Wild Drop Their First "Hughes Bowl" In Minnesota

That's Wild

• For the first time, Minnesota Wild fans got to experience the "Hughes Bowl" on Monday night. Quinn Hughes played host in St. Paul to his brothers Jack and Luke coming up with the rest of the New Jersey Devils to face one another for the first time since the blockbuster trade. How did it go? Well, not that great for the Wild. The Devils rolled to a 5-2 win and never really looked not in control. [StarTribune]
• It's a good time to get our assets in order with the NHL trade deadline less than two months away. So, here's a tierlist of everything the Wild have in their organization, from Kirill Kaprizov all the way down to a seventh-round pick five years from now. [Hockey Wilderness]
• Wild prospect Ryder Ritchie is one of the CHL players that decided to make the jump to the NCAA before turning pro, to get more experience at just a slightly higher level. Unfortunately, he is going through some growing pains at Boston University. [Hockey Wilderness]

Off the trail...

• Former Wild bench boss Dean Evason was fired by the Columbus Blue Jackets and replaced with Rick Bowness, who is very old and technically already retired from coaching. Woof. [NHL.com]
• The Toronto Maple Leafs snapped the Colorado Avalanche's winning streak in entertaining fashion. [Sportsnet]
• Everything from Dougie Hamilton being scratched and Olympic ice not being ready, what's next in the hockey world this week? [ESPN]
• The Detroit Red Wings finally retired Sergei Fedorov's No. 91 and during the ceremony, the Russian star said that leaving Detroit was a mistake. [TSN]