Minnesota Wild Season Tickets

I didn't think I would ever see the day, but the Minnesota Wild is advertising that they still have Minnesota Wild Season Tickets for sale. It makes me wonder what happened to their "Waiting List" and whether they are going to be able to continue their continuous sell-out record. I think that the poor economy, the loss of Marian Gaborik and the inability of the Minnesota Wild to take the "next step" have all been part of the slower than usual Wild Season Ticket sales. I just hope that this isn't a sign of things to come because it wouldn't feel right to have empty seats at the Xcel Energy Center. I still prefer to buy a few of the choice Minnesota Wild games from Ticket King than shell out big money for a few Minnesota Wild Season Tickets. GO WILD!!!

Gaborik Goes and Ticket Prices?

It has been quite the last few days in NHL news. The Draft last week shook teams up and re-arranged a thing or two. On the home front, Marian Gaborik's contract with the Minnesota Wild ran-out yesterday and he went into Free Agency, signing with the New York Rangers. Emotions about this loss seem to be very mixed. Some say that we should have held onto Gaborik that he was "the Wild" and as our star player we shouldn't have let him go even if he isn't healthy enough to play. This argument bases itself on Gaborik's name recognition, that even though he wasn't performing like he used to, the fans that aren't really hard-core associate Wild Hockey with him and losing him means we may lose some of those ticket sales.


However, the opposing argument says that getting rid of Gaborik even if we didn't trade him off was the best thing the Wild could do for ticket sales. By having the cap space that he took up to offer to other players, the Wild now has a real shot and cleaning up the roster and getting a team that is competitive. This argument also says that the "fair-weather" fans will come to games regardless because if they aren't glomming on to Gaborik they will find the someone else to turn into the "new-hot-Wild-player" and all will be good.


Either way, tickets are going to start to move as the season quickly approaches and one thing is for sure, when the Wild plays the Rangers there will be interesting things to be said when Gaborik's name gets called.

Could the draft make tickets more appealing?

The NHL draft is this Friday and although the MN Wild has the number 12 draft pick for the first round Wild fans are looking for some big changes on the roster. New Head Coach Todd Richards promised that he was going to drastically alter Wild Hockey, opting for a more fast-paced "up-tempo" game. In order to do that they Wild Roster is going to have to be shaken up and some major play-makers will need to emerge.


I wonder if this more high-energy throw them to the boards approach to hockey will entice fans to come to more games and ultimately raise demand for tickets? One thing is for sure, the buzz surrounding what the Wild will do with Gaborik before he becomes a free agent on July 1st is getting juicy. With rumors flying that Gaborik has purchased a house in Vancouver, could one of the most popular Wild players being headed north to play for the Canucks?

I guess fans will just have to wait and see what comes out of this weekend and early next week, but I think we can expect more changes from Todd Richards...