Wilderness Walk: The Wild have a new dog!

That’s Wild

• Ignore everything that happened to the Minnesota Wild yesterday, they got a new team dog!

• In case you live under a rock, the Wild bought out the four years remaining on both Ryan Suter’s and Zach Parise’s contracts yesterday morning. It was a wild time. [Hockey Wilderness]
• Here is how those two buyouts affect the Wild’s future and short-term cap. [Hockey Wilderness]
• And with the expansion draft coming up, here’s how the buyouts affect that. [Hockey Wilderness]
• Lost in all the chaos, the Wild might have the opportunity to draft a youngster named Xavier Bourgault as a future center for this team. [Hockey Wilderness]
• Also, with the pressure on GM Bill Guerin to upgrade the team’s center position, they have reported asked the Arizona Coyotes about Christian Dvorak. [Hockey Wilderness]
• What will Kevin Fiala’s next contract look like? [10K Rinks]

Off the trail...

• How former Chicago Blackhawks player Brent Sopel is opening doors for other former hockey players. [ESPN]
• The Montreal Canadiens hired coach Dominique Ducharme as their full-time coach, signing a three-year contract. [Eyes On The Prize]