Straight From The Source with Michael Russo: A show about the Minnesota Wild

In a MEATY Straight From the Source podcast, Russo conducts a glorified mailbag/Q&A on everything from Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart and Sasha Barkov, the Parise situation, the expansion draft, re-signing Kaprizov, Fiala and Eriksson Ek, possibly trading Dumba and Fiala and a look back to this season and Game 7. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Longtime Wild and North Stars play by play voice Bob Kurtz, who is flirting with retirement, talks about his long broadcasting career in Minnesota, Boston and beyond, his influences and favorite memories in the game. Kurtzy and Russo discuss the best and worst press boxes, the old days, longtime sidekick Tom Reid and so much more.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Forslund joins SFTS to discuss the Minnesota Wild / Vegas Golden Knights series. Johnny F talks about his new gig in Seattle, his time and contract dispute with the Canes, staying in Rudy Gobert's hotel room right after him early in the pandemic, how he got his start and unearthed his signature calls (That's Hockey, Baby, and Hey, Hey, What do ya say), Johnny also discusses how he made it to...

Part Three of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann continue on about the company’s expansion into the U.K., how the team got through the shutdown of sports and challenges that lay ahead. Writers, Marcus Thompson, Anthony Slater, Zach Harper and David Aldridge give their though...

Part Two of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann continue on about the company’s first steps into the marketplace. The challenges they met selling this idea to investors, and journalists they were trying to recruit, specifically with the expansion into the Bay Area. Writers, M...

Part One of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode we hear from The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann about how they met, how an idea for better sports coverage materialized into a significant media player in the sports landscape and the spirit at the heart of The Athletic’s culture. For the complete lineup of episo...

The architect of the playoff bound Minnesota Wild, Billy Guerin joins Russo this week on SFTS. The always entertaining "Billy G" talks playoffs, changing the Wild's culture, Kaprizov, expansion, Boldy, the media, Evason and a passionate endorsement of Victor Rask.  Plus Russo touches on Zach Parise being a healthy scratch, Cam Talbot's recent struggles, and Mike stick taps his friend Derek Boogaar...

Vegas Golden Knights Insider Gary Lawless joins Russo to talk the potential Golden Knights-Wild series, the new NHL TV package, Tom Wilson and the NY Rangers shocking statement on George Parros, Plus Gary and Mike discuss the impact of an intimidating player like Ryan Reaves, how Mark Stone might be the smartest NHL player and the guys reminisce about the NHL season putting on hold, when Vegas was...

Russo discusses his emotional interview with Wild first-round pick Marco Rossi, who is on the mend from myocarditis. The Wild prospect is hopeful to get back to training by the middle of May to get back on track to rejoin the Wild in time for the 21/22 season. Wild assistant coach Brett McLean also joins SFTS to discuss his transition to coaching in the NHL, how the Wild fixed their power play, Ka...

Former Avalanche and Flames great and current Iowa Wild Assistant Coach Alex Tanguay joins SFTS to talk about when he was Patrick Roy and Ray Bourque's "designated chauffeur," plus Alex looks back on his 2001 Cup clinching goal for Colorado and the Avs' shocking 2003 playoff loss to the Minnesota Wild. Alex discusses his transition to coaching the likes of Matt Boldy, Calen Addison, Connor Dewar a...

Wild assistant director of player development and former Blaine, St. Cloud State and NHL forward Matt Hendricks joins SFTS to talk Wild prospects, from Marco Rossi and Matt Boldy to Filip Johansson and Calen Addison. Plus life after hockey, his career, the players he hated to play against, his support for the military, the toughest fights and his renowned paralyzer shootout move. Enjoy Hosted on A...

Joe O'Donnell, the voice of the Iowa Wild joins Straight from the Source to discuss all things Iowa Wild and what an awesome experience of filling in for Bob Kurtz, working with Tom Reid for the next few games on Minnesota Wild radio. Joe and Russo discuss Kappo Kahkonen, Nico Sturm, Connor Dewar, Brandon Duhaime, Matt Boldy and Mason Shaw. Joe talks about the adjustment having to call games off a...

Former NHL President, General Manager and head coach Doug MacLean joins SFTS to share hilarious, candid stories about the early years in Florida and Columbus. MacLean who managed the expansion cousins of the Minnesota Wild remember the fateful coin flip that landed Marian Gaborik in Minnesota. Mac looks back on the magical Stanley Cup run in South Florida in 1996, memories of Bryan Murray and Wayn...

Agent and former Wild assistant General Manager Tom Lynn joins SFTS to talk about the Wild glory days, from being Doug Risebrough's roomie, to the hiring of Jacques Lemaire. Lynn looks back fondly on his time in Minnesota and some of the great characters to ever pull on the Wild jersey, including Derek Boogaard, Brian Rolston, Mikko Koivu, Marian Gaborik and Pierre-Marc Bouchard. Tom and Mike also...

Flyers player development coach and former Wild defenseman Nick Schultz joins SFTS to talk Wild glory days, Jacques, Rammer, Bruno, Mikko, his Mayor Mom, his late dad, being mentored by Chuck Fletcher in Philly, getting appendicitis on the eve of the 2008 playoffs and when Russo slammed into his Porsche.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Longtime Wild assistant coach Darby Hendrickson joins SFTS to take a trip down memory lane in our continuing celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Minnesota Wild. Darby and Mike talk expansion Wild, the 2003 Canucks-Wild series, the late Sergei Zholtok, the Hendrickson Foundation, Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek, Zach Parise and, of course, the Wild's power play. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Longtime Columbus Blue Jackets play-by-play man Jeff Rimer joins SFTS to talk the good ole days with Russo in Florida, Torts, and his other NHL stops in Montreal and Washington. The legendary Rimer talks about his friendship with Larry King, Pete Rose, Gary Carter, and John Davidson and his admiration for Bryan Murray, Doug MacLean, Pavel Bure, Artemi Panarin and Squiggy. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

NHL Network analyst and former 1983 No. 1 overall pick Brian Lawton joins SFTS to talk about NHL rumblings, the Minnesota Wild season to date and potential center acquisitions. Brian offers his analysis on Kaprizov and Kahkonen, and the great job Bill Guerin and Dean Evason are doing with the Wild this season. Brian, the former GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning discusses his wish to someday return to...

Dr. Bill Morice, the President of Mayo Clinic Labs, returns to SFTS to talk NHL and the Minnesota Wild COVID-19 outbreaks. Dr. Morice discusses genetic forensics, vaccines, long-haul complications for athletes, and the mayo clinic working with the NHL to determine if there is a cross team on ice transmission with the virus. The good doctor also discusses the long term effects of the virius, how Ma...

Former NHLer and current KO Sports player agent Cam Stewart joins SFTS to talk about the 2000 inaugural Wild team and how they were the bad news bears that everybody hated to play. Cam shares memories of coach Jacques Lemaire, playing with Wes Walz and Marian Gaborik and the rest of the Wild that first season. Cam also touches on his coaching and playing career for the Houston Aeros. Cam talks abo...

Former Wild center and go-to quote Kyle Brodziak joins SFTS to talk about the upcoming World's Longest Game (40 players, 252 hours of hockey) he's playing in to help find a cure for cancer, and set a world record too. Kyle talks about how the death of his father at the age of 14 impacted him and why participating in this charity event is so important to him. Plus Kyle shares stories from his Wild...

Former Wild defenseman Kurtis Foster joins SFTS to talk Minnesota Wild glory days as the franchise celebrates their 20th anniversary, Foster shares stories on Jacques Lemaire, Mikko Koivu, Derek Boogaard and more. Plus, Kurtis offers his analysis on Wild prospect Marco Rossi, breaking his femur, the class of the Sharks and Doug Risebrough and much more. Foster also talks coaching junior hockey and...

On this edition of SFTS, Billy Guerin, the Wild's GM discuss the start to the Wild's season including their first loss of the year, a 1-0 shutout loss in Anaheim last night. Plus Guerin talks to Russo about Jared Spurgeon's captaincy, Marco Rossi's absence and upgrading the center position for the Wild. They guys also get into the Wild's struggles on the power play, the eventual Kaprizov/Fiala neg...

Longtime NHL coach Bruce Boudreau, who will be moonlighting as an NHL Network studio analyst and Washington Capitals pre- and post-game analyst, joins SFTS to preview each division, talk about this weird season and share hilarious stories. He also talks Jared Spurgeon captaincy, his respect for Nick Bonino and the new junior expansion team he's bringing to Hershey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Tyler Spurgeon, who captained Innsbruck the past 5 years and now captains Kaufbeuren, joins SFTS to talk new Wild captain and younger brother Jared Spurgeon. He shares stories about Jared growing up, how they both got the hockey bug, his pride in witnessing Jared's path to NHL captaincy. Plus some fun ribbing along the way about Jared's inability to grow a thick stache, the Spurgeon family connect...