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Penguins' Chuck Fletcher to Be Wild GM

A crucial offseason, possibly the most significant in franchise history, is underway for the Minnesota Wild. Head coach Jacques Lemaire and general manager Doug Risebrough, the only people to ever hold those positions for the Wild, are both gone. The process of finding a new general manager took precedent for owner Craig...

Pierre McGuire Interviews to be Wild GM

When the Minnesota Wild fired longtime general manager Doug Risebrough April 16, it was obvious that the team was about to embark on the most significant offseason in its almost decade-long history. Relatively new owner Craig Leipold made it clear that the standard of mediocrity on the ice was not going to be allowed to...

Risebrough Dug His Own Grave

In 2000, I had a chance to interview Doug Risebrough on a radio show I hosted in Duluth, Minn. It was an interesting conversation, and it was a bit of an education. Frankly, I didn't know a lot about hockey then, and I certainly didn't know a thing about building an expansion franchise from the ground up.Nearly nine years...

AEG and Leipold Pursue Predators Stake in Bankruptcy Court

Earlier this week, I took another look at the transaction that allowed William "Boots" Del Baggio to acquire a minority stake in the Nashville Predators. The next step in unwinding Del Baggio's stake in the Predators will take place in a San Francisco court later today, as Del Baggio's creditors stake their claim to his...

Forbes Magazine Puts Three NHL Teams on Endangered Franchise List

Yesterday, Forbes put together yet another list that they know readers love, in this case, the top 10 sports franchises most likely to move. The NHL and the NFL tied for most teams on the list, each with three, while Major League Baseball and the NBA both placed two teams on the list.The candidates from the NHL aren't much...

CraigLeipold News From the Web

05/19/12 Tom Powers: Are owners at fault for Minnesota's... Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press - St. Paul MN The owner of a professional sports team is a lot like your appendix.
04/26/12 Join the chorus: Let's go, Preds Source: Tennessean.com - Nashville TN Lower Broadway during a Nashville Predators playoff game is transformed from honky-tonk paean to hockey libretti.
04/22/12 Charley Walters: Price of Vikings' No. 3 draft pick... Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press - St. Paul MN Should the Vikings decide to trade down from their No. 3 overall pick in the NFL draft, they're not expected to go lower than No. 6.
04/13/12 Wild Owner Disappointed, But Looking To The Future Source: Sports Business Daily Wild Owner Craig Leipold is "disappointed but very optimistic" about his team, which has not made the playoffs in the four full seasons since he purchased the club in '08, according to Michael Russo of the Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE.
04/11/12 Wild owner Craig Leipold Q&A Source: Russo's Rants - Star Tribune On Saturday, I sat down with a disappointed but very optimistic Wild owner.