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Wild names Dumba, Foligno alternate captains for 2021-22 season
Matt Dumba and Marcus Foligno are the Wild's newest alternate captains, replacing Zach Parise and Ryan Suter after the two had their contracts bought out in July.
Wild opens preseason with 6-2 loss to Blues in St. Louis
St. Louis scored two goals within 18 seconds early in the third period to break a tie and added two late empty-netters.
Cutting Suter enabled Wild to keep Dumba from snares of Kraken
Veteran defenseman Matt Dumba is back despite a summer of expansion and trade rumors.
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Wild names Dumba, Foligno alternate captains for 2021-22 season
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Cutting Suter enabled Wild to keep Dumba from snares of Kraken
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Kaprizov's new five-year contract caps Wild's summer of bold moves
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'This is real.' Face-to-face meeting sealed deal for Kaprizov, Guerin
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NHL season 'paused' with Wild in playoff limbo
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Others got more money; Wild's Fiala got more motivation to succeed
While Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek signed lavish off-season deals, Kevin Fiala is in on a one-year contract — and again in the position of having to prove himself.
All Wild players are vaccinated as camp opens with Kaprizov centered by Eriksson Ek
The Russian star didn't skate on the first day but will be on the ice with teammates Friday.
Wild GM Bill Guerin goes inside the Kirill Kaprizov negotiations
On Thursday's Daily Delivery podcast, Guerin joined host Michael Rand to offer insights into the process that led to Kaprizov's five-year, $45 million deal just before the start of training camp.
'This is real.' Face-to-face meeting sealed deal for Kaprizov, Guerin
During contract talks, which started in the spring, Wild GM Bill Guerin and Calder Trophy winner Kirill Kaprizov texted each other but this week was the first face-to-face conversation.
Signing Kaprizov was hard — and now comes the harder part for Wild
As hard as the Wild worked to sign Russian star Kirill Kaprizov, host Michael Rand explains there's harder work ahead. Plus, St. Thomas football and listener questions on the Daily Delivery podcast.