Given the name of my blog, it should be obvious that I am a BIG fan of the Minnesota Wild. The Minnesota Wild will be a new team. Gone are the original ownership, front office, coaches and super-star player. It seems that everything that attracted me to the Minnesota Wild will be missing.
I am a big fan of Jacques Lemaire and Doug Risebrough. I know many hockey fans did not like defensive style hockey that Jacques Lemaire teaches, but it was that style hockey that made the Wild a competitive team during its beginnings. The lack of a powerful offense was what kept the Wild from being a contender. Also gone is Marian Gaborik, a talented, but often injured offensive star.
The "New" Wild team should be interesting with all the new faces. New faces include GM Chuck Fletcher, Coach Todd Richards and players Martin Havlat, Petr Sykora, Greg Zanon and Shane Hnidy. The addition Havlat and Sykora to go with Mikko Koivu, Owen Nolen, Andrew Brunette and Pierre-Marc Bouchardshould provide more and much needed scoring to replace for Marian Gaborik. If some of the younger players like Benoit Pouliot, James Sheppard, Colton Gillies and Petr Kalus contribute, this "New" Wild team could be a post-season contender.
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