The Minnesota Wild were one of the teams to have their post-season lives come to an end early. All it took was five games for the Winnipeg Jets to close out the series despite a heroic Game Three performance from the Wild. Changes were coming them after the final buzzer, and it started with the general manager, which is a move some Montreal Canadiens fans hoped happened closer to home.
Wild owner Craig Leipold chose not to renew GM Chuck Fletcher’s contract seeing his nine-year tenure with the team come to an end. Minnesota made the playoffs six of those nine seasons but unfortunately only have two series wins to show for it.