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This may change between now and when you read this, but as of 3:00 pm Central on Tuesday, the Minnesota Wild still haven't signed Quinn Hughes to an extension. We're two days from Opening Night, which is unofficially the date to hit the "Start Panicking" button. And if that anxiety wasn't bad enough...
A frightening update from the Minnesota Wild on star defenseman Brock Faber. He has undergone surgery after suffering a fractured skull in the Wild's final preseason game on Friday against the Dallas Stars. Brock Faber suffered a skull fracture here on this play during the Stars vs Wild preseason game. #TexasHockey pic.twitter.com/xWlwAkaco7 — DailyDallasHockey (@DallasStarsDDH) September 29, 2026 Faber was struck in the head by a shot from Dallas forward Sam Steele and was i...
Despite being one of the league's most overlooked players, Joel Eriksson Ek has been a core Minnesota Wild player since his NHL debut in 2016-17. Eriksson Ek is set to play a crucial role again this season on a Wild team that hopes to contend for a Stanley Cup. While the centerman has continued to s...
The Minnesota Wild received some scary news this past weekend as star defenseman Brock Faber needed to undergo surgery for a skull fracture he suffered in the team’s preseason finale. #mnwild injury update: Brock Faber suffered a skull fracture in Friday’s preseason game and underwent successful surgery on Sunday. A timeline for his return to
The 2026-27 season didn't even need to start to make it clear that David Spacek would finally get opportunities with the Minnesota Wild this year. Brock Faber's trip to the IR let the 2022 fifth-rounder sneak onto the Opening Night roster, and we don't know how long that will last. The Wild announce...
The Minnesota Wild announced on Tuesday that defenseman Brock Faber underwent successful surgery after suffering a fractured skull.
The Minnesota Wild returned to the playoffs in 2025-26. For the first time since 2015, the Wild won a playoff series, defeating the Dallas Stars in the first round of the playoffs. They would fall in the second round, but still hoped to build on their success in the 2026-27 campaign. Now, as the team […] The post Wild defenseman Brock Faber out indefinitely after surgery to fix fractured skull appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Faber suffered a head injury during the Wild’s preseason game against the Stars last week.
With the 2026-27 NHL season nearly here, insiders are taking a look at what players will be soon available in free agency. Elliotte Friedman is making his pick in a new report about who will be the top available defenseman next summer. While many hockey fans rightfully assume that skater is Minnesota Wild defenseman Quinn […] The post NHL rumors: Elliotte Friedman picks his top available defenseman next summer not named Quinn Hughes appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The NHL’s Central Division sent four teams to the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season. The Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, and Utah Mammoth each entered the tournament, with the…
Opening day rosters have been submitted and some players were added to the IR to start the season, including Brock Faber and Bryan Rust.
Opening day rosters have been submitted and some players were added to the IR to start the season, including Brock Faber and Bryan Rust.
Bill Guerin didn’t inherit a losing team when he became Minnesota Wild general manager in August 2019. He inherited a franchise stuck in the middle: competitive enough to avoid a total rebuild, but not threatening enough to make a real run at the Stanley Cup. But Guerin has changed something b...
That's Wild The 2026-27 NHL season starts today and that means one thing: Predictions. Every single person who writes about this sport or talks about this sport has come out with their list of division winners and so on. NHL insider Frank Seravalli took it a step further and put out a list of 3...
The Minnesota Wild released their current active roster Monday, and revealed that Brock Faber is going on injured reserve. Get the details here.
The Minnesota Wild are starting the 2026-27 season shorthanded. The team announced on Monday, with rosters being finalized, that they'll be starting the new season with star defenceman Brock Faber, and goaltender Filip Gustavsson on the injured reserve. Faber, 24, was supposed to start year on the Wild's top d-pairing alongside Quinn Hughes. He entered concussion protocol last week after taking a puck to the side of the head during a preseason game. Faber was listed on the IR retroactive to la...
It’s hot take season, and NHL insider Frank Seravalli is hot off the press with some of his own. He dove into 32 predictions in an article for Sportsnet, predicting a Stanley Cup Final between the Minnesota Wild and Alex Ovechkin’s Washington Capitals, with the Wild acquiring Dylan Larkin and him helping them reach the pinnacle….
Neither Faber nor Gustavsson featured on Minnesota’s 2026-27 season-opening roster.
The Minnesota Wild dressed a lineup that looked much closer to an Opening Night group than a typical preseason collection Friday, yet they still managed only one goal in a 2-1 loss to the Dallas Stars. Minnesota generated the territorial edge and outshot Dallas 27-18, but the scoreboard exposed a fa...
The Minnesota Wild finished up their preseason with a rough loss to the Dallas Stars at home on Friday evening, Sept. 25. They had what was expected to be their…
Welcome back to our final Around the NHL before the 2026-27 season begins. Rosters are due at 5:00 PM eastern time on Monday, and this year is setting up to be a very entertaining one, on and off the ice. There’s been a ton of storylines to follow throughout training camps, as some teams are…
The NHL season is about to get underway and there are some players who are in jeopardy of not being ready right away.
The NHL season is about to get underway and there are some players who are in jeopardy of not being ready right away.
In the summer of 2025, Maxim Shabanov was a coveted international free agent. He had just finished third in KHL scoring with 67 points in 65 games for Traktor Chelyabinsk. He led the Russian league in playoff goals with 10 in 21 games as Traktor advanced to the Gagarin Cup Final. Multiple teams purs...
The 2026-27 NHL regular season is here, and the Minnesota Wild still have not signed superstar defenseman Quinn Hughes to a long-term contract extension beyond this season.