Fellowship of the Rink - Ep 51

Joe Smith of The Athletic talks Minnesota Wild & NCAA Golden Gophers among other various hockey topics (NHL, College Hockey, MSHSL)

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Episode 51 feat. Scott Wheeler & Spoked Z

SHOW OUTLINE

Gopher Hockey

-- Where do the Gophers stand among the rest of college hockey?

-- Who Stays? Who Goes? Reviewing which players will return next season

-- Dream Frozen Four 2025 participants

- Scott Wheeler Interview

-- State of Hockey Canada after back-to-back quarterfinal eliminations

-- World Juniors in Minnesota and USA chances

-- 2025 NHL Draft talk around the top 4-10 prospects as of today

-- LJ Mooney

-- Wheeler's top 16 Minnesota Wild prospects

1) Zeev Buium

2) Danila Yurov

3) David Jiricek

4) Jesper Wallstedt

5) Liam Ohgren

6) Riley Heidt

7) Marat Khusnutdinov

8) Charlie Stramel

9) Ryder Ritchie

10) Aron Kiviharju

11) David Spacek

12) Mikey Milne

13) Carson Lambos

14) Hunter Haight

15) Aaron Pionk

16) Caedan Bankier

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- Not Weird, Wild

-- Prospect talk following Wheeler's thoughts

-- 9 Mile Brewing in Bloomington, MN

-- 2025 NHL Draft

- Barrel Theory "Keyboard Warriors" where we address hot takes from the listeners and X/Twitter

-- Judd Brackett will have a 1st round pick to play with in 2025 NHL Draft

-- Quinn Hughes injury is a blessing in disguise

-- USA should sandbag the 4 Nations Face-Off like Herb Brooks did for the first match against the Russians in 1980

-Carolina Hurricanes were not the winner of the Mikko Rantanen trade

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Ep 51 feat. Scott Wheeler & Spoked Z | Zeev Buium + Minnesota Wild Prospects | Fellowship of the Rink