The Minnesota Wild’s Marat Khusnutdinov scored his first career NHL goal on Friday (April 12) against the Vegas Golden Knights. Khustnutdinov was the Wild’s second-round pick in 2020 when they traded Luke Kunin to Nashville for Nick Bonino and the 37th overall pick.
The Minnesota Wild looked to keep their win streak and playoff hopes alive when they took on the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday evening, March 14. They were without Joel Eriksson Ek, who was injured in their last game against the Arizona Coyotes on March 12.
Joel Eriksson Ek is officially day to day with a lower-body injury, according to Minnesota Wild head coach John Hynes. That's a big sigh of relief for the Wild, who cannot afford to lose their best two-way player as they battle for a wild card spot in the Western Conference playoff race.
The Minnesota Wild were wheeling and dealing at an NHL trade deadline that was much more active than in past years. But there was only so much they could shake up, after president of hockey operations Bill Guerin signed those who would have been his most valuable trade deadline assets to recent contract extensions instead.
It's only a matter of time before Marat Khusnutdinov arrives in the United States and as soon as he does he could be centering a line for the Minnesota
The Minnesota Wild announced on Wednesday afternoon that they signed HC Sochi forward Marat Khusnutdinov to a two-year, entry-level contract. For the Philadelphia Flyers, this new precedent represents a game-changer for the organization and its rebuild.
One of the Minnesota Wild’s top prospects is coming over to North America. The Wild have announced that Marat Khusnutdinov has signed a two-year, entry-level contract, allowing him to join the team immediately.
The Wild are expected to sign 2020 second-round pick Marat Khusnutdinov to his entry-level contract in the coming days.
Remember the name: Marat Khusnutdinov. He's the prospect who is reportedly going to come to the U.S. and suit up for the Minnesota Wild as soon as his
When a team is battling hard to climb the standings and still believes they can make the playoffs while almost every number and probability equation says they cannot, they need their stars to perform.
It's a bad time to be a Minnesota Wild fan. There's currently somewhere between little and no hope for the team to make the playoffs. Minnesota has very few pieces they can trade at the deadline.
The Minnesota Wild might be getting a fairly good prospect in the NHL before the end of the regular season.
Bill Guerin and Director of Amateur Scouting Judd Bracket have been on a hot streak in the past few drafts.
The Minnesota Wild need more prospects to improve their consistency and special teams, which would allow them to play at their best for a full 60 minutes.
In Hockey Wilderness’s annual prospect rankings earlier this year, I wrote about how Minnesota Wild prospect Danila Yurov was the whole package and that he’d be arriving in North America sooner than later. I’m sorry, that's my bad.
There is no more waiting for any league to begin as both the NHL and American Hockey League (AHL) are underway, meaning the entire complement of Minnesota Wild prospects, excluding injured players, will be in action moving forward.
When Bill Guerin took over as GM of the Minnesota Wild in 2019, the team was in an interesting position, prospect-wise. Let's take a look at the team's prospect pool now.
Khusnutdinov, 19, was the 37th overall pick in 2020 and looked to be developing quite well in the KHL.
Russia is notoriously stingy when it comes to allowing draft-eligible players to make the team, usually choosing instead to bring along the more polished, committed, 19-year-old national program options.
Russian starlet enters into the top-10 of our ranking. Marat Khusnutdinov comes in at number nine on our writers’ ranking of the Minnesota Wild youth, but could probably have climbed even higher if the writers were to vote again today.
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