The Minnesota Wild Hockey PONDcast

Wild GM Chuck Fletcher announced the hiring of Jim Mill as Assistant GM for the Minnesota Wild.

Wild GM Chuck Fletcher addresses the media on who the Wild made qualifying offers to Monday afternoon and some of the reasons for not making them to others.

Wild 2009 first round draft pick Nick Leddy met with the media in the Wild lockerroom on Monday afternoon plus took some time for the PONDcast.

Wild 3rd round pick Matt Hackett talks to the NHL Network about coming to the Minnesota Wild.

Wild GM Chuck Fletcher talks to the NHL Network about what the Wild did in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

Tommy Thompson drops by one last time from Montreal to help recap the final day of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

The Wild draft G Matt Hackett in the 3rd round, #77 overall and the PONDcast catches with him to find out how it feels to be drafted and more.

The Wild made a trade with the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday morning and part of the deal involved Kyle Brodziak. We caught up with Brodziak from the golf course and welcomed him to the State of Hockey.

The Wild have concluded round #1 of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and Wild Asst GM Tommy Thompson takes a break to recap the action.

Nick Leddy was drafted by the Wild #16 overall on and the PONDcast caught up with him to share in the excitement from Montreal.