Wild Well-Represented at Winter Olympics

That’s Wild

• A total of eight Wild players and even two AHLers in the minor leagues, have headed out to Italy to take part in the 2026 Winter Olympics for their respective countries. This makes the Wild one of the most well-represented teams at the best-on-best tournament — and their best player isn’t even taking part. [Pioneer Press]
• With a couple of (potential) big-ticket players for the Wild, there is a bit of some concern that we’re heading into another Zach Parise/Ryan Suter situation. Well, here’s reasons why no one should worry about that. [Hockey Wilderness]
• Matt Boldy can stake his claim as Team USA’s best winger as he has yet another breakout season and is hopefully getting more international attention for being a high-end forward. [Hockey Wilderness]
• The New York Rangers are selling, so is Minnesota a potential landing spot for center Vincent Trocheck? He would certainly fill the team’s biggest need. [Hockey Wilderness]

Off the trail…

• Can USA really beat Canada for a gold medal? It’s all we’ll be focusing on for the next couple of weeks. [ESPN]
• Speaking of, Team USA officially named Auston Matthews as their captain. [Sportsnet]
• The top 10 storylines heading into the men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics. [NHL.com]