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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
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Outside Looking In
The Minnesota Wild had another unsuccessful week, and remain on the outside looking in, when it comes to the playoffs. The Wild had their chances, but continue…
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The Drought Continues
The Minnesota Wild have completely stopped scoring the past four games, amassing only three goals in the past twelve periods. To be fair, yes the Wild have ran…
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Trade Time Coming
It's looking more and more evident that the Minnesota Wild are in a rut they can't get out of without significant changes. This would include the possibility…
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Bad Goalies Everywhere
Before anyone complains, I'm NOT trashing Dubnyk and Staylock, even though both struggled against Edmonton. Bad/struggling goalies were on the other side in…
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Bad Bounces
Despite the Staal, Granlund, Zucker line playing extremely well, Minnesota was 1-2 this past week. Columbus was just that much better, and some horrible…
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Reverse Psychology
The Wild are back to their predictably weird ways, coming back from two down vs Winnipeg, only to blow a two goal lead at home vs a virtually nameless Arizona…
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Give And Take
It's not been the best five games for the Minnesota Wild. Matt Dumba's scoring has been outstanding, but on the other side he's had some huge lapses which cost…
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The Sniper!
Mikael Granlund has been nothing short of spectacular this year, and is now on pace to set the team record for goals in a season. The chemistry of this club…
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Wild Renaissance!
Zach Parise has been the Parise of old, that made us so giddy on July 4th 2012. Ryan Suter is back to being a top defenseman, and Mikael Granlund has been…
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Season Preview 2018-2019
Hockey season is back, and we're here to preview everything Minnesota Wild and the NHL! We discuss how teams will finish, especially the local club, along with…
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Draft And Free Agency 2018
Wild new GM Paul Fenton has his first draft and free agency period in the books. So far so good, albeit a bit conservative to start things out. No one should…
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State Of The Wild 2018
The annual Megasode is here! We put a bow on the 2017-2018 Minnesota Wild season, naming our team awards for the year. We then talk about our new General…
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Fletcher Era Is Over
Chuck Fletcher is no longer the GM of the Minnesota Wild. We look at his resume with Minnesota, including a lot of aggressive trades that brought little or…
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Same Old Story...
The Minnesota Wild season is over in the first round of the playoffs yet again. Once again we've seen the same players disappear at the time they are needed…
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Continued Frustration
The Minnesota Wild are down 2-0 in the postseason again, and 0-8 in game two's in the Parise and Suter era. Winnipeg has matched our every move, and on…
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Heading To The Airport
The Minnesota Wild are in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the 6th straight season, and will play the Winnipeg Jets. We talk about the final games of the regular…
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Dumba's Domain
The Minnesota Wild continued their generally well play of late, taking care of business against Nashville and Dallas in a couple games, and at least getting a…
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The Real Test Begins
The Minnesota Wild gained 3 out of 4 points this past week against Arizona and L.A. Since struggling in Colorado, Devan Dubnyk has been pretty strong in net…
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Continued Trends
Once again the Minnesota Wild struggled mightily against the Edmonton Oilers and especially the Colorado Avalanche. Despite the ugly losses, Minnesota ended up…
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Ageless Wonder
Matt Cullen has emerged once again as the guy that shows up later in the season, and reminds us of what a value he truly is to a competitive team. Zach Parise…
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From Great To Gross
The new top line for the Minnesota Wild was amazing, with 26 combined points in its first three games together. With this line in tact, Minnesota would get to…
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Empire Sweep!
The Minnesota Wild did something that they don't do very often, they won all three games in the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan area! Jason Zucker continued…
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Metroplexed!
After a very strong start for the Minnesota Wild, an angry and determined Rangers team almost became the second team to steal away a 3-0 lead from the home…
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Nothing Makes Sense
The Minnesota Wild don't make a whole lot of sense, getting pounded by Dallas, pounding St. Louis, blowing a 3-0 lead at home to Arizona, and then shutting out…
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Golden Sweep
The Minnesota Wild had a very positive couple of games this past week, beating Columbus on the road, which has never been easy and then pounding the surprise…
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The Coffee Stain
After a couple of great games against the Tampa Bay Lightening and Ottawa Senators, the Minnesota Wild spilled coffee all over their brand new shirt. Minnesota…
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The Split
The Minnesota Wild would get a split the past weekend, starting with a dazzling performance against the the Winnipeg Jets, followed by an up and down…
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Puck Possession?
One of the things that has been plaguing the Wild most of this season has been puck possession, you can't win often with the puck in your zone most of the…
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Home Ice Excellence
After a very valiant effort in Nashville that fell short, as the penalty woes came back to haunt them in the third period, the Wild stepped up the next two…
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Turning The Corner?
The Minnesota Wild have looked like a significantly different team of late, in particular the last few divisional games. Alex Staylock continues to stand on…
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Boxed In
Stay out of the #@%&! box! As coach Bruce Boudreau said this past week, as endless penalties plagued the Wild time and time again. Puck possession, being…
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Locking Down Wins
Alex Staylock had a week he will not soon forget. The Wild goaltender was in net against his former team the San Jose Sharks for the first time, and survived a…
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Dr. Dumba And Mr. Hyde
The Minnesota Wild came out of the past week with a winning record, as Matt Dumba had two overtime goals vs the hated Blue and Anahiem Ducks. Dumba, Dubnyk and…
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From Bad To Better?
Today, along with covering the past week, your host sits down and analyses the current state of the Wild defensemen, present and future. We answer the…
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Dynamic Duo
In an up and down week, Mikael Granlund and Nino Niederreiter stepped up in a big way, despite the ongoing struggles of Devan Dubnyk in net. Alex Staylock in…
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Four For Four!
After a fairly abysmal start to the month of November, Jason Zucker and Devan Dubnyk stole the spotlight with some spectacular play, lifting the Wild to a four…
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On The Mend
Brave The Wild is back, and the Minnesota Wild are on the mend, as Foligno, Granlund, and Niederreiter have all returned to the lineup. Zach Parise however…
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Sloppy!
The one word to describe the Wild this past week, though only two games, has been sloppy! With five scorers missing from the lineup, the Wild still are able to…
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Battered and Broken
The season started out with Zach Parise out. Just one game in, Granlund would join him. Just two games later, Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle, and Marcus…
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Season Preview 2017-2018
The annual Minnesota Wild and NHL season preview is here! Your host talks extensively about what he expects this club to do this season, along with his…
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Free Agency, Trades 2017
We're finally back to talk about the moves Chuck Fletcher, and the Minnesota Wild were able to make the past 5 weeks or so. We talk about Tyler Ennis, Marcus…
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State Of The Wild 2017
The annual State Of The Wild is here, as we put a bow on the 2016-2017 season, as we list off our yearly awards and demerits. We then talk about the expansion…
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Need Of A Hero
The Minnesota Wild were eliminated by the St. Louis Blues in just five games, despite having our best season to date. Many fear this team is stuck on a…
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Change In Dynamics
Jake Allen remains on fire for the most part, but is most of it luck? It sure seemed so in game 3, as Staal missed literally a slam dunk, among other…
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The Shadow Knows
The St. Louis Blues mimicked the Wild's every move, and was able to beat the home club 2-1 in the first two games of this first round series, despite the buzz…
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Stanley Cup Preview
The Minnesota Wild are back in the playoffs for the fifth straight season, as they take on former Wild coach Mike Yeo, and the ever familiar St.Louis Blues. We…
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Staying Power?
After getting "embarrassed" by the lowly Canucks at home, the Wild finally started showing signs of improvement, but still didn't come home with wins vs…
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Temporal Rift
Are the Minnesota Wild trapped in a temporal rift, where every season, at some point they start to implode? The hope is that there is also the annual surge…
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Dropping Down
Things went from bad to worse this past week, the Blackhawks put the Wild in the hole early, and as usual Crawford was magical the entire game. Washington put…
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Growing Concerns
After a very solid win vs the Sharks, things took a turn for the worse, as Mike Yeo's St. Louis Blues stymied the Wild until 11 seconds remained, and then it…
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Wild Ride
The past week was an out of control wild ride, with poor goaltending (until the Columbus game) off and on puck possession, inconsistent officiating, trades…
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Has The Worm Turned?
Despite an exciting and impressive victory against Nashville, we're starting to see some bad habits surface yet again. Lack of focus, and timing from young…
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Malice
Another fun week for the Minnesota Wild with several highlight plays, but it didn't come without some pain and suffering. Jared Spurgeon narrowly avoided a…
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Fearless
No matter who the opponent, when the game is, or who is in net, this team plays with fearless confidence, and grace on a nightly basis. Every night has had a…
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Boom And Bust
Coming out of the break, going into Edmonton with Darcy Kuemper in net, didn't sound like a recipe for success. Despite facing 43 shots from the ultra talented…
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Building A Cushion
Despite some struggles defensively, and between the pipes against Anaheim and Nashville, the Wild put the clamps down later in the week, and continue to build…
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Trap Games
Despite finishing 3-1 this past week, some bad habits have returned, particularly in what we refer to as "trap games" vs New Jersey and Arizona. It's a shame…
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National Spotlight
The Minnesota Wild have gotten at least a point in 16 of their last 17 games. The club's incredible play for a sustained period has gotten them into the…
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Stuck With It
The Minnesota Wild win streak came to a screeching halt against Columbus on New Years Eve, as bad habits burned the club, time and again. Despite giving up…
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Perfect Dozen!!
The Minnesota Wild win streak has reached a growing franchise record of twelve. Jordan Schroeder is yet another young player who has broken through under Bruce…