MINNESOTA SPORTS FAN DAILY: Friday, October 6, 2017

MSF Daily: 10/6/17

Minnesota Wild  Season Opener @ Detroit:

I wasn’t sure if I was watching the new 2017 Minnesota Wild or if I was time-warped back to 2016 to watch the same team that took the ice in the 2016 playoffs…

Remember the problem last year? Lots of shots… Not many goals…

The Wild put up 39 shots compared to Detroit’s 32 but the Red Wings scored 4 goals and the Wild scored just 2. And a couple of the goals Dubnyk let it in were not good goals to let through. Hopefully they can rebound.

Detroit stops #mnwild 4-2 in debut of Red Wings’ new arena https://t.co/cPBRn3XO6I pic.twitter.com/lpQa08tHL0

— Star Tribune Sports (@StribSports) October 6, 2017

Molitor Back as Twins’ Manager:

It looks like the Twins are going to keep Paul Molitor around, which is a good idea. He has helped these players grow and pulling the plug now would send the wrong message and set this team back.

Keeping Molitor didn’t surprise me and neither would letting him go. Now, it is also being reported that Molitor will retain his entire staff. That does surprise me a bit. Either the chirping we heard about changes coming were wrong or Falvey and Levine had a change of heart in the last few weeks of the year.

Sources: Paul Molitor weighing #mntwins offer to return as manager in 2018. https://t.co/huUAr0Qwz1

— Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) October 6, 2017

Lynx Celebrating 4th WNBA Title:

What. A. Night.

Take a look at the Game 5 performance that led to the Lynx becoming the 2017 WNBA Champions! #OddYearOurYear pic.twitter.com/SIbZQZKZTM

— Minnesota Lynx (@minnesotalynx) October 5, 2017

Lynx Dynasty Continues To Grow With Addition Of Fourth WNBA Title

?» https://t.co/5Kje528DOn pic.twitter.com/O8HCU97lnp

— Minnesota Lynx (@minnesotalynx) October 5, 2017

1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣#OddYearOurYear pic.twitter.com/8AuI3ZY8SU

— Minnesota Lynx (@minnesotalynx) October 5, 2017

The Champs ready to keep the ROAR rolling in the Championship Parade! #OddYearOurYear pic.twitter.com/Vz2iPulPjA

— Minnesota Lynx (@minnesotalynx) October 5, 2017

And the Champs are off! ????#OddYearOurYear pic.twitter.com/auA2AQB7v2

— Minnesota Lynx (@minnesotalynx) October 5, 2017

Not mad about this traffic jam. ???? #OddYearOurYear pic.twitter.com/TuVlj27LkN

— Minnesota Lynx (@minnesotalynx) October 6, 2017

Bradford Back at Practice but Still Hobbling:

Sam Bradford was back at practice Thursday, but after seeing these videos, I expect we will see Keenum again. It is good to see him at practice but he clearly doesn’t look anywhere near 100%. I am starting to wonder whether we are going to see Sam or Teddy back first…

Crazy to think that all these knee issues, with Sam, came after the best game we’ve watched him play in a Vikings’ jersey… with no signs of a knee injury…

#Vikings QB Sam Bradford back at practice today. This is the extent of what reporters saw. pic.twitter.com/X6AR8RsfNO

— Andrew Krammer (@Andrew_Krammer) October 5, 2017

Sam Bradford throwing in practice for 1st time since Sept21. Jerick McKinnon also looking pretty mobile after injuring ankle vs. Lions. pic.twitter.com/X28lR31fZp

— Courtney Cronin (@CourtneyRCronin) October 5, 2017

Sam Bradford looks pretty good throwing at practice but still hard to tell anything #Vikings
Via @christomasson pic.twitter.com/qBqF13SfBU

— Dominique Clare (@DomClare) October 5, 2017

Sam Bradford is indeed back at practice and throwing. #Vikings pic.twitter.com/4wEd3IwL4i

— VikingUpdate.com (@VikingUpdate) October 5, 2017

Injured Vikings QB Sam Bradford returns to practice, could play at Chicago https://t.co/krwtV1yL39 pic.twitter.com/vN1YGMJkgm

— Pioneer Press (@PioneerPress) October 6, 2017

Timberwolves Beat Golden State in China at 1 AM Thursday Morning:

So the Minnesota Timberwolves played VERY early on Thursday morning. They beat the Warriors but it’s the preseason so that doesn’t really matter.

It was in China. Here are some highlights.

MSF Daily by Eric Strack @RealMNSportsFan