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 ...

The crash course John Hynes taught last season after taking over as coach of the Wild helped the team turn the page on its lousy start. Case in point: The Wild won more games than they lost with ...

Austin Watson was unhappy and he knew it. John Hynes did too, because Watson wasn't afraid to show it when the new Predators coach made him a healthy scratch four games in a row. Hynes was happy ...

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 ...