This offseason was full of strong criticism for the Minnesota Wild. There was a heaping helping of blame to go around with underperforming players taking a lot of heat for what was largely considered a lost season despite the Wild making their 4th straight playoff appearance. But perhaps the person in the Wild organization that took more heat than any other player was General Manager Chuck Fletcher.
So many around the State of Hockey called for the head of the Wild GM during this past offseason. He was blamed for not stocking the team with enough quality talent, for signing players to bad contracts that crippled the team, and for mortgaging the future of the team by trading away many of the team’s recent draft picks.