Sarah McLellan

Strapped by salary cap issues, the Wild might look pretty much the same next season before they get cap relief in 2025-26.

The former Gophers standout joins Chicago’s Connor Bedard and New Jersey’s Luke Hughes.

Darby Hendrickson named assistant in Nashville; preseason schedule released.

Former Minnesota Duluth standouts Derek and Kristi Plante have three sons with blue lines in their blood.

Four of the five skaters drafted by Minnesota in Las Vegas are blueliners, and the Wild feel they got excellent value after their second and third picks dropped down the board due to injury.

Jack Capuano served as associate coach for Ottawa the past five seasons before taking a similar role with the Wild.

Yakov Trenin scored 12 regular-season goals last season and was strong on the penalty kill for Nashville and Colorado.

The deal is worth $17.4 million for Jake Middleton, who was once the last pick in the NHL draft.

Claire Jenkins Coffman is getting her start as a guest coach at the team’s gathering of prospects before heading to work with an NAHL team.

Finnish teenager Aron Kiviharju, who was once considered a first-rounder, immediately let Wild GM Bill Guerin know he has lofty ambitions.