Minnesota Wild Off-Season: Revamp and Reload

Greetings, Minnesota Wild fans. After a disappointing season of not making the playoffs, the Wild have entered the 2009 off-season with holes in management and team.   First hole the Wild have is management. After Lemaire quit and Risebrough was fired, the Wild had their work set out for them.   Dan Fletcher as the new GM should prove to be a relatively good idea, and only time will tell on whether Todd Richards will be a good new head coach.   The Wild also have quite a few holes to fill in the team itself, so we’ll start with the obvious: Marian Gaborik. It was no big secret Gabby didn’t want to play in Minnesota anymore, and it was no big secret Dan Fletcher wasn’t going to re-sign him.   With Gaborik running to the New York Rangers, the Wild had a big hole to fill. To be perfectly honest though, I’m sick of Marian also.   After being injured pretty much all season, Gabby was no help to the Wild. Granted, he came back at the end ... (link)