As a Colorado Avalanche fan site, we here at Mile High Sticking (ok I, here, at Mile High Sticking) consider it our duty to occasionally consider the Minnesota Wild. This team, after all, has posed itself as a modern-day rival for the Avs.
A while back I remember reading — and writing — about how current Wild winger Zach Parise accepted a very lucrative contract with the Minnesota Wild. However, the forward had been offered even more lucrative contracts from other teams. He chose to play for the Wild because they were the team from his home state of Minnesota.