Arizona Coyotes scout, former longtime University of Minnesota associate coach and Jake Guentzel's dad, Mike, joins SFTS to talk about what sets his superstar son apart, what scouting life is like compared to coaching, reflects on his playing and coaching career with the Gophers and discusses the great D he coached, like Nate Prosser.

Plus, Russo provides his weekly update on the Wild, stick taps Kirill Kaprizov who sets the Minnesota Wild single season scoring record, the Wild's come from behind win over Los Angeles on Sunday and the goaltending dynamic between Marc.Andre Fleury and Cam Talbot and how it looks more and more likely that Minnesota will match up with St. Louis in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. 

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Minnesota Wild director of team operations Andrew Heydt returns to SFTS to talk about what happens after the Wild trade for or trade a player and opens the curtains to the Winter Classic, Mikko Koivu No. 9 retirement, planning for the playoffs and the schedule reshuffling due to the pandemic.

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NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly and Sportsnet Insider Elliotte Friedman, co-host of 32 Thoughts, joins Russo on SFTS to talk about their careers, how they got to this point, they offer advice and, of course, discuss the news from the NHL GM Meetings in Palm Beach, Florida.

Plus Michael Russo updates the exciting times the Wild have experienced since the trade deadline concluded ahead of the Wild's home game v s the Flyers tonight. 

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New Wild bruiser Nicolas Deslauriers joins SFTS to talk about his mighty first impression on the Wild, the hard life of being a tough guy, transitioning from D to forward, his tattoos, his family, how tight knit and hard to play against the Wild are and, of course, Moose.

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Chris Stewart and Pierre-Marc Bouchard, two of the two-dozen former Wild teammates that came in for Sunday's Mikko Koivu No. 9 retirement night, are this week's SFTS guests. Stewart talks about Minnesota Hockey Camps, the Stewie Sprint, a summer beef that led to an NHL fight with Zenon Konopka, the maturation of Matt Dumba, Hockey Diversity Alliance and much more, while Bouchard talks 2003 conference final run, why he wore 96, how concussions derailed his career, the funny friendship he has with Stephane Veilleux, his spin-o-rama and what he's up to these days. Enjoy

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Former Wild coach and current Flyers assistant coach John Torchetti returns to SFTS for a fun pod on returning to coaching, reuniting with Chuck Fletcher and Mike Yeo, winning a Cup with the Hawks in Philly, old Russo stories, Iron Mike stories, Wild minor-leaguer Alex Khovanov and the recent loss of his best friend, his father. Plus, Jared Spurgeon is set to break Nick Schultz's Wild Defense games played record in front of Schultz, Chuck Fletcher, Mike Yeo and many others who made an impact on his career.

You'll also get to hear from former Minnesota Wild assistant equipment manager Rick Bronwell, Nick Schultz, Mike Yeo and of course Jared Spurgeon. 

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The great Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic and TSN hockey insider joins Russo on Straight From the Source to look back on his career in journalism and hockey. Pierre shares some great stories about learning the ropes from his time with Canadian Press to becoming one of hockey's most trusted voices.

Plus, Pierre discusses Minnesota Wild trade targets and NHL trade deadline rumours, with the deadline less than a month away.

A always, Russo provides an update on the Minnesota Wild, including the future of the red hot Kevin Fiala and long time defender Matt Dumba in the state of hockey.

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Andrew Brunette, the Florida Panthers coach and a former Wild forward joins SFTS on the eve of his return to Minnesota, to talk about his Stanley Cup favorite Florida Panthers, taking over behind the bench for Joel Quenneville and a possible Wild-Panthers final. Plus Bruno talks Sergei Zholtok, Jacques Lemaire, Darby Hendrickson, scoring the final goal on. Hall of Famer Patrick Roy and Andrew tells about the time Jeff Odgers ran over his car twice while he was in there.

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Russo returns with a new Straight From the Source, answering your questions on possible centers for the Wild to acquire before the trade deadline, what prospects Billy Guerin might be willing to part with and what it will take to re-sign pending RFA's Kevin Fiala and Kaapo Kähkönen.

Plus, Russo comments on Marcus Foligno's knee to the head of Adam Lowry after fighting with the Jets forward in the 2-0 loss in Winnipeg on Tuesday night. Russo also discusses the poor officiating in the loss to the Jets and how pood the Wild have been in the face-off circle. and he looks ahead to Minnesota's next game, Saturday vs Carolina.

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