Wild say bye-bye

[Rebel SS]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A person with direct knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press the Minnesota Wild have fired general manager Paul Fenton after just one season.
   
The person spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the team had yet to make the formal announcement. The Athletic first reported the news.
   
Fenton's lone year on the job included the end of the team's six-year streak of making the playoffs and a disassembly of the team's core of forwards by trading Charlie Coyle, Mikael Granlund and Nino Niederreiter prior to the deadline. Coyle and Niederreiter had productive debuts with Boston and Carolina, respectively.
   
Fenton was hired from Nashville, where he was the long-time lieutenant under general manager David Poile.
 

[glenn57]

it already made it to the channel 4 and 5's websites. yea i'm no hockey expert but like watching it and thought some of his moves didnt make sense.

seems like the timerwoofies........there always rebuilding.

[Rebel SS]

Never hire a hockey mgr from Nashville.   

[Dotch]

Hey now! Water does freeze in Nashville. One time when I visited my brother there, the bird bath had some ice on it! (for about half an hour) 

[Rebel SS]

Of course it does. They haveta freeze it to pour their Jim Beam over. 

[Dotch]

Or da stuff made just down the road in Lynchburg...

https://www.jackdaniels.com/en-us/visit-us

[Steve-o]

Maybe they needed a hatchet man all along and Fenton was always going to be expendable.

Our once young core was growing older and wasn't showing signs of showing improved performance despite the best efforts of multiple coaches.  Mediocrity is a recipe for failure in the NHL.

They brought Fenton in to make moves.  If he makes good ones, bully for him and the team.  If he makes bad ones, the team takes a dip and they get to draft better young talent, which seems the surest means for getting better in the NHL.

Either way, the tough decisions that needed to be made, have been made.