Minnesota Wild surge past expectations with Quinn Hughes transforming their offense—can they challenge the Colorado Avalanche for top spot in the Central Division? With Hughes in the lineup, Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy find a new gear, igniting the Wild’s power play and making them the NHL’s highest-scoring team since his arrival. Chris Micieli, Seth Toupal, and Zach Pearson debate Minnesota’s trade deadline targets, the impact of Jesper Wallstedt’s trade rumors, and the potential for a blockbuster deal involving names like Vincent Trocheck, Ryan O’Reilly, and Nazem Kadri.
The hosts break down the evolving playoff race, Mikko Rantanen’s injury in Dallas, and how home ice advantage could shape Minnesota’s postseason fate. Intrigue grows as Cale Makar and Quinn Hughes’ contract extensions loom—will one defenseman set the market for the other? Don’t miss this high-energy crossover as Locked On Avalanche and Locked On Wild examine the Central’s power struggle and preview the NHL’s second-half fireworks.
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7 Comments
I can already see it. Avs drop to second and lose to, you guessed it, Dallas, you guessed it, in 7
Not gonna happen this year. Avs have another year with this roster and we have our captain back 🫡
The salary cap is rumored to be increasing more than the projected amount since they still haven't finished the increases from the previous TV/streaming contracts, and we're already into the next TV/streaming contracts which has a lot more money from extra streaming sources that are new to the NHL. I believe it was Pierre Lebrun who said they were discussing doing a much larger single year increase to balance the gap that's been created from League profits and the new TV/Streaming deals.
Please feel free to do more crossover episodes! It's great to not get too involved with the Pollyanna we're the best on either side. Plus it gives more interesting insight to see how different fan bases are thinking about things like trades and so forth. It's good stuff.
AVS are back 🔥💯 let's fuckng goo
Wild will very likely match Kirill's contract in their first offer. Hughes is on track to lead D in points and might as well win another Norris. His media attention is unprecedented, and that can strongly affect voting based award. About personality, we thought Kirill was not greedy.
Ya Minnesota still has an outside shot-mostly cuz we are 3-9 past regulation & they go to OT like every other game & been winning like all of them right before the break. But because of that-they have no shot to win the tiebreaker so 5 points up is really 6,& with 3 games in hand for Colorado-gonna be very tough for Minny to catch,& pass us. But if they win in regulation tomorrow it'll be far more feasible.