Chip Scoggins of the Star-Tribune: Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold doesn’t want to rebuild and desperately wants the Wild to be a playoff team.
The Wild are not a cup contender, maybe a fringe playoff team, and have a bunch of players who have no-trade clauses.
Whoever the Wild hire as their GM won’t have a true No. 1 center. The team has many veterans who have no-movement clauses and are on the downside of their careers. They have a group of unproven young players.
The Wild are in a tough spot.