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Wild Trade Benoit Pouliot To Montreal for Guillaume Latendresse
Posted: 23rd November 2009 by Austin Lindberg in NHL
The Minnesota Wild traded former fourth overall pick Benoit Pouliot to the Montreal Canadiens for 22 year-old Guillaume Latendresse Monday afternoon.
Both players had struggled to acclimate to their NHL clubs after promising junior careers. Pouliot spent the majority of his professional career moving back and forth between Minnesota and the Wild's AHL affiliate in Houston. Pouliot had career highs in both games played, 37, and points, 11, in 2008-09 but ...
After 20 of 82 games, the Minnesota Wild are in trouble. áThe team sits last in their division and 14th out of 15 teams in the Western Conference with seven wins and 16 points.
The franchise will be broken up into forwards, defensemen, goalies, player development, coaching, and front office management and analyzed and assigned a letter grade at this point in the season.
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Todd Richards' new system is very ...
Cal Clutterbuck Central To Minnesota Wild’s Future
Posted: 8th November 2009 by Austin Lindberg in NHL
Cal Clutterbuck is one in a handful of names that should be around when the transformation of the Minnesota Wild under Chuck Fletcher and Todd Richards is complete.
Clutterbuck is not the savior of the franchise, nor is he going to be the player that the Wild build around. However, Clutterbuck possesses many qualities in his play and demeanor that make him a cornerstone to Fletcher's overhaul.
Clutterbuck has one of ...
For Minnesota Wild, Puzzle Pieces Don’t Match the Picture on the Box
Posted: 27th October 2009 by Austin Lindberg in NHL
This is still the team Doug Risebrough put together. áThis is still the team that used to rely on the system of Jacques Lemaire to escape with points. áPutting these players into an open system under Todd Richards doesn't change that.
The majority of these players are a direct result of the Risebrough era. áThey were brought in for a specific reason. áDespite Risebrough and Lemaire not always seeing eye to ...
The change from the crippling system of Jacque Lemaire to the aggressive, open style of Todd Richards was not going to happen overnight. áThe Minnesota Wild are 1-6 and off to their worst start in franchise history, including their inaugural season just nine years ago.
The source of the trouble is not the players' reliance on, and inability to escape, the confines of Lemaire's system. áThe problem lies in the players ...