Minnesota Wild head coach John Hynes said he is "cautiously optimistic" that star forward Kirill Kaprizov and captain Jared Spurgeon will return to the lineup against the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday.

Coach John Hynes mentioned at the time Kaprizov was sore ... and that’s something that I’d like to see.” Utah Hockey Club update: Utah hasn’t played since Monday, when it defeated Winnipeg ...

Minnesota Wild head coach John Hynes wouldn’t make a full proclamation ... possible as soon as Thursday’s home game against Utah. Kaprizov’s been out since Christmas, Spurgeon since New ...

Coach John Hynes pointed out the positives in the process ... better fate but lost to one of the hottest teams in the league (Utah is in an 8-1-2 stretch) and a great goaltending performance.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The video sessions began the second week of December, around the Wild’s road trip through Utah. They were one-on-one, with Wild coach John Hynes and then-slumping forward ...

DETROIT — While many of his players jetted off to Mexico, Florida or the Caribbean over the 4 Nations Face-Off, Minnesota Wild coach John Hynes was hard at work in Montreal and Boston ...

Barry Trotz is not David Poile. Were there any doubt about that, it vanished Tuesday, when incoming general manager Trotz fired coach John Hynes with a year remaining on his contract – about the ...

According to Joe Smith of The Athletic, Minnesota Wild head coach John Hynes is “jacked” about Jiříček’s future. But that future only starts when Jiříček can do all the things the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville Predators fired coach John Hynes on Tuesday, moving on from him more than six weeks after missing the playoffs. Incoming general manager Barry Trotz ...

No one would blame Nashville Predators GM-in-waiting Barry Trotz for not retaining Predators head coach John Hynes once the regular season ends. After all, Hynes has won just 54 percent of his ...