Derek Felska

The 3-game road trip didn’t go so well for the Wild as they dropped all 3 games to open the…

With the big club already circulating the same excuses about needing to be better just two games into the 2019-20…

After an eventful off season the Minnesota Wild are finally ready to start the 2019-20 NHL season with a new…

The Hockey News publishes their annual ‘Hockey Yearbook’ and usually delivers it around the start of August.  Even though I…

Here’s a question to all of you out there who regularly read these articles.  When did your body decide to…

One of my commitments since I started blogging over 15 years ago, was to give fans a voice.  Obviously any…

When you’ve been on a long journey, every now and then its a good idea to look back and see…

When people are looking for signs that the fall season is about to arrive, they often look for the leaves…

Almost a month ago, the Minnesota Wild made its biggest ‘splash’ of the 2019 off season by firing Paul Fenton…

If there was any bright side to the 2018-19 season for the Minnesota Wild organization was the play of its…

It is a day like this that I really feel the time is right to give an applause to the…

For most 18-year old people in this part of the world the walk across the stage most likely has something…

Diamonds in the rough, hidden gem, sleeper, dark horse, glitter in the dust are all euphemisms for finding something valuable…

Statistics are a funny thing.  You can spin them to make a person sound good and often you can use…

For Paul Fenton, it was an auspicious start to his tenure as the Minnesota Wild’s new general manager.  The NHL…

As the season came to an end, I have to admit I was pretty exhausted from thinking and writing about…

Hello everyone and Happy Mother’s Day to all of you mom’s out there!  Hockey mom’s get a lot of credit…

One aspect of leadership that is essential is confidence.  Whether you’re managing a business, a quarterback in the huddle or…

As we go into the last part of our Wild Fans Speak: 2018-19 Off Season edition, it feels sort of…

While the Minnesota Wild held meetings all last week to figure out what went wrong in the 2018-19 season.  I…

On many a game night, KFAN’s Brandon Mileski and Pat Micheletti host Wild Fanline, a chance for fans to go…

Thomas Jefferson once said, if you are angry count to ten before you speak if very angry count to a…

Remember the last round of the fight between Ivan Drago and Rocky Balboa from Rocky IV?  Remember what they said…

It was a bittersweet feeling on Tuesday night, as the Minnesota Wild completed a 5-game season series sweep of the…

Minnesota is all too familiar with disappointment.  Just ask most of their college hockey fans as they only had one…

The Minnesota Wild are in someways a lot like the band Nickelback.  Some people love the band, and feel its…

Minnesota Wild (36-33-9)  81pts  6th in the Central 2.63 Goals For Per Game (27th in the NHL) 2.85 Goals Against…

The uncomfortable wait.  Whether its waiting for a job interview or at the doctor’s office.  For some its more time…

Win one, lose one is not really a good strategy for progress at anytime, let alone near the end of…