Wild Keep Winning On the Road

That's Wild

• The Minnesota Wild don't care about being away from the State of Hockey. In Buffalo on Wednesday night, the got a 1-0 gutsy win as Filip Gustavsson earned the shutout. It marked the 10th win on the road for the Wild, and are now 10-1-3 as the visitors -- and incredibly impressive mark that could tell us some things about this team's mentality. [Pioneer Press]
• We know that the Wild are considered a frontrunner to acquire Columbus Blue Jackets young defenseman David Jiricek, but what does that really mean? We went on a deep dive to really discover what Jiricek can bring to the Wild as a whole.[Hockey Wilderness]
• The Athletic's Corey Pronman went over prospects he admits he was wrong about and one of them is leading the Wild's blue line right now. [The Athletic]

Off the trail...

• Oh, oh no. Washington Capitals goaltender just scored a goal on his own net in maybe the weirdest goal of the season so far. He just absolutely ripped it. [Sportsnet]
• Grades for all 32 NHL teams as we past the quarter-season mark for 2024-25. [ESPN]
• The best 2025 prospects in the CHL and in the U.S. National Development Program went head-to-head up in Canada for a couple days and it featured what could be one of the Wild's draft picks next summer. It was a pretty good couple of games. [NHL.com]
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