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NHL Trade Deadline: Minnesota Wild

After a slow start to Todd Richards' second season as head coach, there was much consternation in Minnesota. Could the Wild -- a picture of management stability with Doug Risebrough and Jacques Lemaire running things from the franchise's birth -- be about to make another coaching change? The players had other ideas....

Jose Theodore Signs With Wild

Last weekend, the Minnesota Wild were left with one NHL-caliber goaltender, as Josh Harding blew out his knee during a preseason game. It's an injury that will cost Harding the entire season before it even starts. After a week of looking around for a goalie the Wild could use as a backup to former All-Star Niklas...

2010-11 Minnesota Wild Season Preview: Hard Work Lies Ahead

Last season was not what Todd Richards wanted or expected. "Our goal at the start of the year was to make the playoffs, it's a little bit disappointing," Richards said. The Wild finished 13th in the Western Conference a year ago and 22nd in the NHL, going 38-36-8. After a disastrous 3-9 start set the team back, they had...

Pierre-Marc Bouchard Skating as Concussion Recovery Continues

The Minnesota Wild are on the verge of adding a player capable of producing 50 points or more when healthy, and they don't have to spend any free-agent money to do it. Forward Pierre-Marc Bouchard played in precisely one game last season before being shut down with concussion symptoms. Those symptoms never went away, and...

John Madden Signs With Wild

Minnesota Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher has spent most of his offseason restructuring his team's depth down the middle, not only by locking up the club's franchise player, Mikko Koivu, to a seven-year extension, but also by adding Matt Cullen via free agency. He continued to add to Minnesota's center position on...

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05/20/12 "Granlund Watch" should be shortlived; Wild injury... Source: Russo's Rants - Star Tribune Welp, the world championships are over, Mikko Koivu didn't medal for the first time in 12 international tournaments (an amazing fact Canadian Press' Chris Johnston tweeted today) and Mikael Granlund's got nothing else holding him back from signing with the Wild.
04/12/12 Wild optimistic, but woeful goal total must go up Source: Post-Bulletin - Rochester MN The Minnesota Wild were leading the NHL two weeks before Christmas, with a sparkling 20-7-3 record and a fresh outlook under new head coach Mike Yeo.
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.

Background on chuck fletcher

Chuck Fletcher (born April 29, 1967) is the current general manager of the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League, a post he has held since May 21, 2009. Fletcher stepped into the role following three years as assistant general manager for the Pittsburgh Penguins under Ray Shero.

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