The Minnesota Wild made some big offseason acquisitions to establish what is the state of hockey. On July 4th, 2012, the Minnesota Wild inked former New Jersey Devil’s forward Zach Parise and Defensemen Ryan Suter from the Nashville Predators to bring back a playoff atmosphere to the land of 10,000 lakes. Most recently General Manager Chuck Fletcher continued to look [...]
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Timberwolves possible trade considerations
A playoff atmosphere is making its way to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Kevin Love is back, Andrei Kirilenko has been as advertised, Alexey Shved has been better than expected, and Ricky Rubio will return soon. The Wolves have a solid cast of Ricky Rubio, who should be returning to action soon, Andrei Kirilenko, Kevin Love, and Pekovic. That said, the Timberwolves [...]
Wolves lose handily in Boston
It was a tough night for the Minnesota Timberwolves on both ends of the floor as the Boston Celtics cruised to a 104-94 victory. After a solid first half showing, Minnesota couldn’t close the game letting Boston tally up 57 points in the 2nd half. The Wolves struggled once again at the free throw line shooting 47% (14-30). Kevin Love [...]
Timberwolves lose on the road against Blazers
The Minnesota Timberwolves began their four game road trip on Friday night against the hot-shooting Portland Trail Blazers. It was a game riddled with missed open shots for the Timberwolves who had to deal with hot shooting from Portland guards Damian Lillard and Wesley Mathews. To make matters worse, it was yet another blown lead by the Wolves that would [...]
Brandon Roy considering retirement
It didn’t take long for the Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Brandon Roy to consider retirement due to chronic knee issues. Roy, 28, recently revealed that he has level III arthritis – Level VI is a knee replacement. Roy has struggled with knee problems dating back to high school where he had his first of now seven knee procedures. Brandon Roy [...]
Kevin Love makes surprising comeback
Just over a month after breaking his hand Kevin Love made an unexpected start against the Denver Nuggets. Scoring 16 points in the first quarter, Love showed no signs on missing anytime. Unfortunately the Timberwolves bench couldn’t hold their 14 point lead against the Denver Nuggets and went on to lose 101-94. The Nuggets, now 6-6 on the year, are [...]
Timberwolves comeback falls short vs Bobcats
The impressive 4th quarter play of the Minnesota Timberwolves fell just short against the visiting Charlotte Bobcats despite the Wolves going on a 16-4 run to end the game. It was an overall poor effort by the Timberwolves as they lost a close one 89-87 as 2nd-yrear point guard Kemba Walker drained a 2-point step-back with .o7 seconds. It was [...]
Ponder bounces back vs Lions
After a 4-1 start, the Minnesota Vikings were looking very confident and inching their way closer to the playoffs. This was partly due to the play of second-year quarterback Christian Ponder. Without throwing an interception in the first 4 games, Ponder was beginning to look like the promising franchise quarterback every Minnesota fan was waiting for. Just as things were [...]
Preview: Vikings at Seahawks
This Sunday the Minnesota Vikings will be making a very tough toad trip to Seattle in the loudest stadium in the league, CenturyLink Field. Currently rested at 5-3 the Vikings are looking to improve a lowly 1-2 road record and the task won’t come easy. The 4-4 Seahawks have been a very inconsistent team with wins against premium teams such [...]
Timberwolves opening night preview
Minnesota Timberwolves The end of the Minnesota Timberwolves preseason concluded Friday October 26 with a 5-2 record. Minnesota looked poised and ready to get off to a strong start, but Kevin Love went down with a hand injury putting a damper on the expectations. Love suffered a broken bone in his shooting hand that will more than likely put him [...]
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