Michael Russo

Michael Russo

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Michael Russo covers the NHL and Minnesota Wild for the Minneapolis Star Tribune (www.startribune.com/wild). Claim to fame? Covered the Florida Panthers.
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Great show so far on @kfan1003. Already had Denis Potvin/Brent Flahr. @nhlbymatty, @kennyalbert, @fsngorg & Kurtis Foster to come
Dennis Endras returns to Germany and signs with Manheim. #mnwild technically still own his rights, but they've known this was done deal
Filling in on @KFAN1003 noon to 3. Have a #MNWild or #NHL question, tweet me. Full array of guests. See previous tweet for lineup
Hilarious question by PA to Mike Yeo on @KFAN1003: "Mikael Granlund, does he go on the 1st line with Parise, or does he go on the 2nd line."
I may have to tell Denis Potvin on the air how I used to sneak out of school w my friends to watch the old Isles come home from practice
Hosting from 12-3 on @KFAN1003. Guests: Denis Potvin, Kurtis Foster, Brent Flahr, @KennyAlbert, @NHLbyMatty, @FSNGorg #puckgalore #ratings
Basically, in one man's mind, it's overhyped when it's the NHL team and not the NBA. OK, I've said too much :)
Mikael Granlund gets one centerpiece in the Strib & it's overhyped? We wrote about Rubio for years & sent photogs to MSP when he arrived
Sid the Kid weighs in on Mikael Granlund/Zach Parise in his column (w little shot at me, I think, in 1st graph) http://t.co/FFIIivDp #mnwild

Hartman: Granlund would look better if Wild could sign Parise

May 25, 2012 - startribune.com
The headline on the front page of Thursday's Star Tribune sports page read: "Finnish star starts a new Wild era." Mikael Granlund, a 20-year-old star in Finland, hasn't played a single game in the NHL and already he is being built up as another Wayne Gretzky, or Ricky Rubio on skates. Is there any doubt that the competition while playing with an elite Finnish team against other European teams is a lot different than facing proven NHL stars? Still, history is on the Wild's side, since the only other first-round picks they have drafted from Europe before Granlund were Marian Gaborik and Mikko Koivu, taken in 2000 and 2001, the first two drafts in franchise history. They selected another European in the first round of ... Continue reading →
RT @KeithLandgrebe: 3am wake-up for 6am flight to NY, now I understand why @Russostrib is addicted to coffee
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