It's been a long known stigma that the Wild play a boring brand of hockey. Ever since the Wild hired Jacques Lemaire and his patented Neutral Zone Trap that led the New Jersey Devils to Stanley Cup championships in the '90's. The Wild were conscious of this fact when they hired Todd Richards after both the organization and Lemaire "mutually" chose to part ways
"The type of hockey we want to play is up-tempo (and) fast. You want to dictate the pace and dictate the tempo of the game. It becomes an entertaining game to watch.