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Brave The Wild -Minnesota Wild Podcast-
Joey Awaijane has been covering the Minnesota Wild on this show since August 2008, and has over 30 years of hockey fandom experience, going back to the North Stars days. Feel free to join the conversation via an audio submission or on twitter @bravethewild, simply tag #btwmn and comment away!
Episodes
- Brave The Wild -Minnesota Wild Podcast-
EP308: Three Up, Three Down
The Minnesota Wild have been all about three's lately, losing three in a row, winning three in a row, and now losing three in a row again. The five on five…
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EP307: Get On The Gus Bus!
The Minnesota Wild had another strong week, going 3-0, including a very impressive win in Washington, in which Filip Gustavsson dazzled. Matt Boldy has inked a…
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EP306: Neutral Zone Crap
The Minnesota Wild went winless in three games this past week, chalk it up to sloppy play in general, especially in the neutral zone. Calen Addison leads…
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EP305: Spurgeon Leads By Example
The Minnnesota Wild had another very solid week, despite getting outclassed by the Dallas Stars in the first of three games. Jared Spurgeon continued his…
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EP304: Zuccarello Is The Best Passer In The NHL
The Minnesota Wild had a week that was a split, including a hapless loss in San Jose, followed by an impressive showing in Winnipeg. Mats Zuccarello continued…
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EP303: Six Wins In A Row!
The Minnesota Wild have won six games in row, with solid defense and good goal tending. It's nice to know that the Wild can feel comfortable with either goalie…
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EP302: Gustavsson Needs To Play, Walker Needs To Stay
Filip Gustavsson continues to play like a starting goaltender in the NHL, and may someday prove to be at least a great tandem with Jesper Wallstedt, when the…
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EP301: Giving Up Leads
In a 3-1 week for Minnesota, we come out thinking we could be better, after the last three games, giving up leads or just being flat sloppy versus a not good…
Brave The Wild -Minnesota Wild Podcast-EP300: Rossi Sent Down, Will Improve
Marco Rossi has shown positive signs defensively, and his overall game, but the scoring just hasn't happened yet, so some time in the AHL will definitely help…
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EP299: Gustavsson And Ryan Reaves
Filip Gustavsson stepped up nicely after a rough game in Pittsburgh, keeping powerhouses like Carolina and Winnipeg at bay, giving just one goal in each game…
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EP298: The Flower Is Back!
Brave The Wild has finally arrived at THPN! Marc Andre Fleury "The Flower" has gone from a guy who looked like he was cooked as a goalie, to being one of the…
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Areas Of Concern
The Minnesota Wild started the season giving up 20 goals in the first three games of the season, due to defensive breakdowns, turnovers and poor goaltending…
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Season Preview 2022-2023
The NHL season is close upon us, as October has come! We preview the upcoming season for the Minnnesota Wild, who will be where, and what to expect. We then…
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Draft And Free Agency 2022
The Minnesota Wild had what appears to be an exciting draft. Cam Talbot has been traded to Ottawa for 24 year old goaltender Filip Gustavsson, making some of…
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State Of The Wild 2022
Here it is, the annual granddaddy of them all, and this one is the largest of all-time! We welcome Derek Felska to join to talk about the NHL Draft, Free…
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At A Crossroads
The Minnesota Wild were a one and done in the playoffs again, and as they pick up the pieces, GM Bill Guerin has some tough decisions to make, as the infamous…
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Are We Ready For A Playoff Run?
The Minnesota Wild have had a remarkable season on paper and have been a joy to watch, for the most part. How ready is this team to make an actual playoff run?…
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Please Keep Fiala
The Minnesota Wild have a truly special player in Kevin Fiala, and gives the club another star player that we must find a way to retain long-term. In a week…
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Home Ice Advantage?
The Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues are tied with 96 points a piece, that's how close it is to earn home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs…
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Why Can't We Beat Nashville?
The Minnesota Wild had an up and down week, mostly good, but things ended in a thud, losing 6-2 to Nashville, who they suddenly cannot solve. Vig It App…
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Talbot Standing Tall!
The Minnesota Wild clearly have something special on their hands, knowing we have two goaltenders we can count on heading into the postseason. With seven wins…
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EP 8 - Minnesota Sports Podcast Collaboration Show
#TheSotaPod Podcast?�� Stay WILD & up to date in the world of hockey with The Sota Pod Every Monday Wednesday & Thursday The Hockey…
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Trade Deadline Special!
Derek Felska joins Joey to talk about the trade deadline acquisitions and what they mean for the present and future of the Minnesota Wild. We go down memory…
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EP 7 - Minnesota Sports Podcast Collaboration Show
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One Minor Trade, More To Come?
The Minnesota Wild showed some promise, but also many blemishes. The defense core just isn't up to par, after the "big three" anyway, and something needs to be…
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EP 6 - Minnesota Sports Podcast Collaboration Show
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Grease Line Returns
The Minnesota Wild had a rough week that thankfully ended fairly well. The hope now is, can this team head in the right direction now that the famed "Grease…
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EP 5 - Minnesota Sports Podcast Collaboration Show
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Help Wanted!
The Minnesota Wild went through as rough a stretch and you can imagine this past week, getting outscored 15-5 in three games vs Toronto and Calgary twice…
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EP 4 - Minnesota Sports Podcast Collaboration Show
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Depth Or No Depth?
With injuries to key players does this team truly have the depth needed for a playoff run? Should we trade for the "Flower"? Why not a solid big and familiar…
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EP 3 - Minnesota Sports Podcast Collaboration Show -
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Does Boldy Have Star Potential?
Matt Boldy continues to show more and more that he is a legit top six forward in the NHL, with a hat trick vs Detroit, and his great chemistry with Fiala adds…
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EP 2- Minnesota Sports Podcast Collaboration Show
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Don't Do It!
The Minnesota Wild returned from the All-Star break and were sluggish at best. Marcus Foligno let his emotions get the best of him, and may face a suspension…
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EP 1- Minnesota Sports Podcast Collaboration Show
Show Outline: 01:10 LockedOn Wild 04:11 The Sota Pod 08:45 Minnesota Sports Chat 13:40 Juddz Budz (The Sota Pod FEED) 21:40 Wild Takes (10k Takes) 23:37 The…
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The Grease Line Is Set
With the new three year three million per contract signed by Jordan Greenway, the "Grease Line" is set, at least for the time being. With that said, the…
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More Kaapo And Addison?
The Minnesota Wild had a strong week against a couple of teams that have been struggling. The ongoing debates about who to keep, and who to move on from, along…
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Dumba Or Fiala?
The ongoing debate about who to keep, especially if it's between two important players is a big thing going forward with this team, and generates a lot of…
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Kahkonen's Kredibility
Kappo Kahkonen has shown more and more that he is a legitimate NHL goalie, after overcoming a tough start to the season. Kirill Kaprizov had what looked like a…
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"Bold"y Moves Continue
The Minnesota Wild laid an egg in the Winter Classic on New Years day, and now Cam Talbot and Nick Bjugstad are joining the injured. Billy G made his next bold…
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Winter Classic, WJC, Iowa
The Minnesota Wild finally return with the Winter Classic, star prospects Marco Rossi and Matt Boldy have a big night for the Iowa Wild, All the excitement…
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Sloppy, Injuries, Covid
The Minnesota Wild are officially in a slump, and so is the NHL with Covid taking things over the past few weeks, causing shutdowns. Add significant injuries…
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Bumps In The Road
This past week wasn't the best for the Minnesota Wild, losing Jonas Brodin for two games didn't help either, but thankfully he'll be back by tonight. The…
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Stop The Standings Watch
The Minnesota Wild had another amazing week, beating two contenders in Toronto and Edmonton, but respectfully, lets pump the breaks on the standings watch, can…
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"We're About Winning"
The Minnesota Wild continue to follow GM Bill Guerin's lead, when he cut the crap, and said "F- That, we're about F- winning". The Wild went 3-0 this past…
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Pitlick, Fiala And Kaprizov
The traditional Thanksgiving Classic episode is here! In this episode we discuss Rem Pitlick's emergence into a legit NHL player, something brewing between…
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"Wild" Comebacks!
Things didn't look so great for a few games, including when the Minnesota Wild saw a 3-1 lead turn into a 4-3 deficit vs a slowly improving Ottawa team. The…
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4-1 Despite Poor PK
The Minnesota Wild started 4-0 on the season, but sloppy and inconsistent play caught up with them in the fifth game, as reality set in, if only for one night…
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Season Preview 2021-2022
Hockey is back, as we preview the upcoming Minnesota Wild season. We talk about the now finished roster, along with the positives and negatives of what appear…
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Wild Finally Sign Kaprizov
We can finally get caught up, now that Kirill Kaprizov and Kevin Fiala are officially back in the fold. I give my overall feelings of both deals, along with…
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Draft And Free Agency 2021
We talk about the Minnesota Wild draft class of 2021, as Jesper Wallstedt surprisingly fell our direction. After that, it was blue-liner after blue-liner, as…
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Parise And Suter Bought Out
In like a lion, out like a lamb, as they say, were Parise and Suter, as their 13 year contracts signed on July 4th 2012, ended four years early, ironically on…
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State Of The Wild 2021
The annual granddaddy of them all is here, as we wrap up the 2020-2021 Minnesota Wild season, along with looking at the rest of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. We…
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Big Comeback Ends In A Thud
The Wild erased a 3-1 deficit vs Vegas, only to see their undefeated game 7 history come to a screeching halt. This time around however, there is more than…
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Nine Unanswered Goals...
Things were hopeful when the Wild survived a buzz saw in game 1, but ever since it's been disappointment after disappointment. As frustrated as we might be…
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Playoffs Preview 2021
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are here, as our Minnesota Wild face-off against the Vegas Golden Knights in the postseason for the first time in history! The whole…
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Gearing Up For The Final Stretch
The Minnesota Wild went 3-0 the past six days, taking care of business vs San Jose and Arizona. Kahkonen was very solid in his return between the pipes, now…
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Don't Underuse Kahkonen
Yes, Kahkonen got shelled by St. Louis, but under using him isn't going to build anything positive, including OVER-using Talbot, history proves this. Minnesota…
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Power Play Surges!
The Minnesota Wild's power play has taken a grand turn for the better, and it showed this past wee, despite some strange line ups. The Minnesota Wild continue…