Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin gave up a haul of young players, prospects and draft capital to acquire Quinn Hughes from the Vancouver Canucks last December — but he’s still been unable to lock up the superstar defenseman.
There is one subplot to this season that is no doubt creating some anxiety for the team and its fans. It is the future of superstar defenseman Quinn Hughes.
How many of the 22 players in NHL history with at least 600 career goals can you name in five minutes?
The Minnesota Wild had a lot of talk this offseason, but aside from Quinn Hughes’s contract and their pursuit of Dylan Larkin, a lot of conversation was based on the top six forward group.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
The Minnesota Wild are expected to contend in a loaded Western Conference this season and the main reason is because of the roster general manager Bill Guerin has put together.
It’s been one week since Brock Faber fractured his skull when a puck hit him in the head during the Minnesota Wild’s final preseason game against the Dallas Stars.
That was a good question. Given that we know the Wild were confident Quinn Hughes would sign before the start of the season, what could happen to make the player change his mind—just like that, overnight?
After Faber skated to the bench, you wouldn't guess he suffered a scary injury, but he did.
The Minnesota Wild received a major blow before the start of their season, with top-pair defenseman Brock Faber sidelined indefinitely following surgery after fracturing his skull.
The Quinn Hughes saga, as expected, has now dragged into late September, with the superstar defenseman still remaining unextended despite repeated notions of confidence from the Minnesota Wild's front office throughout the summer.
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.
The Minnesota Wild have signed general manager Bill Guerin to a multi-year contract extension, according to multiple media reports, one week after locking in head coach John Hynes on a multi-year extension.
One week after extending their head coach, the Minnesota Wild have also signed general manager Bill Guerin to a multiyear extension.
The Minnesota Wild have agreed to terms on a multi-year contract extension with general manager Bill Guerin, ESPN’s Emily Kaplan reported Tuesday afternoon.
On Wednesday, the new NHL collective bargaining agreement took effect. In the new agreement, the maximum length of contracts when re-signing with a team moves from eight years to just seven years.
Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Ales Hemsky comes in at No.
Here’s the part of the Quinn Hughes story that deserves way more attention than it’s gotten.
The Minnesota Wild are actively trying to get a deal done with superstar defenseman Quinn Hughes. He’s going into the last year of his contract, and he’s eligible to sign an extension.
The Wild have been locked into negotiations with star defenseman Quinn Hughes all summer. Despite both sides saying they would like to extend the relationship past this upcoming season, so far no deal has been finalized, with just under a month until the regular season begins.
Ever since Dylan Larkin’s trade request from the Detroit Red Wings went public earlier this summer, the situation in Detroit has turned the organization upside down.
Bill Guerin spoke with the media this week about contract negotiations with Quinn Hughes, and while he admitted the organization doesn’t exactly know the defenseman’s priorities in negotiating his new deal, the Minnesota Wild GM left out a key part of the equation: family.
NHL.com: Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin said that the communication with Quinn Hughes’ camp remains really good and there hasn’t been pressure that an extension hasn’t been worked out, but they could heat up a bit.
Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin was on a bit of a media tour this week, and his latest comments about the Quinn Hughes situation — which everyone has understandably been asking about — did not build confidence.
As the NHL’s salary cap grows, and gargantuan contracts get handed out across the league, general managers sit in anxious anticipation knowing their turn will come to shell out record-setting money to a star player.
NHL free agency officially began on Wednesday, and the Wild had a peculiar start. They entered the offseason with some clear needs and goals on their to-do list, but they really haven't accomplished any of them...
The Minnesota Wild's Bill Guerin is the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year for the first time -- also a first for the franchise -- the NHL announced on Friday night.
The Minnesota Wild have reshaped the lower tier of their developmental pipeline, officially announcing a multi-year ECHL affiliation agreement with the Jacksonville Icemen beginning with the 2026-27 season.
Bill Guerin was in one of those moods that only comes from confidence — the quiet kind. The Minnesota Wild general manager sat down with Gene Principe and talked hockey, life, the Olympics, and yes, even meatballs.
The Wild have promoted Mat Sells, Michael Murray and Chris Kelleher to assistant general manager roles.
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