After the nuclear meltdown on Night One of the NHL Draft, Tony and Joe are back, a little calmer, and cooler. They discuss the draft as a whole and how it panned out for the Wild, along with some not-so-surprising front office changes. Then they get into some of the free agents that will be available on July 1st.

Topics discussed

• Filip Johansson
• Alexander Khovanov
• Other Wild draft picks
• Tom Kurvers joining the Wild and what it means
• Petr Mrazek as an intriguing free agent piece
• Not wanting to do too much in Free Agency
• And more!

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After the conclusion of the first-round of the NHL Draft, Tony, Joe, Greg, and Ben Remington sat down to discuss:

• The baffling pick of Filip Johansson
• What Johansson brings
• Higher upside picks available
• Who in the Wild front office made the decision
• Reacting to rumored discussions about sending Nino Niederreiter and Jason Zucker to Arizona
• A lack of trades on draft night
• BBQ sauce
• The 10th anniversary of George Carlin's death

Thanks to Greg of Hockey Wilderness, and Ben from Giles and the Goalie for joining us today!

The Hockey Wilderness Podcast is back for another episode and this week we prime for the NHL Draft. Yes, back where we started, now on year four of the show. The Wild have the 24th pick in the first round so Tony and Joe broke down a few of the players that may be available around the Wild's pick.

Players discussed include:

• Dominik Bokk
• Ryan McLeod
• Jared McIsaac
• Ryan Merkley
• K'Andre Miller
• Ty Dellandrea
• and more!

Also, we are having a Hockey Draft party hosted by Hockey Wilderness and Giles and the Goalie podcasts on Friday, June 22nd at 7 PM.

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The Washington Capitals are Stanley Cup Champions and Alex Ovechkin is celebrating like must of us think we would. Joe and Tony talks about the Final, Ovi, the Vegas Golden Knights year, and talk about all the things surrounding the Wild. 

Topics include:

• Ovi legitimizing his legacy
• The Golden Knights' run to the SCF
• New Wild AGM Jack Ferreira
• New Wild Assistant Coach Dean Evason
• Wild players outlined as potential trade pieces

Also, announcing the Hockey Draft party hosted by Hockey Wilderness and Giles and the Goalie podcasts on Friday, June 22nd at 7 PM.

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The Minnesota Wild hired Paul Fenton as General Manager. Due to extremely foreseen circumstances (Tony's wedding), the HWP crew couldn't get together at the time. But better late than never! Tony and Joe sat down to look at where the Wild organization is heading under GM Fenton. 

Topics include:

• Vegas' pre-game festivities
• The Stanley Cup Final
• Pumping the breaks on the Alex Tuch revisionist history
• The Minnesota Whitecaps joining the NWHL
• What to target at the draft
• Paul Fenton's time in Nashville
• The untouchable players on the Wild
• Fixing Minnesota's blue line
• Kaapo Kahkonen and the Wild's non-existent goalie depth
• Dmitry Sokolov signs
• Minnesota has to fix their drafting and development
• Chuck Fletcher's last poison pill

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It's a brand-new regime! Tony and Joe sat down Monday night to discuss the Wild moving on from Chuck Fletcher. They also talked about Paul Fenton interviewing for the job, and whether an incoming GM can be creative enough to get the Minnesota Wild over the hump. 

Also being mentioned was Wild prospect Sam Anas' new extension, Mikko Koivu's eventual role on the team, re-litigating Vegas, a long discussion on whether Ryan Suter was out of bounds when he (according to speculation) met with Craig Leipold over Fletcher's fate, and more!

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For the third year in a row, the Minnesota Wild don't make it to May. The Wild got knocked out of the playoffs on Friday night in the most humiliating fashion possible, and all of a sudden big changes are on the table.

Huge ones.

In fact, we don't even know who will be the Wild's GM come June. So with all the uncertainty in the air, Tony and Joe sat down on Sunday Night (Before Black Monday??? We have no idea.) to chat about the ramifications of this series loss, and where they go from here.

And of course, answer a metric ton of your questions.

Topics include:

• The Wild's embarrassing 5-0 loss in Game 5
• Was Friday's loss that much different from Games 1 and 2?
• What are the Wild missing?
• A detour about the playoff format
• The Josh Morrissey cross-checker
• Help Wanted: Hockey Wilderness writers
• The eerie silence surrounding Chuck Fletcher's job status
• Giving Top-6 minutes to Joel Eriksson Ek, Jordan Greenway, and Luke Kunin
• Will Eriksson Ek ever bring the offense?
• Projecting the end-of-season injury news
• What could Jason Zucker get back in a trade?
• Guessing Matt Dumba's extension
• Will next year be the first year the Suter/Parise contracts hamstring the Wild?
• Is the GM market disappointing?
• Will speeding up the youth movement hurt the Wild
• Who are we watching now that Minnesota's out?
• Is Bruce Boudreau on the hot seat
• Freddy vs Jason vs Nino vs Coyle
• Who deserved the "A" when Parise left?
• The (second) most exciting prospect in the Wild's system
• Will Koivu's offense rebound?

And more! 

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Joe and Tony are back to breakdown the first three games of the Jets/Wild Series of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Topics include:

• Brett Connolly desperately trying to make a young fan's day
• The Wild's fourth line coming up huge
• Where have all the Wild's stars gone?
• Marcus Foligno's hit on Tyler Myers
• Thoughts on the first three games
• Mikael Granlund being a stud
• Your Twitter questions

And much more!

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Hey, again!

This is part two of our conversation with Josh from Evolving Wild (Part 1 was Episode 133: Requiem for Mike Yeo). This part has us answering your mailbag questions and discussing what we think will be the keys in the upcoming Wild-Jets series. 

I'm really sad that the episode title doesn't get said in the description, because that is the funniest thing I've ever written.

Topics include:

• Can the Wild overcome the loss of Ryan Suter?
• Does Minnesota need to slow down the Jets?
• What happens if Winnipeg takes away the Eric Staal line?
• Blake Wheeler is bae
• Do the Wild finally have game-breaking forwards?
• Our Stanley Cup Predictions
• Interesting Round 1 Match-ups
• How the Wild blue line will shake out
• Jordan Greenway vs. Tyler Ennis
• Can Matt Dumba defend the Jets' top players?
• Has Chuck Fletcher done enough to keep his job safe?

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The regular season is over! Before we turn to the playoffs, we take a look back on the regular season. Tony and Joe sat down with Josh from Evolving Wild to discuss:

• Mike Yeo missing the playoffs
• Jason Zucker's emergence
• The Wild defensive pipeline still going strong
• The debut of Louie Belpedio
• Matt Dumba's comps
• Marcus Foligno being better than you think
• The amazing job Bruce Boudreau has done with the Wild
• The Hart Trophy Race
• Manny's salad

And much more!

We'll have another episode with Josh dropping Wednesday which will preview the Wild-Jets series. Make sure to subscribe to never miss an episode!