Kirill Kaprizov is the Wild’s best player, the franchise’s only true superstar and an absolute key to the rest of this season. He’s also played just three games since Christmas and zero since late January.

The Minnesota Wild expect star winger Kirill Kaprizov and top center Joel Eriksson Ek to return before the end of the regular season, general manager Bill Guerin told reporters before Sunday's game against the Boston Bruins at the X in St. Paul, Minn.

The injury-thinned Minnesota Wild could use a boost in their push to return to the playoffs, with their margin for making it slimmed down following a strong start. With the NHL trade deadline approaching this Friday, the Wild more than likely will have to find that spark from within.

Another day, another longer-term injury for the Minnesota Wild. NHL.com writer Jessi Pierce shared that defenseman Jonas Brodin is expected to miss the next few weeks with a lower-body injury.

The injury-thinned Minnesota Wild could use a boost in their push to return to the playoffs, with their margin for making it slimmed down following a strong start.

ST. PAUL - The NHL Trade Deadline is just days away. The Minnesota Wild jumped the gun already and made a trade for Nashville Predators forward Gustav Nyquist.

Jonas Brodin is on the shelf again.The Minnesota Wild defenseman is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury, the team announced Sunday. Brodin sustained the ailment during Friday's 5-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche.

The Wild picked up a much-needed 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins Sunday afternoon during a brief return to Minnesota before hitting the road yet again Monday for a two-game road trip to Seattle and Vancouver.

If you google “quotes about getting paid,” a surprising lack of ballplayers and rock stars appear. In its place is Forbes’s "Top 100 Money Quotes of All Time." I read all 100, looking for an interesting hook before I blast readers with a thousand words of contract analysis.