In a move that is only shocking due to its timing, the Minnesota Wild dismissed General Manager Chuck Fletcher after nine years of service to the franchise.
Anytime a GM departs an organization there is one obvious question: was their tenure a success? Well, for Chuck Fletcher, it depends on what lens you choose to view his time with the Wild thru.
On one hand, six consecutive postseason appearances are nothing to scoff at, especially when you take into account the Wild had missed the previous four playoffs leading up to the current streak. Fletcher also happened to be the wizard who managed to turn Cal Clutterbuck into Nino Niederreiter, which is likely the biggest - in a positive sense - trade the organization has ever seen and wooed Zach Parise and Ryan Suter to Minnesota via free agency.