Wild defenseman Zeev Buium all smiles with his new team

Hynes: Now is not the time for Zeev Buium’s NHL debut

To successfully play defense in the NHL for more than a decade, as Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon has, you need to listen to your body. In the second period of the Wild’s loss in Calgary last week, Spurgeon took an elbow to the neck and at first felt fine. A short time later, his body started sending messages that something was seriously wrong. “I stood up and everything started to spin. My balance was sort of going, and stuff was startin…

Wild rookie Zeev Buium jumps right in with the NHL playoffs at stake. He’s been on big stages before

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Zeev Buium was conducting his first media interview as a member of the Minnesota Wild on Monday, when a white practice jersey suddenly sailed over the circle of reporters and cameras and landed square in…

Wild rookie Zeev Buium jumps right in with the NHL playoffs at stake. He's been on big stages before

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Zeev Buium was conducting his first media interview as a member of the Minnesota Wild on Monday, when a white practice jersey suddenly sailed over the circle of reporters and cameras and landed square in…

Pranks, practice on Zeev Buium’s first day with Wild. Will he play Tuesday?

Forget signing your first contract, getting your first jersey, taking your rookie lap and all of those other things that accompany your first days in the National Hockey League. On Monday, new Wild defenseman Zeev Buium got what amounts to a more official “welcome to the team” moment than anything else he will experience in Minnesota. Before the team’s optional Monday morning practice at TRIA Rink, Wild veteran goalie Marc-Andre Fleury told Buiu…

Wild defenseman Zeev Buium all smiles with his new team

Minnesota Wild defenseman Zeev Buium was all smiles as he skated for the first time with his new teammates on Monday.

O-zone ‘party’ is the norm for future Wild defenseman Zeev Buium

The odds are good that, within a few days, there will be a new defenseman in uniform for the Minnesota Wild and a new customer for the various food delivery options in and around St. Paul. Picked in the first round by the Wild last summer at the NHL draft, University of Denver defenseman Zeev Buium is a good bet to sign his first pro contract soon, following Denver’s double overtime loss to Western Michigan in the Frozen Four semifinals on Thurs…