Wilderness Walk - 82

82, guys and gals! This is a big number! 82, the number of games in an NHL season! 82, The atomic weight of lead! 82, it’s a happy number folks! 82, it’s the number of sleeps until the 2016-17 NHL season begins!

There’s honestly not a whole lot of interesting trinkets surrounding the number 82. Ummmm, *82 was the number you dialed to unblock your number if you were calling someone who blocked, eh... blocked numbers. 82! It comes after 81!

Wild News

Finding His Own Way - Minnesota Hockey Magazine
It's been a long road for Seeler.

Get On With It! - Wild Xtra

Some Minnesota Wild Podcasts Worth Listening To… | State of Hockey News
There are other Wild podcasts?

Off the Trail

Watch Phil Kessel’s grandma chug booze from Stanley Cup (Video) | Puck Daddy
CHUG! CHUG! CHUG! CHUG! CHUG! CHUG!

NBC Sports Group will be airing a record number of NHL games during the 2016-17 season (with key dates) – ProHockeyTalk
The Wild will be featured 12 times on the networks, with all 4 of their games against the Blackhawks getting picked up by NBC.

Winners, losers in NBC Sports’ 2016-17 NHL TV schedule | Puck Daddy
With Pierre McGuire, we're all losers.

Islanders May Build Hockey Arena in Queens With Mets’ Help - The New York Times
Could the Islanders be on the move again? Stay tuned to find out!

Why NHL fired arbitrator from Dennis Wideman case | Puck Daddy
James Oldham has been the NHL and NHLPA neutral arbitrator for over a decade, hired to preside over grievances concerning the Collective Bargaining Agreement.