Talk:Minnesota Wild

message: Question: Isn't the wild based in Minneapolis, not St. Paul?
ANSWER: The Wild are (not "is") based in St. Paul, in the sense that they play in the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul.  The location of their office seems a bit of a mystery, but the phone number has a St. Paul area code.
:Clarification: As far as I know, Minnesota Sports and Entertainment (parent company of the Minnesota Wild) is based at 317 Washington Street, St. Paul, MN. It is connected to the entire Xcel Energy Center/RiverCentre complex. — wheresmysocks 04:14, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually the Minnesota Wild is a plural term, as it is a group. -Djsasso (talk) 05:12, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wild Front Office Location 

message: I have just completed the List of Minnesota Wild players. As of the end of the 2003-04 NHL season, the list is 100% accurate. Let's work together and keep it accurate and up to date. When you add a new player to the main Wild page, could you also add it to the list? Thanks! Masterhatch 12 August 2005
===Current Squad Work ===
moved to article ccwaters 12:46, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Minnesota Wild players 

message: moved to article ccwaters 12:46, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Current Squad Work 

message: We have the wrong Willie Mitchell listed in the Minnesot Wild article, Captain (ice hockey) article, & other articles related to the Minnesota Wild. There's the R&B guy & the hockey player. Part of this mistake is mine. Not sure how to correct it.GoodDay 21:56, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Willie Mitchell?

message: How verifiable and NPOV are the rivalries? --x-Flare-x 09:51, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Especially since the Rivals lists see additions on the basis that Team X played two games against Our Glorious Boys within the last month and there were fights and stick fouls, so of course Team X is now Those Bastards.  My notion of Rivals are in the Boston-Montreal, Edmonton-Calgary, Philadelphia-Pittsburgh, Toronto-Ottawa camp; time-honored ones spanning over quite a few seasons at least, with a great number of recent expansion teams left off the premise altogether, and not based around "we had a nasty series with them in the playoffs last year."  Of course, that's pretty POV, and I'd be comfy with Rivals disappearing altogether.  Ravenswing 15:12, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rivals 

message: I haven't read anything, that says the Wild have named a new captain for MARCH 2006. Therefore, I'm going to assume Brian Rolston is the captain for MARCH, as February was interrupted by the Winter Olympics (causing Rolston's FEBRUARY captaincy to have covered few games). If anyone objects, just reverse my edit (in the Minnesota Wild article). GoodDay 19:34, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Brian Rolston

message: Since the Wild season has ended, should we declare the rotating captaincy & alternate captaincies vacant (for the off-season), as Walz ,Rolston & Gaborik aren't gurenteed the 'letters' for October 2006? GoodDay 18:12, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I recommend leaving the captaincy information as it is unless you have a verifiable source stating that the captaincy is vacant.  -- JamesTeterenko 02:39, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

text: No one's "guaranteed" jack for any team; if Steve Yzerman doesn't retire, even he isn't guaranteed the captaincy for the Wings.  Beyond that, James is right.  It's highly presumptuous for us to "declare" anything vacant for any team absent their own announcements on the subject, or in the case of player transactions or retirements.  Ravenswing 06:29, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right. It should be left as-is until or if a change is announced. Now, if the guy gets traded or retires in the off-season, a footnote could be added. Wahkeenah 09:20, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Now that the season ('05-'06)...?

message: I just realized while moving the alternate logo around, that the logo -- while alternate -- is not the third jersey logo, which is pretty much the standard alternate logo for all other team articles which have a third jersey.  Is there any reason for this?  I have a hunch it is because Minnesota's third jersey logo is just the same as the regular logo, except in a circle and with a throwback sort of feel to it.  If that's the case, changing the logo from their shoulder patch to the third jersey logo probably wouldn't be best, huh?  Since I'd considered it.-Resident Lune 18:52, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just a matter of timing. If I remember correctly, the "alternate" logo was actually the first logo revealed after the team chose its name. The sweater crest didn't come along until they revealed the jersey. Either way, both existed well before the Wild's third jersey came out in season four. — wheresmysocks 23:15, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Concerning the alternate logo

message: What about Josh Harding? I know on their website he is not on the current roster, but under the "In the system" section. However, he will most likely be their backup as only Fernandez is on the current roster.
: He's currently not on the roster, so he shouldn't be listed on the "Current Squad".  Its wierd in the offseason though, He will most likely be included in the training camp roster (30+ players). After that, who knows? There's 2+ months before the season starts. The wild could sign or trade for a backup. ccwaters 14:16, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, their place of birth were in Czechoslovakia. The flag denotes what their nationality is. --Krm500 (talk) 17:26, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re: List of Minnesota Wild players 

message: The team was Offically Founded I believe in 1997 since Minnesota was awarded the franhise in that year and the 2000 is incorrect, and it states this on Minnesota Wild Offical page, The teams First year and inageral season is 2000 that part is correct.--Chad 03:25, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Our standard is to use the date a team first plays as the founding year.  Otherwise (especially with franchise shifts and dormancies) the year listings would be a mess and certainly uninformative.  Ravenswing 15:24, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Founded

message: I had some text written up for the franchise history that I intended to finish but never got around to. I've added the raw notes and text to a user page in the hopes that someone might finish it. Although from some of the text that was added recently, it might be sufficient to just work the existing text into a more narrative format and append it to a cleaned up version of stuff I've written. It covers the period leading up to and after the departure of the North Stars and ends before the awarding of the franchise. — wheresmysocks 04:20, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was wondering if this section should mention the home-game sell-out streak the Wild have going. The "arena" page at the Wild web page confirms that the first 84 home games were sold out, but I'm having trouble finding any official confirmation for more recent seasons. Anyone know where to find this information? Mrwhizzard 00:10, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Franchise history 

message: Put up a factual dispute due to the fact that most of the other NHL team pages list the date of league wide retirement as Feb. 6, 2000, whereas here it's listed as April 18, 1999 BT14 06:29, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Gretzky retired April 18, 1999. His #99 was retired League wide on February 6, 2000. GoodDay 17:13, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Gretzky Retirement

message: Needs a Uniform section, complete with info and pictures. Also, their 02-03 post-season is not detailed enough imo. It was a great run, and should be merited a large paragraph speaking about each round in detail and how they fought to acheive come-from-behind series wins. Brunettes SWG (series winning goal) against Colorado marked the final goal allowed by Patrick Roy, and also marked his last game as he retired the next season. Maybe this should be mentioned too? What about the team mascot, or lack thereof? Love each other, or perish. ~Auden 01:09, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: Players like Gaborik, Demitra, and Skoula are listed as being from Czechoslovakia, but that country no longer exists.  The flags shown are correct (now Slovakia and the Czech Republic), but the text was not.  Joeythelemur 17:39, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And I have reverted.  An individual's birthplace is the country as it existed when they were born.  The flags show their current nationalities. So Gaborik was born in Czechoslovakia, etc. Resolute 18:25, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Player Country 

message: The Minnesota Wild have a short but full history. In the few years that this team has been together they have gained the respect of many and gained many honnors and awards. One the these awards is the award given to the team with the nicest arana in the league. It is recomended by all who visit it this incredible building to visit it at least once if you are a true hockey fan. Because of their many awards and honnors the Minnesota Wild are soon to be the best team in the NHL, if they are not already.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.13.73.46 (talk) 02:24, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minnesota Wild Honnors 

message: "Gaborik (sp) sex with Lemaire (sp)"
It goes back a few edits, so it must have gone unnoticed. I'm too lazy to fix it right now.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.187.23.69 (talk) 22:59, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Someone pranked the second paragraph of "Preparations of a new franchise" 

message: Apparently, the new management is in favour of naming a permanent captain & Koivu seems the front-runner. Let's be prepared for the coming changes. GoodDay (talk) 20:13, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  End of rotating captaincy 

message: The new 3rd jerseys don't have a red outline on the numbers. Can't be bothered to change the image myself. PLCorndog (talk) 02:26, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wild 3rd Jersey 

message: "The Minnesota Wild's first season officially started."  What is this, a novel?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.3.223.91 (talk) 03:01, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  First season 

message: So I was looking through NBA teams' articles and while being at Oklahoma City Thunder page a question emerged – "ARE or IS?" I decided to look at the reference and I thought the same about Wild. I'd say it's a reasonable explanation about the quantity. In my opinion, we should change from "Wild are" to Wild is", because you can't have 1 of wild, 2 of wild, etc. Any thoughts on this matter? P.s. I think the same should apply to Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning – Sabbatino (talk) 12:10, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Saying "The Wild are...." sounds better than saying "The Wild is...". For example, I've never heard anyone say "The Wild is playing tonight", but I have always heard "The Wild are playing tonight". You are talking about the team as a whole. TheFloyd (talk) 19:49, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Minnesota Wild ARE or The Minnesota Wild IS? 

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message: It claims that professional sports teams are located in Minneapolis. This is false. There are more than three other professional sports teams in the Twin Cities. The Lynx play in Minneapolis and the Whitecaps play in Saint Paul. Cebjerke (talk) 15:37, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: the claim is in reference to major professional sports teams. Yes, the Minnesota Whitecaps do play in St. Paul, but the NWHL is not a major league. That designation, at least according to the Wikipedia article, is typically limited to MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, and sometimes MLS. Highway 89 (talk) 21:30, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 1 March 2019