Wilderness Walk: Drumming Down the Days

Yes, it's a terrible pun, and no I'm not sorry.

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Wild News

Wild trim Brett Bulmer, Tyler Strachan, Zac Dalpe from roster | TwinCities.com
Score and Scoot, for Dalpe.

Graovac, Reilly, Porter talk about remaining on Wild's roster | StarTribune.com
UPDATED.

NHL 16 Season Sim | The Hockey Writers
Swept...

The Who’s Who of NHL Teams | High Heels and High Sticks
Brilliance.

Area Of Concern: Dubnyk Coming Back Down To Earth | Wild Xtra
Do we need to doubt Doobie?

Off the Trail

Neutral Zone Score Effects: How does the game score affect play in the Neutral Zone? | Hockey Graphs
The specifics of why score effects happen.

Eichel, McDavid usher in new era | 2015 NHL Season Preview
SBN's big, beautiful 2015-16 NHL season preview, complete with predictions, profiles and in-depth looks at all 30 teams.

2015-16 NHL Preview, Part 4: The Contenders | Grantland.com
Not many surprises.

Swedish league player penalized for untying opponent's skates | Puck Daddy - Yahoo Sports
AWESOME

Blackhawks reassign Dano to minors, reportedly place Bickell on waivers | theScore
We. Could. Have. Had. Bickell.

Season approaches, grind looming for NHL's goaltenders | theScore
Hopefully the Wild don't have that problem.

Robin Lehner already hearing it from Sabres faithful | theScore
Well, their defense is pretty good.... so I don't know what his problem is!

VIDEO: Oshie nearly booted in the head after laying hard hit on McQuaid | theScore
TJ hit in the head? That never happens.

Central Intelligence: Dallas Stars | Wild Xtra
WX takes a look at the Dallas Stars.