Wild's Defensive Deficiencies Cost Them & Wild Will Notice Foligno's Absence
Plus a look to the past with the Wild's 2000 Expansion Draft
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In today’s edition, you can read all about the Wild’s recent loss to the Winnipeg Jets and how Marcus Foligno’s latest injury will affect the Wild as the season progresses. Finally, with all the talk about the upcoming trade deadline and the draft in the offseason, we’ll take a dive into the past to look at the Wild’s expansion draft back in 2000, courtesy of The Hockey Writers archive.
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Wild’s Defensive Deficiencies Cost Them in Loss to Jets
February 21, 2024 by Mariah Stark (Holland)
Following a back-and-forth high-scoring game against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday, Feb. 19, that ended with the Minnesota Wild winning 10-7 after being down 5-2 earlier in the game, they found themselves in a similar situation when they faced the Winnipeg Jets the next night, Tuesday, Feb. 20, in Winnipeg.
Minnesota Wild Will Notice Marcus Foligno’s Absence
February 20, 2024 by Mariah Stark (Holland)
The Minnesota Wild have several players who can throw their bodies around, but none like Marcus “Moose” Foligno. There’s a reason his nickname is “Moose,” after all. However, they’ve been without him the past few games and will be without him for a few more.
Revisiting the Wild’s 2000 Expansion Draft
August 17, 2017 by THW Archives
This article was originally written in September, 2016.
As Las Vegas has been awarded a National Hockey League expansion team that will begin playing in the 2017-18 season, I thought it would be interesting to revisit the league’s last expansion draft which saw the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets officially join the NHL prior to the 2000-01 season.