Wilderness Walk: Game 7 Day Edition

For listening during the walk:

Wild News:

Star Tribune: Wild v Ave: Game 7, Nuff Said- Setting the stage for the Battle this evening.

Star Tribune: Chip Scoggins' notes Mike Yeo's calm during the playoff storm- Scoggins has #faith in Mike Yeo. Do you?

Star Tribune: Game 7 is all about the nerves- A Comparison of tonight to some big moments in MN history

Star Tribune: Game 7 is MacK v Parise- Parise and MacKinnon have one more night to battle for top point-getter in the post season.

Pioneer Press: Tom Powers- Wild Rock the X with victory- A nice feel-good piece about Parise showing up and the emotion of the victory. Could be construed as setting up for a moral victory should we lose today (but we won't).

Puck Daddy: Vanek to MN for $40M?- Speculation on Vanek in MN

Hockey Writers.com: Crank up the Stress, Game 7 is On- A good recap of the series, sets the stage for the game tonight.

Laxadasical Wanderings:

Watch National LaCrosse League Semifinals free this Saturday- The Swarm's season is over, but the playoffs have yet to begin!

On the Pitch:

NASL: Minnesota United Takes League Lead- YOUR Minnesota United sit atop the league with a perfect 3-0 record

Star Tribune: MIguel Ibarra Key to Minnesota United Success- The energetic midfielder has been a mainstay of the team, and remains so.

Star Tribune: Minnesota Teen joins Villareal- ONE OF US will be joining Villareal, a top team in La Liga in Spain

NASL Player of the Week- Cristiano Diaz of YOUR Minnesota United is up for player of the week. GO VOTE!

Off the Trail:

Puck Daddy: Wayne Simmonds thinks Sterling should sell the team- Not a Hockey article, but definitely relevant given the goings-on in the NBA

Puck Daddy: Panthers fire Horachek

Grantland.com- Does a Long Round 1 Hurt Cup Run Chances?- A very good, and pertinent article on the history of long first rounds and cup runs.

Blue Shirt Banter: Flyers 5, Rangers 2- Familiear Scoreline, but the game wasn't even THIS close.

Broad Street Hockey: Let's Play Another!- A less pessimistic view of the above!

Enemy News:

Ave Quotes on Practice- Maybe the most noteworthy thing is not once is MacKinnon's age mentioned (#HesOnly18)

Nate MacKinnon is 18, and He is Good- On the other hand... first sentence in the article.

Wild and Roy to repeat History?- Not a long read, but it references the Wild beating Roy... so it's in.