrack: Think Long by Mates of State — a San Francisco indie rock staple, and the appropriate philosophy for all teams going into Game 2. What happened in the first game is history and just one game, so both the winners and losers must t…

Brad Ratgen: Mike Modano’s Last Dance – Where It All Began in the NHL.Thanks4theMemories

10, Apr 2010

How fitting that Mike Modano, if it is his last NHL game, end it in Minnesota with the Stars playing the Wild.

While the Wild’s season and most of the passion about this club this year is gone, Minnesota fans get one last treat. To bid one of their favorite players a fond farewell. I’m sure there will be a ton of Northstars clips played at tonight’s game and on the TV broadcast. A chance f…

Brad Ratgen: Wild Draftnik: Feeling Minnesota or Looking for

22, Jun 2009

Finally! After months of living vicariously through other teams which had qualified for the playoffs and after witnessing a complete regime change in GM and coach, the Wild fans now have something to look forward to: the off-season. Also, apologies for missing the Todd Richards press conference.

Last Friday, the Minnesota Wild held a press conference for the media, previewing the upcoming ent…

Brad Ratgen: Wild Draftnik: Feeling Minnesota or Looking for “Pizzazz” or Both?

22, Jun 2009

At long last, something other than regime change to write about. While the hiring of Fletcher and Richards is nice, it doesn’t necessarily whet the appetite for those of us in the State of Hockey who have lived vicariously through other teams since mid-April. Time to get back on the Wild bandwagon folks. However, for some, they need a reason to. Perhaps the upcoming NHL draft, trades and/or fr…


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