Wild Takes

After a week's worth of chirps on social media, Cody Janzen of the World Hockey Report returns to the podcast to preview and smack talk the Wild @ Oilers game, the trajectory of both teams moving forward, and lament both country's Men's Olympic hockey teams while celebrating Canada vs USA women's gold medal game.

On this episode of Wild Takes, Dev and Zooch break down an exciting last week of Wild games. Then they are joined by the fantastic Jessi Pierce, who talks about the origins of Bardown Beauties (19:22) her experience with Doc Emrick (25:19) and her overall impressions of the Wild through the halfway point of the season (29:27). Then Jessi and Zooch square off in Wild Fact or Fiction (39:50) before giving TWO Wild Takes (58:53).

After Jessi leaves, Dev and Zooch preview the upcoming week of Wild games before concluding an episode critics are calling "the best they've ever sounded" and "feels like it's missing children who have been mysteriously edited out of the main podcast but added as a stinger".

On this episode of Wild Takes, Dev and Zooch are joined by Iowa Wild radio announcer Ben Gislason AKA Benny G. Ben talks about what makes Des Moines such a great city, the future of the Wild organization, and a possible Calder Cup run going on in Iowa. The boys also recap the first half of the season & the All Star break, then preview the absolute madness that is the Wild's 40 games in 80 days remaining schedule.

All that and much, much more on an episode critics are calling "full of depth" and "delightfully insightful from two guys that are a part of Cub brand Barstool"

A new collaborative effort to highlight the best of Minnesota Wild podcasts from the last week.

Show Outline

01:10 - LockedOn Wild

04:11 - The Sota Pod

08:45 - Minnesota Sports Chat

13:40 - Juddz Budz

21:40 - Wild Takes

23:37 - The Call Up w/ Kid Jen

27:00 - MNCAA Podcast

30:40 - Brave the Wild Podcast

EP 1 - Minnesota Sports Podcast Collaboration Show Feat. LockedOn Wild, The Sota Pod, Juddz Budz, Wild Takes, The Call Up, MNCAA, & Brave The Wild

On this week's episode of Wild Takes, Dev and Zooch make up for lost time by recapping the Minnesotan Cup (2:35) with how fun it was and how many clipboards gave their lives for the bit. Then introduce a new segment (11:30) that leads into talk about the Vikings new GM/Coach situation (14:06) before getting into the meat and potatoes of the episode: The Wild are on a HEATER (17:28) and our good friend Greg Wyshynski gave us a shoutout on ESPN's The Daily Wager (19:38)

We keep the conversation going by mentioning Matt Boldy's impact on this team (20:55) and how he's here to stay, what Rocky Wirtz's insane rant means for the future of the Blackhawks (29:34) and what the Wild's historic first half of the season means for this team going forward (35:05). All that before getting to Wild Takes of the week (44:32).

All that and more on an episode that critics are calling "fun, spicy, and a little dangerous" and "the premiere place for hyper specific statistics about the Minnesota Wild" 

On this inaugural episode of The Call Up, Kid Jen welcomes on Wild Prospect, St. Cloud State Husky, and Olympian Sam Hentges on the show. They talk about how Sam's experience getting selected to the Team USA Hockey team compared to getting drafted by his favorite team, what it's been like for him playing D-1 hockey in the COVID era, how the Fenton-to-Guerin regime change impacted his life, and what his go-to drink would be if he manages to lead Team USA to a Gold Medal will be.

You're not going to want to miss this terrific, exclusive interview with Minnesota's own Sam Hentges.

On this episode of Wild Takes, the Dev and Zooch talk a little hockey including MLK Day's exciting but controversial game against the Avalanche. During the interview segment, they welcome on Kid Jen, Marlow, and Spoked Z to talk about the offshoots coming to Wild Takes.

Kid Jen  will now be hosting The Call Up, a weekly series within Wild Takes specifically focusing on prospects that will feature interviews as well as banter with Spoked Z. Marlow will be bringing his signature A Wild Hangover to the bit. And then, yeah, we've got our own social media feed now. Follow Wild Takes on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @WildTakes10k.

After that, Dev and Zooch preview the next week of Wild hockey and give their Wild Takes of the week to cap off an episode that critics are calling "loaded with wrench talk" and "the kind of episode that makes you wonder if you're jealous of Zooch's girlfriend".

On this episode of the Wild Takes podcast, Dev and Zooch celebrate the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Fiala before moving on to recap two electric Wild games between the Bruins and Capitals, and all of the, um, other hijinks, that ensued the last week in hockey. The Trent Frederic hit? Covered. Capitals own goal? Covered. Kodak Black getting busted for high sticking from behind at a Panthers game? Covered. Tiger King 2 talk? Covered.

Critics are calling this episode "a surprisingly jam packed episode considering the Wild are basically on a bye week" and "refreshingly optimistic about the memory of Christian Ponder."

On the first episode of 2022, Dev and Zooch reunite to catch up about the Wild's unexpected COVID delay and how that impacted their routines. They also chat about the beginning of the future in Minnesota as Marco Rossi and Matt Boldy are called up for their NHL debuts this week. And of course, they'd be remiss if they didn't talk about a little thing called THE WINTER CLASSIC.

All that and more on an episode that critics are calling "better than Christmas with my in-laws" and "warmer than the -16 degree windchill at puck drop".

On this unique episode of the Wild Takes podcast, Dev has a conversation with Minnesota Wild Emergency Backup Goalie Connor Beaupre. They talk about what the EBUG Life is like, the ins and outs of being a goalie, how sick the different guys are in the room.

Critics are calling this episode "the appreciation that netminders finally deserve" and "almost as good as Spider-Man: No Way Home" so definitely download it and give it a listen.