Wilderness Walk: The Wild are back, baby!

That’s Wild

• In case you missed it, the Minnesota Wild extended forward Marcus Foligno an additional three years, keeping him with the club through the 2023-24 season. [Hockey Wilderness]
• Speaking of Foligno, his new extension isn’t really expensive but it is taking up a chunk that will have an effect on the team’s cap structure down the road. So let’s take a look at the situation Minnesota will now be in with Foligno locked up. [Hockey Wilderness]
• In our final look around the division, we stop by and see how the Vegas Golden Knights are doing with their moves this offseason. [Hockey Wilderness]
• Russo provides another must-read for every Wild fan, as he goes deep into Jared Spurgeon’s journey from summer camp tryout to captain of the Wild. [The Athletic]
• With Guerin’s first move keeping an eye on the future, he’s showing some sense of urgency that we haven’t seen before. [10K Rinks]

Off the trail...

• The Detroit Red Wings named Dylan Larkin captain, so that’s kind of cool I guess. [Winging It In Motown]
• Hockey is back and the first action we were all privy to last night was the Philadelphia Flyers absolutely stepping all over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Highlighted by a four-point night from Joel Farabee and Nolan Patrick returning to the ice. [Broad Street Hockey]
• Down Goes Brown goes over every team and creates an odd prediction for each one. [The Athletic]
• The Tampa Bay Lightning are waiting until fans are in attendance to raise their 2020 Stanley Cup Champions banner, but they did unveil it before completely demolishing the Chicago Blackhawks. [ProHockeyTalk]