Wild’s Matt Cullen Unsure Of Playing Future After Playoff Exit

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10 months ago

April 21, 2018

Minnesota Wild center Matt Cullen is unsure if he has played his last NHL game, which was a 5-0 loss to the Winnipeg Jets that eliminated the Wild from the playoffs.

Cullen, 40, admitted that he hasn’t decided his playing future just yet.

“My only thought here the last while was getting it back home for Game 6. So to be honest, I don’t have an answer right now,” he said Friday, accoridng to The Athletic’s Michael Russo.

“We need some time to get away from it all. As I’ve said in the past, it’s an important decision to me and my family so we’ll give it its rightful due.”

Cullen, who is a native of Minnesota, signed a one-year deal with the Wild last summer to be closer to his family, and scored 11 goals and 11 assists in 79 games with Minnesota this season.

Wild’s Matt Dumba Out for ‘Significant Time’

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2 months ago

December 21, 2018

Anthony DiMoro

The Minnesota Wild will be without defenseman Matt Dumba for what is being described as “significant time” as he is set to undergo surgery for an upper-body injury sometime within the next week, Wild general manager Paul Fenton announced on Friday.

Fenton exited Minnesota’s game against the Calgary Flames on Saturday after only 5 minutes of action, a game in which Fenton got into a fight with Flames’ forward Matthew Tkachuk less than a minute into the contest, although Fenton didn’t confirm if the injury occurred during the fight.

“When the player says, ‘I don’t know when it happened,’ that’s what I’m going on. He does not know when it happened,” Fenton said, according to Sarah McLellan of the Star Tribune.

According to The Athletic’s Michael Russo, Dumba’s season is in jeopardy.

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WIld’s Zach Parise Feeling 100 Percent After Injury

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7 months ago

July 16, 2018

Anthony DiMoro

Minnesota Wild forward Zach Parise is finally feeling 100% following a sternum injury he suffered during the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Parise, 33, underwent back surgery last October, which caused him to miss 40 games, and is expected to be ready for the start of next season following the fractured sternum he suffered.

“I don’t anticipate that being a problem,” Parise said Saturday, confirming that he feels 100 percent, according to Dane Mizutani of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. “It feels good.”

Parise says he’s been skating for “a while” and is encouraged by his play down the stretch of last season.

“It was nice to feel normal again on the ice. That was the biggest thing for me. … That was relieving,” Parise said. “I’m looking forward to doing that again next season.”