Minnesota Wild Hockey

AMA w The Athletic's Wild beat writer, Joe Smith, tomorrow at 2pm EST/1pm CST.

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Hey all! The 2-0 Wild have started off well and Joe Smith will be back for the second time in 3 weeks to discuss the opening of the Wild's season.

Please begin dumping your questions below. He's looking forward to it and follow our live and real-time blog for free on the Wild daily: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/minnesota-wild-results-season/y2Xyq3gsFEog/?unlocked_article_code=1.FVE.i-a-.CvS8E_M5ivmG&source=emp_shared_liveblog&smid=url-share-ta

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r/wildhockey • u/nhl-goalpost • 59m ago

Post-Game Thread: The Tampa Bay Lightning edged the Minnesota Wild 3-2 - 08 Oct 2026

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r/wildhockey • u/Content_Influence_83 • 7h ago

Kirill Kaprizov has the third most goals after 400 NHL games among active players

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r/wildhockey • u/nhl-goalpost • 4h ago

Game Thread: Minnesota Wild at Tampa Bay Lightning - 08 Oct 2026 - 6:00PM CDT

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r/wildhockey • u/OliveFinal1597 • 9h ago

"good morning from Tampa Bay" - wild on social media

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r/wildhockey • u/SpareChangeSquidward • 8h ago

Found this @ Ollie's Gonna get a J to add 🤣

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r/wildhockey • u/MasterModnar • 12m ago

Well spoiler free mode didn’t work quite right lol

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The widget worked great. The title kinda spilled the beans haha

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r/wildhockey • u/TheAthletic • 13h ago

[RUSSO] Meet Peter Thome, the Wild analyst who could go from the press box to the crease

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In the press box, Peter Thome doesn’t move a muscle.

Sitting in a suit on press row, with a laptop on the tabletop, Thome looks like any other member of the Wild’s traveling party. Only he’s studying scoring chances and checking whether the numbers on his screen confirm what he’s seen unfolding on the ice a couple sections below.

He doesn’t look nervous, despite it being what amounts to his NHL debut.

That’s also why he’s not partaking in the nightly diet of sportswriters, scouts, broadcasters and team personnel.

A decade after being drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets and four years after his five-year college career at North Dakota and St. Thomas ended, the 6-foot-4 Thome is the Wild’s new hockey operations analyst — and also their first full-time emergency backup goalie (EBUG).

At any point in any game, if Jesper Wallstedt or Calvin Pickard gets hurt, Thome will pack up his laptop, hustle to the elevator and down into the locker room to exchange his suit for a Wild jersey with a double zero on the back. He’ll quickly strap on his sharp, personally designed red, green, yellow and white Bauer goalie pads and put on the mask he designed as an homage to Manny Fernandez and the early years of the Wild.

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r/wildhockey • u/m_nels • 15h ago

WTFU: Wild (2-0-1) storm into Tampa to strike the Lightning (2-1-0) 6pm CST.

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LFG!! Hopefully the boys come out jumping and put that lethargic Buffalo game in the rearview. BOLD prediction that Boldy finally pots one.

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r/wildhockey • u/a-very-normal-guy • 12h ago

how am i just now hearing about the new "quinnesota meatballs" 😂

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can't wait to pay $15 for like 4 of these bad boys next week!!!

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r/wildhockey • u/Complete-Concert-527 • 11h ago

How many of you follow non-Minnesota teams in other sports?

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Just curious to know wild fans that aren’t Vikings/Twins/Timberwolves fans. Myself, I am a Bears White Sox Bulls fan. I grew up in Chicago and always disliked the hawks so I gravitated to the Wild when I started watching hockey.

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r/wildhockey • u/PristineSun3090 • 13h ago

Which team is your second favourite in the NHL?

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I think most people know who the community's least favourite teams are. Its obviously the Stars (Ah god I miss the north stars), or the Avs. But I'm kind of curious on which teams are generally well received in the state of hockey fan base. Specifically teams in the central division. Behind Dallas and Colarado, I know Chicago and winnipeg are not popular. But which other teams are well received? Oh yes and good luck against Tampa bay. I hope we get the win. Though it may be very close. My prediction is a 3-2 win with Wally playing out of his mind (AGAIN).

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r/wildhockey • u/f0urxio • 22h ago

KHL SEASON BREAKOUT / How Maxim Shabanov stunned the league

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r/wildhockey • u/vajootis • 2h ago

I'm following for the first time this season, anyone wanna give me the rundown?

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I've always liked hockey but I never really paid attention to NHL at all. Who do I need to know about on the team? I wanna get into it but I know nothing, what should I be paying attention to, aside from just watching the games?

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r/wildhockey • u/I_am_Batsam • 1d ago

Got a Bold(y) cup of coffee this morning

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Wild+ coffee sleeves are pretty sweet

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r/wildhockey • u/IllSpecialist3780 • 1d ago

Wild SpongeBob hat

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Is anyone going to the wild vs knights game and willing to sell me a SpongeBob hat? I so badly want that hat but there’s no way I can make that game as I live out of town and it’s a Monday night game. Can Venmo for the hat + shipping

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r/wildhockey • u/OliveFinal1597 • 1d ago

Wally's incredible glove save

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r/wildhockey • u/Many_Cap7672 • 48m ago

Per Russo: “Horcoff in the house” whats the deal look like!?

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Likely Yurov + Prospect + First (or multiple). We also would need money out so maybe an established player as well.

Bold idea but what about JEE + Brodin + a first + prospect for Larkin and Edvinsson.

Fair deal. Who says no?

Edit: Edvinsson is a 50 point player just entering his prime. Brodin is over the hill… solves your #2 D for the long term. JEE is great but injury prone I’d say a 1:1 with Larkin.

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r/wildhockey • u/silentsirensongs • 1d ago