Wild History, Journeys Into Lost Scotland, by local scribe (and now Edinburgh International Book Festival big cheese!), James Crawford, has just arrived in paperback from Birlinn.

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3 Overachieving Minnesota Wild Defensemen

Every National Hockey League team has an overachiever or two, but how many clubs can say 50% of their blue line are complete underdogs? That is the Minnesota Wild, for whom three of the team's top-six defensemen were discarded by their original teams and acquired for vi...

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Mikko Koivu’s Two-Decade Journey as the Minnesota Wild’s Captain & Legend

Minnesota Wild legend Mikko Koivu was a silent assassin, a foundational piece, a 200-foot player, who led by example night in and night out. For a second-year team like the Wild were in 2001 they could not afford to miss with their first-round picks,...

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Minnesota Wild’s Fortunes Changed With Kirill Kaprizov Pick in 2015

What do Armands Berzins, Jean-Claude Sawyer, Tanner Faith, and Kirill Kaprizov have in common? All of them are fifth-round draft picks of the Minnesota Wild. Kaprizov is one of five Wild players to ever play in the NHL drafted in the fifth r...

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Daily Hockey Trivia – Presidents’ Trophy, Free Agency Deals & Hobey Baker

Welcome to the Daily Hockey Trivia for Sept. 10, 2024. This is a daily series that will test and challenge your knowledge of the modern and historical aspects o...

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Minnesota Wild Players & Their Unique Numbers

Every team has prevalent jersey numbers. Players come and go, but those numbers are always worn. On the other hand, some numbers have never been worn, and those have only been worn once. Of course, the first number that a player has never worn will stay that ...

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Revisiting the Wild’s Disappointing 2018-19 Prospect Pool

Sometimes we get so caught up in trying to move forward and grow that we forget to look back at where we came from and enjoy the present. The last few years the Minnesota Wild have been able to build one of the best prospe...

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Remembering the Wild’s 2007-08 Five-Captain Season

In the annals of NHL history, the 2007-08 season stands out as a unique and intriguing chapter for the Minnesota Wild. While the captaincy in hockey often symbolizes leadership, direction, and unity, the Wild took a daring departure fr...

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Great visit & chat with writer & broadcaster James Crawford.

We have signed copies of his new Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland, just out from excellent Scottish Indy publisher Birlinn Books.

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