Brent Burns News

On his way to New York, Marian Gaborik made one last stop in St. Paul on Wednesday to attend the wedding of former teammate Brent Burns.

APRIL 7: Marian Gaborik #10 of the Minnesota Wild awaits a face-off against the Dallas Stars during the game at the Xcel Energy Center on April 7, 2009 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Nick Leddy, the Wild s top draft pick who is attending the team s development camp this week, still plans to play for the University of Minnesota this season.

Posted on July 3rd, 2009 11:47 AM By Michael Russo Real quick hello. I'll be heading to the Martin Havlat presser at the arena this early afternoon.

Posted on July 2nd, 2009 9:17 AM By Michael Russo Calm down, just for Canada's Olympic camp Aug.

One day after his Wild career ended, Marian Gaborik turned the page and focused on his new team, the New York Rangers.

Close comment Add your own comment More from Sports With a number of teams making gigantic headlines on the first day of free agency, it appeared late Wednesday night that the Wild was waiting for the second day to grab the NHL's attention.

Barring a drastic turn of events, 's days with the Minnesota Wild appear done. Gaborik, 27, is set to become an unrestricted free agent Wednesday.

It's believed that representatives for Dany Heatley have given the Senators a list of teams to which the disgruntled winger would like to be traded.

For Minnesota Wild fans, the state of hockey in the State of Hockey is clearly on the upswing.

Wild trades for Edmonton's Brodziak; Wild takes top-ranked goalie; Wild still into Heatley; Bouwmeester's rights traded to Calgary Posted on June 27th, 2009 9:02 AM By Michael Russo The Wild just traded the 99th and 133rd pick to Edmonton for center Kyle Brodziak and the 161st.

The Wild vows to be an up-tempo, attacking, let-defensemen-roam-free team next season.

Posted on June 25th, 2009 10:58 AM By Michael Russo Forgot to put this up from the presser: To View and Be Included in Star Tribune's Wild/NHL Twitter Page, here is the link Good morning from Montreal.

Chuck Fletcher has made it clear he wants to make a deal. Now comes the hard part: Finding the right partner.

With the flurry of activity surrounding the Minnesota Wild's hiring of new coach Todd Richards last Wednesday, veterans Josh Harding and James Sheppard haven't gotten the chance to speak with the man who'll be pacing the Wild bench next season just yet.

If Chuck Fletcher had made a list of things to accomplish last September, it probably would have had only two entries: 1) Win Stanley Cup, 2) Get GM job.

Everything about Todd Richards is different. He has color in his hair, passion in his voice, and a love for wide-open hockey.

With former offensive defenseman Todd Richards set to become the Wild's next coach, even Nick Schultz -- known more for his defense on the back end -- might have carte blanche to step up in the play.

Great game last night, and what an ending. Detroit's net is empty for about 1:20, and Detroit wins three draws.

Last we heard from Brent Burns, he couldn't watch Wild games on TV because any motion made him dizzy, couldn't read because it hurt too much and would sleep all afternoon in lieu of doing, well, anything.