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NHL rumors: Elliotte Friedman picks his top available defenseman next summer not named Quinn Hughes

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 .

Bill Guerin Has Made the Wild Expect More From Themselves

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...

NHL Insider Predicts Wild Will Win Stanley Cup in 2026-27

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...

Minnesota Wild place Brock Faber, Filip Gustavsson on IR

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...

Wild’s Scoring Issues Spoil Veteran-Heavy Preseason Finale

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...

Can the Wild Unlock the Real Maxim Shabanov?

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...

Wild Hit With Tough Injury News Ahead of Season Opener

That's Wild Brock Faber is still missing from Minnesota Wild practice ahead of Thursday's season opener. The leading defenseman got injured during the preseason finale, which featured a whole lot of roughhousing, and now his status is unknown. Yikes! [The Athletic] A whole bunch of coa...

The Minnesota Wild, Quinn Hughes, and Their Search for a Center

Status quo for Quinn Hughes and the Minnesota Wild During the Minnesota Wild-Dallas Stars preseason game on Friday, Wild General Manager Bill Guerin joined the NHL on TNT Panel of Jennifer Botterill and John Forslund, where he was asked about the latest on the Quinn Hughes contract negotiations. NHLRumors.com Transcriptions Jennifer Botterill: “Can we ask […]

Getting on with My Life: Blackhawks vs. Blues Preseason Preview

Just a week after it started, the Blackhawks preseason schedule comes to an end on Saturday night at the United Center with the St. Louis Blues in town for this final skate ahead of the regular season. It hasn’t been a stellar preseason for Chicago, with the main highlight being Bowen Byram’s hat trick against the Wild on Monday night. A few other individuals have stood out at times — Kevin Korchinski and Nick Lardis seem to be the most frequent mentions there — but the collective perform...

Wild Defenseman Brock Faber Out After Friday Night's Chippy Match Against Stars

The Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars play with an attitude on the ice , as the two teams have become earnest rivals.  Both teams dwell in the Central Division, and the Wild have been, until recently, a bubble team led by forward Kirill Kaprizov, while the supporting cast has been grown year-by-year. Brock Faber was a top prospect added to the Wild's lineup after a trade with the LA Kings in June of 2022. In 2025-26, the Wild finished with a record of 46-24-12 and 104 points, and were defea...