Sharing key takeaways from General Manager Ken Holland’s season-opening availability. First things first are three key injury updates involving veteran players who were expected to be on the roster this season.
Former NHL forward and current NHL Network Analyst Mike Rupp joined Jared Shafran to preview the upcoming NHL season on The Insider Show. As a former teammate of Kings forward signings Erik Haula and Mats Zuccarello, Rupp gave insight on what those two additions can add to the lineup this season, while also diving into […]
The Minnesota Wild will open training camp next week, but their roster is anything but settled. While the group of players who will be on the roster doesn’t carry much suspense, how they will be utilized will be a key story, especially as the Wild looks to replace Mats Zuccarello.
How many of the players to grace the cover of each EA NHL video game going back to 'NHL 2000?"
Early this offseason, the Los Angeles Kings and general manager Ken Holland signed former Minnesota Wild veteran winger Mats Zuccarello to a one-year, $1 million contract for the upcoming 2026-27 season.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
From their humble beginnings as one of the NHL’s Second Six expansion teams in 1967, through a pair of Stanley Cups to rosters filled with Hall of Fame players and fan favorites, the LA Kings have experienced a rich hockey history over the past 60 years.
While Mats Zuccarello is still a few weeks away from officially donning a Kings jersey for the first time, he’s already sported a Dodgers jersey. After
From their humble beginnings as one of the NHL’s Second Six expansion teams in 1967, through a pair of Stanley Cups to rosters filled with Hall of Fame players and fan favorites, the LA Kings have experienced a rich hockey history over the past 60 years.
Some bold moves were made during the offseason ahead of the 2026–27 NHL campaign, including the recent acquisition of Mats Zuccarello. After spending seven seasons with the Minnesota Wild, Zuccarello now joins the Los Angeles Kings, bringing his experience and veteran leadership to the lineup.
The month of August is moving along fast, and for hockey fans that means the NHL season is going to be here before we know it. The Minnesota Wild will
Joining a new team is never easy, nor does it guarantee success or failure. In the past year, we've watched extreme ends of both spectrums. So what signings and trades have the potential to be the best fits so far? On pure value, there are few deals more likely to hit than the diminutive Norwegian's newfound marriage with Los Angeles.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Free agency always carries its share of risks, but this year looked especially bad given the significant increase in the league's salary cap, combined the lack of potential impact talent that was available.
The Los Angeles Kings have signed winger Mats Zuccarello to a one-year contract worth $1 million, plus bonuses, according to Emily Kaplan of ESPN and Pierre LeBrun of TSN.
The Los Angeles Kings signed Mats Zuccarello to a one-year contract, according to multiple reports. The first to report a potential deal was ESPN’s Emily Kaplan, while TSN’s Pierre LeBrun confirmed the length of the deal.
The Los Angeles Kings have officially strengthened their roster, signing veteran forward Mats Zuccarello to a one-year contract with performance bonuses.
Minnesota has a key veteran forward who wants to test the NHL’s free-agent waters.
Mats Zuccarello is likely leaving Minnesota — and the Wild have nobody to blame but themselves. According to Michael Russo and Joe Smith of The Athletic, Zuccarello is “pretty ticked” about how negotiations have unfolded and is now determined to test free agency when the market opens Wednesday at 11 a.m.
The NHL free agency signing period officially begins on Wednesday, and it is not an overly impressive group of players hitting the unrestricted market.
Mats Zuccarello's time with the Minnesota Wild appears likely to be coming to an end after seven years. The veteran winger is frustrated with the franchise and poised to test free agency this week, according to Michael Russo and Joe Smith of The Athletic.
On Tuesday, the Minnesota Wild revealed its opening-night roster for the 2025-26 season. Among the absences from the lineup is forward Mats Zuccarello.
Minnesota Wild forward Mats Zuccarello is expected to miss a minimum of seven to eight weeks due to a lower-body injury, the team announced on Tuesday.
The Minnesota Wild announced on Tuesday that winger Mats Zuccarello is expected to miss at least seven to eight weeks with a lower-body injury. It’s unclear what caused Zuccarello’s injury, but it’s kept him sidelined for the entirety of training camp.
From the moment he laced up his skates at five years old, Mats Zuccarello was an underdog and the chances of him making it to the big show were slim to none.
Having been injured since December 16, Zuccarello will likely be in the lineup Saturday night as the Wild take on the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Minnesota Wild have placed their leading point scorer, Mats Zuccarello, on injured reserve with an upper-body injury.
The Minnesota Wild announced that Mats Zuccarello will miss the team’s Tuesday night game, designating him as week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
On Thursday night, the Calgary Flames and Minnesota Wild played a game that went to a shootout. During the shootout, Minnesota Wild forward Mats Zuccarello scored on a sequence where he looked to have made contact with the puck twice.
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