Podcast: The Wild have hope as season starts, but is that a plan?

On Thursday’s Daily Delivery podcast, host Michael Rand is joined by Star Tribune Wild beat writer Sarah McLellan for a season preview. Plus Rand has thoughts on how the Lynx can beat the Liberty in the WNBA finals.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
October 10, 2024 at 2:04PM
Minnesota Wild NHL hockey team owner Craig Leipold, left, laughs with new team general manager Bill Guerin at an introductory press conference in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
Minnesota Wild NHL hockey team owner Craig Leipold, left, laughs with new team general manager Bill Guerin at an introductory press conference in 2019. (Ken Chia — Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Introduction: Host Michael Rand starts with the Lynx, who open the WNBA Finals tonight at New York. Minnesota won three out of four against the Liberty this season, but New York seems to think those games weren’t representative of how this series will go. Can the underdog Lynx win a fifth WNBA title? Plus drama elsewhere in New York, where the Jets fired their coach. Is Aaron Rodgers in the middle of it all?

8:00: Star Tribune Wild beat writer Sarah McLellan joins the show to preview Minnesota’s season. The Wild host Columbus in the opener tonight. Their roster is largely the same as it was last season. They have one too many goalies. Can they figure it all out in time to make the playoffs and keep their best player happy?

29:00: The Wild are in year two of a five-year plan? Really?

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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