Wildly Biased Show: Week #12-13

That's a lot of cheeseburgers...

Well hello again, hockey fans! Welcome to a special double-stack episode of the Wildly Biased Show!

Folks, since we last spoke the Minnesota Wild played six games and took points out of them all. A 4-0-2 record in those games has left the Wild a mere two points behind St. Louis for second place the Central Division with games in hand on everybody else.

Phil & I are back to discuss the Minnesota Wild's success over these past couple of weeks.  We discuss all kinds of stuff.

-The surprising success of Darcy Kuemper & his long term prospects with the Wild
-The Jekyll & Hyde performance of the Colorado Avalanche
-The non-existent Niklas Backstrom trade market
-The arrival of Jarret Stoll
-The possibility that Erik Haula has hit his ceiling
-Thomas Vanek's continued excellence
-Marco Scandella's attempt to end Antti Raanta's career
-Mikko Koivu's Selke Trophy potential
-Whether or not we still hate the Vancouver Canucks
-Just how peculiar the careers of the Sedin Twins have been
-The Wild's inability to develop goalies
-Jason Pominville's hot streak
-The official retirement of Keith Ballard

After all of that, we take a trip around the league to have a look at the flotsam of the NHL.

-The end of Patrick Kane's point streak
-The fallout of the Board Of Governor's meeting regarding expansion & executive compensation
-The curious legacy of Pascal Dupuis
-The looming rebranding of the Toronto Maple Leafs & Florida Panthers
-John Tortorella's benching of Ryan Johansen out in Columbus
-The insane contract demands of Andrew Ladd, Dustin Byfuglien, & Jacob Trouba
-STAMMERGEDDON!

All that plus all the non-sequiturs, dead air, & obscenities you could ever want! As you can see, it's a fun week.

Episode #12-13 (12/19/15) by Wildlybiased on Mixcloud

We'll be back next week to discuss the Wild's trip down to Nashville and the back-to-back St. Paul appearances of the Dallas Stars and Montreal Canadiens. Going to be a good test.

As always, feel free to drop us a line here on the blog or via e-mail (WildlyBiased@gmail.com). You can also hit us up on Twitter (Phil at @Phileeeeeeep and me at @WildlyBiased). We'd love to discuss the Wild, the NHL, or, really, whatever you feel like talking about.
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Wildly Biased Show: Week #3

You can't win 'em all if you don't win the first one, folks! The Wild hung a big W on the Pepsi Center last night to open the season. After the game Phil & I sat down to record Episode #3 of the Wildly Biased podcast.

In this week's show we discuss the Wild's thrilling 5-4 win in Denver, Zach Parise's hat trick, Tyler Graovac's performance, Devan Dubnyk's struggles, Gabriel Landeskog's consistently immature play, the Avalanche withholding their doctor from Nino Niederreiter, Cody McLeod, Mikko Koivu's captaincy, Marco Scandella, the Wild's struggling PK, Matt Duchene, and the magic of Thomas Vanek.

We also take a trip around the league and discuss the league's cocaine problem, Houston Aeros Calder Cup wins, the strength of the Central Division, Dustin Brown's headbutt, the Sharks captaincy (again), the usefulness of Milan Lucic, the coach's challenge, a random Rangers/Caps playoff game from '09, Connor McDavid & Jack Eichel debut, and a look ahead at the week ahead.

As always, the show's free to stream.  Also, as always, be aware that we use some big-boy language on the show.

Episode #3 (10/9/15) by Wildlybiased on Mixcloud

We'll be back next week to discuss the home opener against St. Louis, the Wild's trip to Glendale, and whatever else happens between now & then.

As always, feel free to drop us a line here on the blog or via e-mail (WildlyBiased@gmail.com). You can also hit us up on Twitter (Phil at @Phileeeeeeep and me at @WildlyBiased). We'd love to discuss the Wild, the NHL, or, really, whatever you feel like talking about. We try to keep it open around here.