How ‘misunderstood’ John Tortorella went from a breaking point to the Stanley Cup Final www.nytimes.com/athletic/732...

Wild director of amateur scouting Judd Brackett leaving the team after 6 years: Sources www.nytimes.com/athletic/732...

Hearing director of amateur scouting Judd Brackett is leaving the #mnwild for an elevated position for another team. Brackett ran the Wild’s last 5 drafts and is on an expiring contract

Claude Lemieux’s surprising second act: Behind his transition from NHL agitator to agent and mentor www.nytimes.com/athletic/art...

Claude Lemieux, Stanley Cup champion and fierce playoff competitor, dies at 60 www.nytimes.com/athletic/731...

Handicapping the Wild’s pending free agents: Who stays and who goes? www.nytimes.com/athletic/731...

Wild trade tiers: Pursuit of a No. 1 center could cost core pieces. Who’s available? www.nytimes.com/athletic/730...

I’ll be filling in for @PAOnTheMic tomorrow from 9-noon Guests: #mnwild assistant GM Mat Sells, ESPN color analyst and former Avs Cup champ @6ErikJohnson, @Dan_DUva on the Knights, @Gorgamatic21 and @WildJoeRadio in studio for a Wild hour and @DaneMizutani in studio on the Vikes

Michael McCarron’s dilemma: Stick with Wild or cash in as coveted free agent? www.nytimes.com/athletic/729...

Bill Guerin’s next swing will be finding the Wild that elusive No. 1 center: ‘We’re in a window now’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...

Wild’s Filip Gustavsson to have hip surgery, unclear if he’ll miss start of 2026-27 season www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...

Gustavsson having offseason hip surgery, Guerin doesn’t know yet if he’ll be ready for start of season

If Guerin can get a No. 1 center this offseason or make team better, “I won’t sit on my hands.”

As Kirill Kaprizov’s mega-contract begins, Mats Zuccarello remains his biggest supporter www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...

What we heard from Wild free agents, Middleton, Spurgeon and more on exit-interview day www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...

Wild’s Joel Eriksson Ek, Jonas Brodin on the injuries that kept them out vs. Avs: ‘Awful to not play’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...

Guerin just held his exit meeting with Quinn Hughes. As they came out, I joked, “get the deal done?” “Yeah 950K a year, I mean, a week,” Guerin joked.

Wild GM Bill Guerin’s summer to-do list: Pursue No. 1 center, decide on UFAs, extend Quinn Hughes www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...

Wild face a summer of hard questions if they want to become a true contender www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...

Wild left reeling after complete collapse to end season: ‘Anger and frustration’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...

Wild vs. Avalanche Game 5: Colorado advances to West final on Brett Kulak’s OT winner www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...

Brett Kulak wins it after Kaprizov can't connect with Boldy on a 2-on-1. Wild blow 3-goal lead to lose a playoff game for first time ever and their season ends in humiliating fashion

1 shot in Game 4 for Kaprizov, 0 in Game 5 ... so far

McCarron just swung and missed on a 2-on-1 to start OT

MacKinnon ties it with 1:23 left

3:33 left, Avs cut it to 3-2. Jack Drury deflects Devon Toews' shot

Makar is back

Makar down the tunnel after jamming his shoulder in collision with Zuccarello

Despite Colorado appearing as if it had a 20-minute power-play, #mnwild held them to 8 shots on goal. 3-1 lead. They better find their "toes" though

Big, big kill

3 disrupted entries. 2 by Sturm, one by Faber

First power play of the game for Colorado. Makar straight up the gut and Yurov high-sticked him

#mnwild better find a way to stave off this Avs attack. Wallstedt having to come up big here

One long puck battle in the corner, Avs come out with it and nine minutes left in the 2nd, Parker Kelly redirects Brent Burns' shot to cut deficit to 3-1

Important for the #mnwild to get that 4th goal. May be the only way to get Colorado to pack it in. All Avs this period

MacKinnon has 7 of Colorado's 16 shots 25 mins into the game

Kaprizov 2 blocked shots that shift, the first that hobbled him by Burns, then one that sent his blade into the corner. Led him to have to uncomfortably @Rupper17 his way to the bench

Great defending by the strong-skating Johansson to stay with Makar and not trip him down, which most forwards would have had to do

More solid plays by Hunt and Petry that shift. Great stick check by Petry to ruin Kelly's chance

Second time in three games, the #mnwild have chased an Avs goalie, this time Blackwood for Wedgewood

Huge save by Wallstedt at the end on Makar, and the #mnwild consciously came out to play tonight and consciously take a 3-0 lead into the second period

Nick Foligno's 2nd career 2-goal game in the playoffs and first in 8 years

3-0, 4:04 left. Sturm to Nick Foligno for his second

This was a Situation Room initiation, by the way, to determine good goal or not. Wasn't a challenge

No goal. Back to 2-0. Wild PP

They're reviewing if it was batted into the net with his hand

On a delayed penalty, 3-0. McCarron has a rebound off the crossbar bounce in off of him. What a shift for Johansson

Nick Foligno's first goal of the playoffs from Nico Sturm after Petry and Hunt again were terrific in their own end. 2-0