Wildly Biased Show: Week #11

Well hello again, hockey fans! Welcome Week #11 of the Wildly Biased Show!

Folks, since we last spoke the Wild went 2-0-1.  They gained 5-out-of-6 possible points by taking points from Central Division foes and Eastern Conference flotsam alike.

In this week's show the ever-dapper Phil & I will break down the inevitability of the loss to the Stars, the team victory in Chicago, and that win over the Leafs in St. Paul that doubles as the least interesting hockey game since Jacques Lemaire hung up his clipboard.

We'll also discuss Ryan Suter's comments to the media, Mike Yeo's response, the importance of lefty/righty combos on the blue line, the resurrection of Jason Pominville, old episodes of Becoming Wild, Darcy Kuemper's reappearance, how small moments frequently become the turning points in games, the difficulty of depth perception from the top of the Xcel Energy Center, the first successful coaching challenge in franchise history, Ryan Johansen's trade value, Mike Reilly's call-up, John Scott's All-Star candidacy, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins trade value, and we take our monthly trip around the Central Division Of Death!

Episode #11 (12/4/15) by Wildlybiased on Mixcloud

All that plus a lot of non-sequiturs and dead air! Good stuff all around.

We'll be back next week to discuss the Wild & Avs home & home series plus whatever else comes up in the meantime.

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. 

Wildly Biased Show: Week #6

Well hello again, podcast fans! Welcome to Week #6 of the Wildly Biased Show!

The Wild sandwiched a divisional loss around two victories last week and Trevor & Phil are back to recap all of it. Between the wins & losses they find time to discuss just what's wrong with the Ducks, the future of California hockey, Jason Zucker's franchise-record fastest goal, Darcy Kuemper's struggles, Zach Parise's work ethic, Devan Dubnyk's knee, what's going right with the Edmonton Oilers & who's going to come out of the Pacific Division, Ryan Suter: Textbook Hockey Player.

They also take their monthly long, hard look at the Central Division standings. Can the Preds continue to dominate with D? Will the Stars goaltending hold up? Do the Blues have any idea what they're doing? Do the Blackhawks care about the regular season at all? How scary are the Jets? What's the point of the Colorado Avalanche?

They wrap the show up with a trip around the NHL. Talking about the Habs first loss, the Blue Jackets first win, Evander Kane's unwillingness to show remorse, Jeremy Roenick's alligator wrestling, and the passing of original St. Louis Blue Jimmy Roberts.

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

Episode #6 (10/30/15) by Wildlybiased on Mixcloud

They'll be back next week to discuss the Wild's first meeting of the season with the hated Chicago Blackhawks, a trip down to St. Louis, and the Nashville Predators first visit to St. Paul of the 2015-16 season. All that plus anything else that comes up and another trip around the league.

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

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.

Wildly Biased Show: Week #2

Well hello again, podcast fans!  Welcome to Week #2 of the Wildly Biased Show!

It's the last show of the preseason, everybody, and Phil & I are back to discuss all kinds of things. We get deep discussing the Wild's thrashing of the Sabres, their thrashing of the Jets, the standing of Tyler Graovac, Brett Bulmer, & Zac Dalpe, the potential impact of Chris Porter, the team-building jaunt to Duluth, and some of the Wild's X-Factors this season.

We also take a trip around the league and discuss the ramifications of Jordan Eberle's injury, the Brent Seabrook extension, and the intrigue surrounding the naming of the Sharks' new captain. We also talk about the University Of North Dakota's nickname dilemma, Saskatoon, Paul Maurice, Erik Haula, Charlie Coyle, 3-on-3 OT, and the magic of the 200 level.

The show's always free. Just click the Mixcloud player below.

Of course, be warned, the Wildly Biased Show contains some (OK, lots) of adult language.

Episode #2 (10/1/15) by Wildlybiased on Mixcloud

We'll be back next week to discuss the opening of the regular season out in Denver among all the rest of the week's news.

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.

Wildly Biased Show: Week #1

Well hello again, Wild fans. It's been a while.

As you may have noticed, I took last season off from the old blogosphere. Unfortunately I just couldn't find the time to make it happen. It was a hell of a season and I wish I could have done it, but it just wasn't meant to be.

However, this season Wildly Biased is back and bigger than ever!  As you can see, in addition to writing posts for the blog, I've wrangled my buddy Phil to co-host the Wildly Biased podcast with me.  We intend on recording a new show every Thursday & posting it every Friday (so far we're 0-for-1).

We hatched this idea last season, but the season was halfway done and figured we couldn't just jump in midstream. However, with the season upon us, we decided that now was the time to give it a shot. Obviously the show will skew heavily toward Minnesota Wild talk, but we'll also discuss the rest of the NHL and pretty much follow whatever tangent we stumble upon.

To wit: this week's episode includes an in-depth discussion of the Wild's training camp battles, the fourth line, the defense, the goalie situation, the Erik Johnson contract, John Tortorella's hiring as Team USA's coach, the relevance of preseason results, Jagr selfies, and plenty more. Give it a listen.

(Be warned: Contains adult language).

(And for the record, it's our first show and it's the preseason. We're working our way into game shape. Bear with us.)

Episode #1 (9/26/15) by Wildlybiased on Mixcloud

We're definitely open to answering questions/responding to criticism/discussing random topics on the show. Send an e-mail to WildlyBiased@Gmail.com. I can be found on Twitter (@WildlyBiased) and so can Phil (@Phileeeeeeep).

Anyway, welcome back to the blog. It's going to be a fun season and we'll be here to document the whole damn thing.  Thanks for stopping by.