Bardown Beauties: A Minnesota Wild and hockey podcast

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Raising the bar on top-shelf Minnesota Wild and hockey content with Jessi Pierce and Kirsten Krull, who spend more time around the Minnesota Wild arena than almost anyone not in uniform! This podcast provides an entertaining, light-hearted deep dive into the Minnesota Wild, while also touching on the NHL at large, the Minnesota Frost of the PWHL and more! ABOUT THE HOSTS: Jessi is a reporter covering the Minnesota Wild and other NHL teams and players for NHL.com. Kirsten is the current Minnesota Wild in-arena host and former St. Cloud State hockey ice-side reporter.

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  1. 1

    The Minnesota Wild NEED to make some line changes

    ·31m
  2. 2

    We NEED to change the NHL playoff format NOW

    ·39m
  3. 3

    Guest Host Bruce Boudreau Believes The Minnesota Wild HAVE IT ALL

    Guest host Bruce Boudreau discusses the excitement around the World Juniors hockey tournament and its growing popularity in Minnesota.

    ·33m
  4. 4

    #298. Matt Boldy Will Outscore Kirill Kaprizov

    The hosts discuss the Minnesota Wild's impressive performance, including a recent victory over Winnipeg and a strong win streak, while setting up a comparison between players Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov.

    ·34m
  5. 5

    Minnesota Wild MVP: Quinn Hughes, Kirill Kaprizov or Matt Boldy?

    The hosts discuss the Minnesota Wild's MVP candidates and debate Cole Caulfield's exclusion from Team USA for the Olympics.

    ·38m
  6. 6

    Which New York Ranger SHOULD the Minnesota Wild trade for?

    The podcast hosts discuss a potential trade between the Minnesota Wild and New York Rangers, but the transcript focuses on introductory banter about cold weather and a garbage collection incident.

    ·45m
  7. 7

    Quinn Hughes is EVEN BETTER than advertised

    The hosts discuss holding themselves accountable for previous comments about Kirill Kaprizov's performance and play a clip of him responding after a multi-point game.

    ·38m
  8. 8

    The Minnesota Wild NEED to trade for THIS scorer

    The hosts celebrate episode 300 of Bar Down Beauties and discuss the Minnesota Wild's need to trade for a scorer.

    ·34m
  9. 9

    Minnesota Wild's Matt Boldy IS a SUPERSTAR

    The podcast hosts discuss their excitement for the new year and personal goals, including hockey-related ambitions, in a segment from the Hockey Talk show.

    ·46m
  10. 10

    The Minnesota Wild now LEGITIMATE STANLEY CUP CONTENDERS with Quinn Hughes

    The hosts discuss the surprising trade of Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild and its implications for the team's Stanley Cup chances.

    ·51m
  11. 11

    1980 Olympian Rob McClanahan joins the show!

    The hosts interview 1980 Olympian Rob McClanahan about his gold medal win and its impact on his career and life.

    ·39m
  12. 12

    Remembering our friend, Jessi Pierce

    ·56m
  13. 13

    Load Management for Minnesota Wild Post-Olympics???

    The segment discusses load management strategies for the Minnesota Wild after the Olympics, highlighting USA Hockey's double gold wins and the upcoming NHL and PWHL seasons.

    ·48m
  14. 14

    The Minnesota Wild CANNOT trade...

    The hosts discuss their vacation and watching the Olympic gold medal hockey game, while promoting a golf pass and their hockey podcast.

    ·40m
  15. 15

    U.S. women GUARANTEE GOLD but can the U.S. men?...

    The hosts discuss a viral hockey chirp by Matthew Kachuk to Leon Dracidal during a U.S.

    ·46m
  16. 16

    The Minnesota Wild now have the THIRD BEST odds to WIN THE CUP

    The podcast discusses the Minnesota Wild's high Stanley Cup odds and previews a hockey game between Minnesota and New Jersey Devils, humorously dubbed the 'Hughes Bowl'.

    ·26m
  17. 17

    #299. Zach Parise Joins the Show

    This segment introduces episode 299 of Bar Down Beauties, featuring an upcoming interview with Zach Parise, who is being inducted into the U.S.

    ·33m
  18. 18

    #297. The Minnesota Wild D Is Back -- and So Are the Minnesota Frost (with Frost goaltenders Maddie Rooney and Nicole Hensley)

    Hosts Jessi Pierce and Kirsten Krull interview goaltenders Maddie Rooney and Nicole Hensley about the Minnesota Wild's defensive improvements and preparations for the new season, blending expert analysis with light-hearted humor.

    ·37m·3 clips
  19. 19

    #295. The Minnesota Wild ARE Fixable

    The hosts discuss the Minnesota Wild's recent victory and its impact on their Halloween celebrations, highlighting player costumes and social media engagement as a way to connect with fans beyond the game.

    ·34m·3 clips
  20. 20

    #296. Jesper Wallstedt Pushing For Minnesota Wild No. 1?

    Hosts Jessi Pierce and Kirsten Krull analyze the Minnesota Wild's recent performance, including wins against the Islanders and Flames, while debating the team's playoff chances and highlighting goaltender Jesper Wallstedt's strong play.

    ·29m·2 clips
  21. 21

    #294. 'Good Enough' Isn't Anymore For the Minnesota Wild

    Oct 28, 2025·37m
  22. 22

    #293. The Minnesota Wild Have NO Scoring Depth

    Oct 21, 2025·32m
  23. 23

    #292. Marcus Johansson Should NOT Be Top 6 For Minnesota Wild

    Oct 13, 2025·32m
  24. 24

    #291. Filip Gustavsson is the Minnesota Wild No. 1 Goalie (with guest Filip Gustavsson)

    Oct 7, 2025·39m
  25. 25

    #290. Hunter Haight: Roster Bound

    Sep 30, 2025·36m
  26. 26

    Yakov Trenin Redemption Tour Begins

    Sep 23, 2025·41m
  27. 27

    Yes, You Can Panic About Kirill Kaprizov Now

    Sep 16, 2025·34m
  28. 28

    Bold Prediction: Matt Boldy Goes for 85+ Points This Year

    Sep 9, 2025·37m
  29. 29

    Rossi Renaissance: How Much A Part Of The Future Is He?

    Aug 26, 2025·34m
  30. 30

    The Wild’s Worst Offseason Move Is…

    Aug 12, 2025·23m
  31. 31

    Bill Guerin Has Made Good Moves

    Jul 22, 2025·24m
  32. 32

    The Beaut of the Year Is…

    Jul 8, 2025·27m
  33. 33

    The Wild Should Get Jamie Benn

    Jun 24, 2025·35m
  34. 34

    Wild Draft Busts

    Jun 10, 2025·29m
  35. 35

    Marcus Johansson Is A Bottom 6 Forward

    Jun 3, 2025·35m
  36. 36

    The Minnesota Wild Need This Guy (with guest Heather Rule)

    May 20, 2025·29m
  37. 37

    The Minnesota Wild Need This Guy (with guest Heather Rule)

    May 13, 2025·46m
  38. 38

    The Wild Will Get Better This Offseason

    May 6, 2025·37m
  39. 39

    Filip Gustavsson > Adin Hill: The Series Difference

    Apr 29, 2025·31m
  40. 40

    The Minnesota Wild Can Get Out of the First Round

    Apr 22, 2025·46m
  41. 41

    Zeev Buium Has Entered The Team Chat

    Apr 15, 2025·42m
  42. 42

    Could the Wild Beat the Jets in the Playoffs??

    Apr 8, 2025·42m
  43. 43

    Could we see Kirill Kaprizov this week???

    Apr 1, 2025·56m
  44. 44

    Time to Shut Jonas Brodin Down for the Season?

    Mar 25, 2025·45m
  45. 45

    Boring (but winning) Hockey…?

    Mar 18, 2025·33m
  46. 46

    Are the Wild Going to Miss the Playoffs?

    Mar 11, 2025·35m
  47. 47

    Guerin: ‘I Don’t Know’ When Kaprizov and Ek Will Be Back

    Mar 4, 2025·30m
  48. 48

    Will Kirill Miss the Rest of the Regular Season?

    Feb 25, 2025·41m
  49. 49

    Are the Wild a Wild Card Team or Top 3?

    Feb 17, 2025·55m
  50. 50

    4 Nations Break – Good or Bad?

    Feb 11, 2025·52m
  51. 51

    Are the Wild Good, Bad, or Ugly?

    Feb 4, 2025·52m
  52. 52

    The Wild Have a D Problem

    Jan 28, 2025·43m
  53. 53

    Kirill Back This Week???

    Jan 21, 2025·47m
  54. 54

    More Injuries (with Iowa Wild Forward Liam Ohgren)

    Jan 14, 2025·36m
  55. 55

    When Will Kirill Kaprizov Return? (With Wild General Manager Bill Guerin)

    Jan 7, 2025·40m
  56. 56

    Road Ice Advantage? (with Hockey Day Minnesota’s Erik Radtke)

    Dec 31, 2024·38m
  57. 57

    Is the Gus Injury Damning? (with Taylor Heise and Grace Zumwinkle)

    Dec 17, 2024·42m
  58. 58

    Contenders or Pretenders?

    Dec 10, 2024·35m
  59. 59

    Minnesota Is No. 1

    Dec 3, 2024·31m
  60. 60

    The Wild Are Still Good

    Nov 26, 2024·32m
  61. 61

    Flower Power (with Marc-Andre Fleury)

    Nov 19, 2024·37m
  62. 62

    Fix the F*&#ING Power Play (Please)

    Nov 12, 2024·39m
  63. 63

    This Wild Team is for Real

    Nov 5, 2024·39m
  64. 64

    The Wild Are On Fire

    Oct 29, 2024·37m
  65. 65

    Filip Gustavsson is the No. 1 Goalie (Again) (with guest PWHL GM Melissa Caruso)

    Oct 22, 2024·31m
  66. 66

    Is Spurgeon OK?

    Oct 15, 2024·29m
  67. 67

    Hockey is back!

    Oct 8, 2024·1h 3m
  68. 68

    Bounce Back Year

    Oct 1, 2024·56m
  69. 69

    He’s on the Hot Seat

    Sep 24, 2024·39m
  70. 70

    MVP Kaprizov with Iowa Wild’s Ben Gislason

    Sep 17, 2024·38m
  71. 71

    Let’s Talk Goalies with Kevin Gorg

    Sep 10, 2024·28m
  72. 72

    The Red Wings on Top?

    Sep 3, 2024·34m
  73. 73

    Sit Them in the Press Box

    Aug 27, 2024·40m
  74. 74

    Seattle is Going to be Bad

    Aug 20, 2024·41m
  75. 75

    Utah will finish last in the Central Division

    Aug 13, 2024·44m
  76. 76

    #239. Grading Minnesota Wild General Manager Bill Guerin

    Aug 6, 2024·34m
  77. 77

    #238. Kirsten's Best of Season 5

    Jul 30, 2024·23m
  78. 78

    #237. Jessi's Best of Season 5

    Jul 23, 2024·35m
  79. 79

    #236. Is the PWHL hurting itself with its moves in Minnesota?

    Jul 16, 2024·31m
  80. 80

    #235. Why a Marco Rossi Trade Makes Sense

    Jul 9, 2024·40m
  81. 81

    #234. The Wild Should Sign A Forward

    Jul 1, 2024·36m
  82. 82

    #233. Beaut of the Year: Brock Faber

    Jun 25, 2024·30m
  83. 83

    #232. A Cup Champ Will Be Crowned Tonight

    Jun 18, 2024·37m
  84. 84

    #231 Unhinged offseason

    Jun 11, 2024·32m
  85. 85

    #230. The Dallas Stars Will Be Just As Good Next Year(with Natalie Darwitz)

    Jun 4, 2024·52m
  86. 86

    #229. The Four Untradable Wild Players

    May 21, 2024·42m
  87. 87

    #228. Jessi is a Dallas Stars Fan

    May 15, 2024·33m
  88. 88

    #227. Being a Leafs Fan is the Worst

    May 7, 2024·41m
  89. 89

    #226. Call the Utah Hockey Club the...

    Apr 30, 2024·46m
  90. 90

    #225. It's Good the Wild Missed the Playoffs

    Apr 23, 2024·43m
  91. 91

    #224. Liam Ohgren is a Stud

    Apr 16, 2024·40m
  92. 92

    #223. Marco Rossi for Calder?

    Apr 9, 2024·29m
  93. 93

    #222. These Guys Have to Go in the Offseason

    Apr 2, 2024·48m
  94. 94

    #221. Fleury is the Goalie to Close the Regular Season (with Wild Play-by-Play Joe O'Donnell)

    Mar 26, 2024·54m
  95. 95

    #220 Please Beat a Central Division Team (with Wild forward Jake Lucchini)

    Mar 19, 2024·40m
  96. 96

    #219 The Minnesota Wild Go For 2 (with Grace Zumwinkle)

    Mar 12, 2024·51m
  97. 97

    #218. The Minnesota Wild Will Trade 2 Players

    Mar 5, 2024·38m
  98. 98

    #217. The Minnesota Wild Now Buyers at Deadline (with Gopher defenseman Bryce Brodzinski)

    Feb 27, 2024·45m
  99. 99

    #216. Are the Minnesota Wild Back?

    Feb 20, 2024·45m
  100. 100

    #215. Brock Faber Will Win the Calder

    Feb 13, 2024·42m
  101. 101

    #214. Worst Wild Season in History?

    Feb 6, 2024·28m
  102. 102

    #213. The Minnesota Wild Just Aren't That Good

    Jan 30, 2024·41m
  103. 103

    #212. Jessi Predicts a Wild Winning Streak?! with Guest Devan Dubnyk

    Jan 26, 2024·42m
  104. 104

    #211. The Minnesota Wild are a Dumpster Fire

    Jan 16, 2024·53m
  105. 105

    #210. Trade This Player for Gretzky’s Autograph

    Jan 9, 2024·41m
  106. 106

    #209. Is it going to be Jesper time?

    Jan 2, 2024·39m
  107. 107

    #208. Welcome Matt Boldy to Santa’s Nice List

    Dec 19, 2023·35m
  108. 108

    #207. Connor Dewar will soar, guest: Kelly Pannek

    Dec 12, 2023·37m
  109. 109

    #206. Kirill Kaprizov is finding his stride again, guest Dean Evason

    Dec 5, 2023·59m
  110. 110

    #205.Time for a rebuild without Dean

    Nov 28, 2023·44m
  111. 111

    #205. Time for a rebuild without Dean

    Nov 28, 2023·44m
  112. 112

    #204. Rossi for Rookie of the Year

    Nov 21, 2023·49m
  113. 113

    #230. How bad are the Wild actually?

    Nov 14, 2023·37m
  114. 114

    #202. Do hockey players keep their missing teeth?

    Nov 7, 2023·32m
  115. 115

    #201. Boo! Where is Kirill Kaprizov?

    Oct 31, 2023·29m
  116. 116

    #200. Split the Top Line Up (guest: Wild’s Brock Faber)

    Oct 24, 2023·36m
  117. 117

    #199. Filip Gustavsson for Vezina with Jamie Hersch

    Oct 17, 2023·33m
  118. 118

    #198. The Wild Play Hockey This Week! Guest: BC Gravy Train

    Oct 10, 2023·25m
  119. 119

    Title: #198. The Wild Play Hockey This Week! Guest: BC Gravy Train

    Oct 10, 2023·25m
  120. 120

    The Dallas Stars are the best team in the West (sorry) with Scott Burnside

    Oct 3, 2023·47m
  121. 121

    #197. The Dallas Stars are the best team in the West (sorry) with Scott Burnside

    Oct 3, 2023·47m
  122. 122

    Live from Ray J’s with Judd Zulgad

    Sep 28, 2023·42m
  123. 123

    #195. Jon Merrill is this year’s dark horse with Freddy Gaudreau

    Sep 26, 2023·34m
  124. 124

    #194. Marco Rossi HAS to make the roster out of camp

    Sep 19, 2023·41m
  125. 125

    #193. New GM in Town with Natalie Darwitz

    Sep 12, 2023·41m