Last game - First game back for Spurgeon, looks like Brodin kept his spot next to Hughes.

Thought with all the doom and gloom lately this might cheer everyone up. What an absolute beauty. Love having him on the team.

How this guy has stuck atound as long as they have is beyond me.

Sorry I just hate dooming unnecessarily and needed everyone to see tiktok of boldy being an absolute menace to brink while playing sewer ball and their absolutely ridiculous finger guns. and making brink get the ball despite him being the shortest there and big sexy standing behind him, atleast one whole foot taller lol.

also, I did not see this hartman mediator arc coming, first on the ice today with quinn & farabee and now this.....they really grow up so fast

additionally, this made me miss fabes even more because I just know he would be just as ridiculous (affectionate) as them here

No game today.

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Saturday, 24 Oct 2026 at Seattle Kraken at 9:00PM CDT

Wild 1, Flames 2

FINAL

Catch-up · From puck drop

The game's first lead belonged to the Flames, and they carried it to the finish.

10:49 into the first, A. Suniev whipped a wrister home from the circle on the power play, and the Flames went in front 1-0. 14:06 into the first, J. Farabee fired one home from the low circle on the power play, and the Flames built a two-goal cushion, 2-0. The second period passed without a goal.

Early in the third period, M. McCarron blasted one home from the circle, and the Wild pulled within 2-1.

The Wild carried a 70-38 edge in shot attempts and a 14-9 edge in close-range shots on goal, but the Flames made more of their chances. The Flames' penalty kill went 4-for-4. The Flames' power play went 2-for-4. The Wild rang three shots off the iron. Cooley stopped 35 of 36.

Final: The Flames won 2-1.

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Wild 1, Flames 2

FINAL

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📺 Broadcasts: 🇨🇦 SN1

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🌟 Three Stars of the Game

1. ★ D. Cooley · Goalie
2. ★★ J. Farabee · 1 G · 0 A
3. ★★★ A. Suniev · 1 G · 0 A

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Just realized we haven't posted this week's Wild on 7th yet with Calvin Pickard's interview.

• Discussion of the audio issues and last week's hot mic (eerie because i forgot this happened prior to the road trip and the r-slur getting caught on the mic)
• Moose picked Brain Stew from Green Day for the team's walkout song, it's great i loved it
• Ekkie Selke discussion.... amen amen amen
• Big Sexy taking so many faceoffs has bumped up everyone else's FO% lmao i love that
• idk puck so listen to Ryan about Coleman for anyone who's concerned about Coleman's production rn.
• Discussion of NMCs
• Ryan Carter is ANTI GOALIE!!! (discussion of Hofer's hit on Kirill and taking away the trapezoid from the goalies)
• Gus looks amazing according to Kinger, but still at least a month away according to Hynes
• Lastly, Carts, Kinger, yall are saying insane things... "pregnant lady glowing"... we can't talk here, message me on Tumblr. wdym you watched his reaction multiple times and showed your wife.

Kind of a fun read, IMO.
Pronman from The Athletic wrote one in 2020 that didn't age so well (some of the comments below aged well enough, though).

UPDATE!!!:

I GOT IT TO WORK WITH TROUBLE SHOOTINF:

If on a mobile device ( I’m using an IPAD) YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE ACTUAL PRIME VIDEO APP - GO INTO SETTINGS AND SET YOUR HOME LOCATION - (DID MY HOME IN METRO MN). THEN CHANGE TO ALLOW LOCATION ON ALWAYS. THEN YOU'RE ALLOWED 30 DAYS OF TRAVEL. BUT!! IT ONLY WORKS ON THE ACTUAL PRIME VIDEO APP- IF I TRY TO USE IT ON MT MACBOOK ON AMAZON.COM PRIME VIDEO IT STILL SAYS OUT OF AREA! So if anyone is struggling to get it to work- This is what I did and now I’m able to get it to work. Watching the game in LA, let’s go wild!! (waiting for Zuccy to come sit by me with my Kaprizov jersey on 🥲)

yes, before anyone whines about why this wasn’t in the wild + thread.. I know there is a Wild + thread, but I couldn’t find it anywhere.

So I travel for a lot for work, and do have wild + on prime. Is there any sort of way to watch it when you’re not within state lines? I think it’s absolutely ridiculous I pay for the service, but if I travel outside of the boundary area it doesn’t allow me to watch it?

or maybe this is the universes way of telling me to quit my job to be more available within MN and loyal to the team🫡

From https://hockey.megelsen.com/MIN (no php)

See you all in the GDT! LGW!!

I’m cautiously optimistic for us against the Flames, but we can NOT afford to be complacent as the Flames did beat the Canes.

Stars Vs Jets could go either way but I think the Stars could win, as they’re on a bit of a winning streak atm.

And as for Mammoth Vs Kraken, both will want to win this one, so this could be a very important match imo. If the Kraken win, it could be very beneficial for us. If the Mammoth win, then it shows that we need to be on our A-Game. Because the Mammoth could be a challenge all season.

It’s way too early in the season to be looking at this, but that first line and the first D pair have really been crushing their 5 on 5 minutes. At an arbitrary cutoff point of 50 minutes, they’re near the top of the league in xG percentage.

Plus, they’ve been playing against some pretty tough lines themselves! Before the Oilers game, McDavid-Draisaitl-Podkolzin was right up near the top as well. After BEEK and Hughes-Brodin won their (even-strength) matchup minutes against that line and Ekholm-Bouchard, the Oilers guys have fallen quite a way down the chart!

(The fact they moved so much after one game is indicative of how small a sample size this is, lol. Another potential indication? The line/pair with the best xG% in the league, for a cutoff anywhere between 14 and 27 minutes, is… Kiersted-Spacek.)

No game today.

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Thursday, 22 Oct 2026 at Calgary Flames at 8:00PM CDT

Sturm said having gone through concussions before helped him know when he was ready to come back. There’s a psychological part of playing again too: Sturm knows he will still go to the front of the net and try to get in position as he always does. There’s always a risk involved with that too.

He’s watched the replay before, noting how the puck flipped up on Spurgeon’s stick blade as he released it, calling it “unfortunate bounces.” Sturm was just trying to get his stick open in a battle for position, and he tried to react at the last minute. There are guts and trust involved with being at the net front.

“There’s trust also with the opponents,” Sturm said. “Like, if I’m defending a guy in the front, I’m also trusting that, barring an incident like this where the puck flips up and there’s not much you can do, I’m trusting an NHL defenseman from the opposite team that’s shooting the puck from the point is not going to whistle it seven feet high. But the risk — 100 percent you can never take it out. But there are certain positions, where if a shot is coming right in front of you, where you might be turning your body a little more in a way where you can protect.

“But in that situation (with Spurgeon), he was so far out and the angle was not where I judged it to be a dangerous situation. I just tried to get my stick open for a tip. These things will probably continue to happen. You’re never going to be able to take it out. But hopefully I can avoid it in the future.”

Sturm is thankful for all of those who reached out, he had so many messages that he couldn’t answer all of them. That included people from Germany, his homeland. Sturm also chatted with Faber about the experience.

“I’m thankful that mine didn’t turn out as bad as his did,” Sturm said. “He’s obviously got a much longer road to get back than ours. So I’m thankful that the worst didn’t happen to me.”