Articles by Derek Felska (797)
Kirill Kaprizov signs 3-year deal to stay in KHL, Minnesota Wild Off-Season Goes From Bland to Ugly
Do you ever get that feeling of deja vu? Why? Back in 2000, the Wild drafted Maxim Sushinsky in the…
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Wild 2017 Prospect Camp Opens: A Reflection On the Current State Of the Organization
Perhaps its fitting on a day where millions of Americans bust out their grills to celebrate Independence Day, that I…
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Minnesota Wild Sign Defenseman Kyle Quincey to 1-Year Deal
If you are a regular reader of my work you probably know I’m a bit of a prospect geek. During…
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Minnesota Wild Sign Kyle Rau to 1-year, Two-Way Contract worth $850k
I think I finally know how Oprah Winfrey feels when she gleefully tells her audience that they will all be…
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Minnesota Wild help Iowa with free agents Ryan Murphy, Landon Ferraro, Cal O’Reilly, Niklas Svedberg and Alex Grant
Before I say anything else, Happy 150th Canada Day to our neighbors to the north! NHL Free Agency on July…
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Minnesota Wild Trade Marco Scandella, Jason Pominville to Buffalo for Tyler Ennis, Marcus Foligno and a 3rd round pick
About a month ago, my sump pump failed and my basement got water in it. About 40-50 gallons made its…
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Wild Re-sign RFA Gustav Olofsson, but Fans Should be Ready to Wait and be Underwhelmed
If watching the Vegas Golden Knights make their selections in the expansion draft was a real-life version of a fantasy…
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2017 NHL Draft: Minnesota Wild Draft Overview, Who Did We Pick And What Can We Expect?
For any Wild fan who watched the 1st round with the hope the team would somehow make a deal they…
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Minnesota Wild Deal Haula, Tuch to Vegas, What Other Moves to Expect?
Technology makes our lives easier, but access to technology is uneven throughout the world and most of us fortunate enough…
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Exclusive Interview With ISS’ Director of Scouting Dennis MacInnis, discussing the 2017 NHL Draft & More
One thing I pride myself as a writer is that I keep track of the Minnesota Wild’s prospects where I…
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2017 Minnesota Wild Draft Preview: Goaltenders
The old drafting axiom is you ‘never take a goaltender with your 1st round pick.’ No problem this year for…
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Wild Deal Tyler Graovac as the Calm Before the Expansion Draft Storm Gets Closer
The shot across the bow. The maritime version of a warning shot as a way to encourage another ship to…
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2017-18 Minnesota Wild Pre-Season Schedule Announced
The Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe have been awarded. You can go and enjoy summer without worrying about whether or…
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2017 Minnesota Wild Draft Preview: Forwards
The NHL is a copy cat league. If one team wins the Stanley Cup with grit and toughness, then teams…
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2017 Minnesota Wild Draft Preview: Defenseman
The Memorial Cup is behind us and the NHL Combine has concluded and with the Stanley Cup Finals still in…
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Ales Stezka, Joel Eriksson Ek and Jonas Brodin Champions and other Wild News
The Minnesota Wild’s season may have come to an end, but they still have had players and prospects playing meaningful…
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Minnesota’s Best Move For the Summer of 2017 May Just Be Trade Baby, Trade!
The Stock Market game, perhaps one of my favorite memories from my junior high days. In 8th grade, our Social…
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Minnesota Wild 2016-17 Season Summary With Some Magic, the Gathering Levity
Everyone needs a little time to process and calm down from what was another disappointing finish to a Wild season….
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2017 NHL Central Scouting Rankings Movement Tracker
The NFL draft has become the premier draft event in professional sports in North America. It is exhaustively covered in…
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Wild’s Season Ends In 4-3 Overtime Thriller As Blues Prevail
When the Western Conference playoff picture became more clear in the last two weeks of the NHL regular season, as…
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2017 NHL Playoffs: Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues 4/22/17 @ 2:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Blues Lead Series 3-1 Minnesota Wild 1.25 Goals For Per Game (15th in the NHL Playoffs) 1.75 Goals Against Per…
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Persistence Pays Off As Wild Earn 2-0 Shutout Over the Blues
Spoiler alert, (I am only saying that because I guess its the polite thing to do, even with an older…
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2017 NHL Playoffs: Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues 4/19/17 @ 8:30PM CST at Scottrade Center
Blues Lead Series 3-0 Minnesota Wild 1.00 Goals For Per Game (15th in the NHL Playoffs) 2.33 Goals Against Per…
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Wild Come Up Short in 3-1 Loss To Blues, St. Louis Leads Series 3-0
Mental toughness. Its an important thing for nearly anyone to learn in life, whether at the workplace, school or at…
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2017 NHL Playoffs: Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues 4/16/2017 @ 3:00PM CST at Scottrade Center
Blues Lead Series 2-0 Minnesota Wild 1.00 Goals For Per Game (14th in the NHL Playoffs) 2.00 Goals Against Per…
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Schwartz’s Late-Period Tally Lifts Blues to 2-0 Series Lead in 2-1 Win Over Minnesota
A long while ago, on the wild.com message boards a fan made a quip about Pascal Dupuis that always gets…
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2017 NHL Playoffs: Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues 4/14/17 @ 7:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Blues Lead Series 1-0 Minnesota Wild 1.00 Goals For Per Game (11th in the NHL Playoffs) 2.00 Goals Against Per…
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Blues Outshot, but Resilient in 2-1 Overtime Victory Over the Wild
Its all about the quest for 16. The team that wins 16 games in the playoffs will be the ones…
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2017 Stanley Cup Playoff Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues
Minnesota Wild (49-25-8) 106pts 2nd in the Central 3.21 Goals For Per Game (2nd in the NHL) 2.51 Goals Against…
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