The Minnesota Wild have kicked off preseason action ahead of their quarter-century anniversary season. The franchise began play during the 2000-01 season and have been in search of a Stanley Cup since.
This season the franchise has already unveiled some big plans. Not only did they rename The X to Grand Casino Arena, but they have announced special Anniversary Games for the schedule as well.
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General manager Bill Guerin made tweaks to the roster this offseason, and is still looking to land the big fish in the form of a Kirill Kaprizov contract extension. Everyone on the ice will also be donning some new threads it seems.
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New sweater unveiling for Minnesota Wild
During training camp the Minnesota Wild announced a new corporate sponsor for their buckets. Blaze Credit Union is set to appear on home helmets this season. A new uniform is also coming, and the franchise teased it Wednesday ahead of the Thursday reveal.
It makes sense for the Wild to unveil the uniforms on September 25th as the 25 coincides with the season in franchise history. It also gives some breathing room to the Minnesota Timberwolves uniforms that were revealed on Wednesday.
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For the vast majority of their existence the MN Wild have gone with a red, green, and white color palette for their sweaters. In recent seasons they brought about a green and yellow retro look that throws things back to the North Stars days.
The teaser for the new uniform involves a moon, which could allude to any number of different options. No matter what, it will give fans a new line of merchandise to purchase. Hopefully it’s a style Kaprizov is wearing for quite some time, and one that new acquisition Vladimir Tarasenko finds a career revitalization in.
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